Ticket plans return to drawing board
3 April 2012
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is to rethink its controversial proposal to allow airlines access to corporate air travel information, including the buying patterns of travel managers.
Governments worldwide have nodded through the proposal, but the United States Department of Transport (DoT) has been stalling on its approval since last summer, following intensive lobbying against the proposal by corporate travel buyers and travel agents.
The DoT has indicated that it will not make a final decision until the travel industry has reached greater...