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Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members. We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members. You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah

Stories covered on this session include -

• German rail operator Deutsche Bahn will cut up to 30,000 jobs over the next five years after posting a net loss of €1.2 billion for the first half of 2024.
• Ryanair announced distribution agreements with two major providers this week.
• SeatBoost integrates with Accelya Group, making their service available to airlines on the Accelya FLX Platform.
• Whilst still hoping to be carbon neutral by 2050, Air New Zealand withdrew from a previous plan to reduce their emissions by nearly 29% by 2030.
• Australian carrier Rex Airlines goes into administration.
• AirAsia reports an impressive 42% YoY passenger growth in Q2 2024.
• Ethiopian Airlines revenue increased by 14% to $7b in 2023/2024 on the back of a 23% jump in passenger numbers.
• Spanish regulators fine Booking.com nearly €414m for "abusing their dominant position".
• The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority is referring the American Express Global Business Travel acquisition of CWT for further scrutiny.

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