US lobbying halts launch of corporate ticket tracking_3
18 July 2012
Intense lobbying by American travel agents and corporate buyers has halted US Department of Transport (DoT) approval of a new global system to track corporate ticket purchasing habits.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) system - designed to collate data on corporate air travel from 270 airlines into a single database - has won the backing of all IATA’s members, except the US. Mike Muller, IATA’s assistant director of passenger services, said: “The [US] DoT has not made up its mind. It has been engulfed by letters of complaint about...