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Hopper adds Air Canada as first airline partner for Hopper Cloud

By Derek Catron | August 16, 2023

For a fee, travelers can add Hopper-powered “Cancel for Any Reason” to eligible non-refundable fare types booked on the Air Canada website. Read More

News / Distribution

Air Canada and Sabre reach distribution and retailing agreement

By Linda Fox | June 14, 2023

The partnership means Sabre-connected travel agents will be able to access Air Canada's NDC content in the coming months. Read More

News / Distribution

Airlines' NDC plans complicate travel advisor efforts

By Robert Silk – Travel Weekly | May 3, 2023

Analysts say that the hullabaloo over American is distracting from how airlines’ move to lean heavily on NDC-enabled technology is making flight shopping more difficult for travel advisors. Read More

News / Distribution

Air Canada launches diverse NDC approach to distribution

By Linda Fox | April 19, 2023

The airline's new distribution strategy will enable travel agents to access Air Canada inventory in a number of ways, including building their own connections, partnering with third-party technology... Read More

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News / Distribution

Air Canada enables access to NDC content through Amadeus

By Mitra Sorrells | April 6, 2023

Air Canada will use Altéa NDC, Amadeus’ IT solution, to display enhanced content and offers. Read More

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News / Online

United announces sustainable flight fund

By Kathryn Walson | February 22, 2023

United and its inaugural partners – Air Canada, Boeing, GE Aerospace, JPMorgan Chase and Honeywell – provided the initial investment of more then $100 million. Read More

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News / Technology

Airlines urged to carefully consider carbon offset programs

By Linda Fox | September 29, 2022

Carbon offsetting programs are increasingly getting called out for how cheap they are and questioned on their efficacy - or, in some cases, existence. Read More

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How digital health passes bring biometrics in aviation much closer

By Linda Fox | April 7, 2021

Progress in facial recognition technology and reduced development costs are bringing seamless travel a step closer. Read More

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News / Distribution

Investors on travel survivors, pent-up demand and bailouts

By Linda Fox | April 2, 2020

Seeking Alpha asked some of its marketplace authors to comment on the outlook for travel stocks, the likelihood of travel returning to pre-coronavirus levels and the segments that might come... Read More

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Opinion / Online

Transactional emails in travel: The good, the bad and the ugly

By Matt Harris - Dyspatch | April 19, 2019

Once consumers have booked a trip, the likelihood of receiving a really bad transactional email at some point between booking and departure is far too high. Read More

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News / Technology

Women in aviation: Why a diverse workforce is necessary to drive tech innovation

By Jill Menze | March 18, 2019

At the Aviation Summit 2019, four female airline CIOs discussed how having more women in leadership roles is critical to driving advancements in technology. Read More

News / Online

Online travel agency and distribution titans lead inaugural Hall Of Fame

By PhocusWire | November 19, 2018

Travelocity founding vice chairman Jim Hornthal and Air Canada distribution chief Al Lenza were inducted into the Phocuswright Hall Of Fame last week. Read More

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News / Technology

Air Canada admits app security breach could hit thousands of passenger profiles

By Linda Fox | August 30, 2018

Air Canada says about 1% of its 1.7 million app users may be affected by last week's data breach Read More

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News / Technology

Canada tests blockchain-based ID system for international travel

By Mitra Sorrells | January 30, 2018

The Canadian government is designing a project between its country and the Netherlands to test a new model for airport screening and security that uses biometrics, cryptography and distributed ledger... Read More

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Notated News / Technology

Paysafe, Airbnb and other news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | December 4, 2017

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: Ethiopian Airlines on PaySafe; Air Canada opts for Flyiin; SiteMinder unites with Cloud-Hotel; Airbnb launches split bookings. Read More

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