Open AXIS air distribution standards group taken over by ATPCO

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Airfare data filing service ATPCO has assumed responsibility for the Open AXIS Group, taking over maintaining and developing the organisation’s XML standards for airlines.

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HP and airlines implement automated global tax feed

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The global tax man cometh — and airlines hope the process has just become more efficient.

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Farelogix launches iflybags with frequent flyer calculations and API

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Farelogix launched its fee-calculation website, iflybags.com, and the Airline Tariff Publishing Co. is offering an API for companies which want to integrate the airline baggage-fee data.

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iFlyBags to calculate airline bag and javelin fees

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Farelogix is getting into the consumer business with iFlyBags.com.

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The history of flight search [VIDEO]

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It’s always interesting to see how startups entering the travel industry, trying to disrupt or solve a problem, view How Things Used To Be Done.

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Why is the travel industry so unfriendly to startups?

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Have you ever met anyone who has climbed Mount Everest? Have you ever met anyone who has been to Base Camp, the launch pad for the haul up the mountain?

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SITA takes on ATPCO with new airline distribution service

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Interesting move from aviation technology supplier SITA with news that it will be competing against ATPCO as a distributor of airline fares.

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Multiple technology standards in travel – an oxymoron to overcome

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An industry with multiple standards bodies using the same type of technology addressing the same business functions could be seen as an indication of an industry in some disarray.

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If an Electronic Miscellaneous Document fell in the woods

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After a several million dollar effort, the Airlines Reporting Corp. says it will be ready in early November to handle airline and travel agency processing of Electronic Miscellaneous Documents for the reporting and settlement of optional services.

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North American, European corporations feel consumer pain on ancillary fees

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Consumers aren’t the only ones wincing at checked bag fees — some corporations are mulling pulling travel spending from airlines with heavy ancillary fees.

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