Articles tagged “oag”

News Blog

OAG Acquires Infare to Strengthen Air Travel Data Business

Infare, a Denmark-based provider of airfare data and analysis software, has been acquired.  OAG, a UK-based provider of flight status and schedule information, said Friday that it has acquired Infare from private equity firm Ventiga Capital. The firm had owned Infare since 2017.  The price and terms of the latest deal were not disclosed.  OAG…

Justin Dawes | 4 months ago

News Blog

Chinese Shift from Short Holidays to Plan Longer Breaks for Labor Day

Outbound travel from mainland China during the Labor Day holiday period reached a three-year high this year, according to data released by travel technology company Travelport. Also, unlike the rest of the year, the Labor Day period shows a notable increase in the length of travel with holidays lasting longer than 10 days, which could…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 7 months ago

Airlines

Flight Schedule Service OAG Partners With Microsoft and Snowflake for Data Upgrades

Aviation folks of a certain vintage will recall how OAG used to publish passenger flight schedules in book format once a month. My, how times have changed.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Flight Schedule Service OAG Partners With Microsoft and Snowflake for Data Upgrades

Business Travel

Corporate Travel’s Downturn Will Deliver This Financial Blow Across All of Travel

Billions of dollars in revenue are at stake next year, even once a dire 2020 is out of the way.

Matthew Parsons and Seth Borko, Skift | 3 years ago

Corporate Travel’s Downturn Will Deliver This Financial Blow Across All of Travel
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Online Travel

Four Reasons Why Travel Tech Providers Should Invest in Premium Flight Data Solutions

In today’s increasingly mobile-first world, leveraging timely flight and schedule information and solutions gives travel technology providers an edge over competitors and creates long-lasting relationships with customers.

OAG + Skift | 6 years ago

Four Reasons Why Travel Tech Providers Should Invest in Premium Flight Data Solutions

Online Travel

Google Flights Gains Popularity Among Millennials as It Adds Booking Sites

Despite recent gains, Google Flights is still the price-comparison tool of tomorrow, and not today -- unless its scale makes the instant booking of flights a standard way of doing things.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Google Flights Gains Popularity Among Millennials as It Adds Booking Sites

Online Travel

OAG Gets Sold Again as it Pushes its Flight Schedule and Forecasting Service

OAG was taken over by private equity in 2013, which retrofitted it with a focus on airline data services. But this once legendary brand will face tough competition from FlightGlobal and other players.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Airlines

3 Charts Showing Top Global Airlines For On-Time Performance in 2016

Some airlines have done so much to pad their schedules and use other tactics to ensure they make it to gates on-time that it's difficult to know which carriers are actually the most punctual and time efficient. Passengers notice and this strategy likely helped a few airlines make these rankings.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

3 Charts Showing Top Global Airlines For On-Time Performance in 2016

Airlines

3 Charts Showing the World’s Largest Megahub Airports

High demand for domestic travel is what's keeping several U.S. airports at the top of the ranking, even if many passengers have to wait several hours in between flights to reach their destinations.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Airlines

3 Charts Showing Why Business Travelers Don’t Like Booking Multi-City Trips

Legacy carriers are up against rising competition from low-cost carriers. At the same time, American, Delta and United talk about making the travel journey more connected but they're forcing budget sensitive travelers in the opposite direction of that with new pricing structures.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

3 Charts Showing Why Business Travelers Don’t Like Booking Multi-City Trips