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German airline's selective surcharge causes anger. German airline Lufthansa is under fire from much of the European travel industry for imposing a selective surcharge on...

Airlines will be able to advertise only the full price of air tickets. A ban on airlines advertising fares that do not include all unavoidable costs was agreed today by...

MEPs are poised to thwart attempts by major airlines to influence the online market for ticket reservations. Proposed changes to the code of conduct on computer reservation...

Divisions could complicate further discussions on the retention of sensitive passenger information. A split has emerged between member states on whether sensitive personal...

France is attempting to water down a code of conduct proposed last year by the European Commission for online travel booking systems. The move was allegedly made on behalf...

Travel and consumer organisations are warning that a forthcoming overhaul of rules governing the neutrality of online travel booking systems will allow airlines to manipulate...

Travel-booking systems have changed significantly with the advent of the internet. Consumers can cast their net wide when searching for tickets by using online systems that...

The European Commission is backing away from total deregulation of airline booking systems after protests from rivals of the dominant market player. The Commission floated...

THE EU has asked Washington for assurances that personal information on passengers flying to the US is not being misused. Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio told...

BYLINE = By Laurence Frost THE EUROPEAN Commission is examining claims by airlines that 'anti-competitive behaviour' by automated booking firms is resulting in artificially...

TENSION is growing over the use of computer reservations systems and incentives to travel agents as fresh complaints add to a growing backlog of cases centred on the way...

MAJOR airlines are facing up to the prospect that the European Commission may demand radical changes to their marketing policies. Fears of a Commission crackdown have...

COMPUTERISED reservation systems which provide wide-ranging information on airline schedules would also have to include details of high-speed train routes and fares under...

THE euro, airline alliances and advances in information technology are set to transform Europe's travel industry in spite of the obstacles being put in their way, according...

TRANSPORT officials will sideline a dispute between airlines and railways over how their services should be marketed by travel agents, in order to get proposed changes to a...

AIRLINES and railway companies are squabbling over the fine print of a European Commission proposal to change travel booking systems because each fears the other winning a...

AIRLINE passengers will be given a better deal at travel agents if the European Commission gets its way in the wake of a wide-ranging review of how tickets are booked through...