n Birmingham airport issues reference guide
Birmingham International Airport has published itslatest easy reference guide for agents. The TakingOff guide lists all summer 1999 flights, touroperators, plus details of city breaks and specialist holidays.
n Sabena and stansted promote belgium fare
Sabena and StanstedAirport’s businessdevelopment team have joined forces to promote the Belgian carrier’s ú28 fare to Brussels. The sales teams visited business agents surrounding the Essex airport.
n exeter airport adds new bus links to city
Exeter Airport has improved its public transport access by adding new bus links to the city. Services on Stagecoach leave the terminal 10 times a day for the 20min journey into the city centre.
n uS airport bill to open up access
UK airlines denied access to congested US airports have been boosted by the news that slot rules at New York’s JFK and La Guardia and at Chicago O’Hare will be eliminated by 2004.The USDepartment of Transportation has sent a bill to Congress saying the restrictions are a barrier to new entrants and harm competition.
n BA cuts commission for first-class us sales
British Airways has cut 2% off commissions for US agents booking first class, business class andConcorde tickets. Rates drop to 5% for business class and to 3% for first and Concorde bookings.Economy ticket bookings remain at 10% commission
n BAA passenger rate goes up almost 10%
BAA’s seven UKairports handled a total of 7.6m passengers in January, up 7.3% on the same time in 1998.