Travel & Travel Technology News.May 7, 2007 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the American unveils new entertainment devices for premium cabins Travelers on transcontinental flights in American Airlines' first- and business-class sections now have access to free on-demand video and audio entertainment. American also plans to test a media player on flights between Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Chicago. American and other airlines are trying to increase brand loyalty by upgrading the ambiance am·bi·ance also am·bi·ence n. The special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment: "The noir ambience is dominated by low-key lighting . . . in their premium cabins. May 2, 2007 Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network (STN) is the line of technology developed by Sabre Inc. that services travel agencies directly. Sabre Travel Network began when the Sabre Computer reservations system was installed in Briarcliff Manor, New York in 1960. Sabre Travel Network signed an agreement with Interguide Air Ltd. of Nigeria under which the Sabre GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards will be marketed to more than 800 travel agencies across the country. Interguide expects 25% of Nigerian bookings to be on Sabre by year end. May 3, 2007 Universal Express Universal Express, subsidiary Luggage Express announced that they have signed an agreement to be the official luggage delivery service with JetOne Jets, one of the world's premier private transportation services. May 2, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Apr 30, 2007 |
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