Airline ticket site sparks price fears_2
19 July 2012
Corporate travel buyers have labelled a soon-to-be-launched online air ticketing site, set up by a group of major European airlines, as anti-competitive and claim it could lead to more expensive flights.
Last week, British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Finnair, KLM, Iberia and Aer Lingus announced plans to launch the London-based site, called Opodo, before the end of the year. It is aiming at the increasingly lucrative business traveller market and holidaymakers.
The Institute of Travel Management (ITM), which represents UK travel...