Airline Industry News - Internet

38.92% of all visits to the online 'Travel' industry went to the top 10 websites for the month of February, 2010. 48.19% went to the top 20 websites and 69.58% went to the top 100 websites. - More

After a week of chaos for airlines in Europe, Skyscanner looks at the effect it’s had on flight search traffic - More

Skyscanner’s German site saw a 13% rise in traffic as travellers scrambled to find replacement flights following yesterday’s strike by Lufthansa pilots. - More

Airline fees are coming so fast that even some travel agents have a hard time keeping up. - More

Growth in online travel bookings is rapidly shifting overseas, leading to a race to bolster operations in Asia and Latin America, the chief executives of two top online travel companies said on Monday. - More

Konector analyzed each of the leading 150 independent travel blogs and used the Online Impact Factor to find the top 50 blogs with the greatest influence in the travel sector. - More

Were you more satisfied with the way the big online travel agencies - Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and Priceline - handled your hotel, vacation or airline bookings last year compared to 2008? - More

If Dell can make $6.5 million from Twitter, why can’t airlines? - More

Two travel related stories are blowing out of proportion this week thanks to social media and the novelty, over-size megaphone it hands to anyone with a decent following. - More

Buzz is Google’s new social network and it’s already created a stir. There have been concerns over privacy but all in all, the reaction has been very largely positive. This article is a simple guide explaining how to use the service. - More