The looming battle for the skies
13 September 2012
The rules on airline tickets make pan-European flights more expensive and travel policies less efficient, say buyers and agents. They blame the regulator, and the argument could end in court. Amon Cohen reports
Air travel has been one of the biggest contributors to binding the European Union together. Yet, paradoxically, when it comes to the procurement of air travel, Europe is anything but unified. Purchasing professionals who try to build a pan-European travel management programme soon realise they are obliged to structure most of their operation on an inefficient country-...