OUR LATEST TRAVEL INDUSTRY NEWS AND INFORMATION

Thursday, August 19, 2010

EL AL and JetBlue Interline Agreement

JetBlue agreement effective October 1 - Read all about it!!!

http://www.skywordswithelal.com/?p=791


Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Secure Flight Passenger Data Information IS COMING!!!!!

As of Nov. 1, 2010, Secure flight Passenger Data information will be mandatory for all passengers flying to, from or within the United States.
This is a requirement of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), for all airlines.
Airlines have the obligation to send to US authorities, 72hrs prior flight departure ( a process which is done automatically by the system),or immediately for booking created within 72hrs, the following information for each booking on these flights eligible to the program:

Full passenger name (as it appears on the travel documents)
Date of birth
Gender



The US authorities will return to the airline a boarding status that will allow, or not, the boarding pass issuance.
it is the responsibility of carriers to collect (in DOCS SR format) and send the above passenger information.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

INCREASE CANCELLATION PENALTIES

Fee on Fares with penalty lower than $250.00 has been raised to $250.00. The $170 CHANGE Fee remains as is. These changes will be reflected in CATEGORY 16/PENALTIES of the Rule in your GDS shortly and will take effect with Tickets issued as 05AUG’10.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

FREE ADD-ON TO EILAT!!!!

We are happy to offer free Eilat add-on for passengers buying flight tickets from New York during August and September (from 20 Aug).

NYC-ETH

Travel from NYC to ETH at NYC to TLV prices

Fares permits travel on specific dates as well as specific flights.

For fares and rules check your GDS.