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13 September 2012
Travel purchasers are deeply divided over the IATA-backed Corporate Client Identification Scheme. Will it give buyers more accurate data on air miles flown, or leave them defenceless in deal negotiations with airlines? Amon Cohen investigates
We all love a good argument and travel buyers are currently enjoying one of their juiciest verbal punch-ups in years. It all centres on the innocuous-sounding Corporate Client Identification Scheme (CCIS), dreamt up by several leading carriers under the auspices of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The CCIS gives airlines’ corporate clients a...