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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...

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...

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...

PLANS for airlines and railways to share more of their passengers in Europe could be undermined by fresh internecine industry rivalries and practical problems. Air France...

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...

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...

ITALIAN airline Alitalia has been given until tomorrow (6 February) toconvince the European Commission that it has changed its pricing policy andanswered allegations that it...

EUROPEAN airlines' soaring passenger success is creating growing delays from air traffic control and airport overcrowding. The Association of European Airlines posted a 8.9%...

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...