2005
OAG’s Key2Travel Application Delivers Flight Status, Destination Travel and Mobile Concierge Services through Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Web 2.0 Service
Bedminster, NJ and Downers Grove, IL,– Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading wireless service provider, and OAG, the global content management company specializing in travel and transport, have teamed up to offer a new mobile travel application to Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0SM customers.
OAG, the world's largest provider of flight schedules and online travel information, today unveiled OAG Web-FiDS, a web-based Flight Information Display System.
- World airlines plan 2% year-on-year increase in flights and 4% increase in seat capacity
- Intercontinental flights lead industry recovery
- US domestic operations slip back
- China markets surge ahead
- Flights to and from Europe up 7 % year-on-year
- UK's 10% growth leads the way
- Low-cost operations take off in Spain
- Airlines plan 550,000-plus intra-European flights
- Asia-Pacific intercontinental flights up 7%
- 8% growth in intra-regional services
- China's double-digit increases drive regional growth
- Low-cost airlines take off in Asia
Recent statistics obtained from the OAG database reveal that nine of the top thirty airports with the highest additional seat capacity growth are located in China. The analysis examined seat capacity for week commencing 17th October 2005 compared with the same period in 2004. Beijing Capital International Airport exhibited the greatest growth with an additional 157,000 seats offered on a weekly basis.
Rising cost of fuel, financial strain force major carriers to make tough domestic adjustments
- Airlines schedule 19,000 fewer US domestic flights
- US international flights rise 4% over 2004
- Worldwide air transport operations up 2%
For the first time European airports picked up awards in all four categories at the annual OAG Airport Marketing Awards, presented this week at a Gala Dinner at the annual Routes Conference in Copenhagen.
A one-stop communication portal for the air cargo industry in Singapore where airlines post messages online for forwarders to pick up instantaneously.
OAG, a global specialist in travel and transport content management, today unveiled Singapore’s first reality travel challenge. Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, The OAG Travel Planner Challenge will attract participation from 18 countries across the region with more than S$160,000 worth of prizes up for grabs! The finals, to be held in Singapore, will see contestants battle it out to be the inaugural champion of this unique competition.
