Over the last two days we took a look at US travel agency sales of domestic airline tickets. Today, we are going to look at the international air transaction volume by agency channel. Thanks to the Airlines Reporting Corporation (known as ARC) for providing the data for today’s post. As a reminder, ARC settles transactions …
Making Sense of Airline Distribution Noise – International Transaction Volume Read More »
On Wednesday, we began a series of looking at the noise in the press, the courts and even on Capitol Hill regarding airline ticket distribution. The GDS companies are at the center of the debate. Global Distribution Systems are the tool that is used by most agencies to access airline inventory and to manage the …
Making Sense of the Airline Distribution Noise – Domestic Airline Revenue Segmentation Read More »
Yesterday we took a look at the average airfares per channel, but viewed in isolation, those numbers are not as meaningful. Today, we are going to look at the domestic air transaction volume by agency channel. I would like to thank the Airlines Reporting Corporation (known as ARC) for providing the data for today’s post. …
With all the noise over airline distribution, how has it really changed since 2010? I’m glad you asked. For well more than a decade, I’ve been analyzing the changes taking place in airline ticket distribution here in the US. There is a lot of noise over this issue, particularly as the airlines continue to invest …
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NOTE: Corrected Version In commerce, anti-disintermediation is a term used to describe the preservation of intermediary positions. Today’s consumer can access goods or information on the Internet that traditionally required the assistance of an intermediary such as a retailer, travel agent, or banker. By cutting out the middleman (disintermediation), e-businesses are able to sell goods …
Anti-disintermediation – The airlines should be leading the charge! Read More »
5 And if the technology choices were not confusing enough, it takes a scoreboard to tell who is suing who, who has reached a truce and where new connectivity options could provide a new business model option to the various players in the travel ecosystem. It is NOT business as usual. from: Direct Connect: The …
GBTA Update: Travel Distribution: The Picture of Chaos Read More »
Today I was doing my final preparations for the Direct Connect HOT Seat panel that I’m moderating next Monday at GBTA in Denver. I put together a couple of slides based on ARC’s 2nd quarter data that I would like to share with my loyal blog readers as a “sneak peak” at the airline channel …
