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When Orbitz launched its travel service in June 2001, the company was already five years behind rivals travelocity and expedia. despite the competition, the company knew it had an advantage […]

Orbitz started selling airline tickets over the Internet on June 1, 2001. It is owned by five major carriers and supported to a lesser degree by 37 more 'charter associates.' [...]

Apr 12, 2009 European Commission revealed last week that 27 European aircraft have been equipped to allow the use of standard mobile telephones onboard since the EC created the regulatory [...]

All of the top three travel web sites have shown problems in selling first-class airline tickets, with the process oftentimes much more complicated than buying an economy class ticket, a […]

Travel websites are fast catching on with customers and transforming the business of leisure travel. A revolution in business travel may not be far behind IN AN industry known for [...]

Travel websites are fast catching on with customers and transforming the business of leisure travel. A revolution in business travel may not be far behind IN AN industry known for [...]

Byline: Dave Kovaleski and Sue Hatch Online travel reservation companies are very interested in partnering with associations, said Travelocity founder Terry Jones at the Professional Convention Management Association's annual meeting [...]

Byline: Julia Lawlor With additional reporting by Sonal Dutt You know about Expedia.com and Travelocity.com--one-stop cyber travel agencies that provide everything from airline tickets to car rentals and vacation packages. [...]

American Airlines has removed its fare listings from Orbitz for the second time in less than four years as part of its continuing efforts to lower distribution costs while pushing [...]

Byline: KATE MADDOX Orbitz L.L.C., an online travel business that launched last year, rocketed into the b-to-b market Sept. 3 with Orbitz for Business. The new service is aimed at [...]

THE DECLINE IN TRAVEL brought on by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the weakened economy have forced airlines and travel companies to cut costs wherever they can. As […]

NEW YORK - Orbitz LLC, the airline-owned travel Web site, has begun marketing a corporate booking tool designed specifically to help business travelers reduce their spending on airfare. Orbitz for […]

National Report--Hotel companies have spent a lot of time and money trying to regain control of their Internet reservations and distribution. They are battling a dizzying array of third-party Internet [...]

Orbitz, trying to distinguish itself in the eyes of customers amid a cutthroat online travel market, is expanding a system that warns travelers of impending flight delays before they get […]

Orbitz is more than just an upstart travel site-it's owned by five of the largest airlines: American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, and United. Using its market-share muscle, Orbitz has signed agreements […]

orbitz.com Savvy travelers have been buying airline tickets online for years using self-service travel sites like Expedia and Travelocity.com. It was only a matter of time before the airlines figured […]

Two online agencies have added airline members. Hotwire, which sells distressed inventory in air, car and hotels, added Air France, Air Canada, South African Airways and Aloha Airlines, bringing its [...]

A handful of New Economy trade associations has formed a new coalition, called NetChoice, to fight Old Economy middlemen who, the coalition says, want the government to protect them from [...]

Scavenger hunting for the lowest air fares is over, vow America's five biggest air lines that put their blood rivalries aside in June to jointly launch Orbitz. This website: claims [...]

WASHINGTON -- Orbitz signed "charter associate" agreements with 12 international carriers, even as the online agency acknowledged to the Wall Street Journal that its Web site has some problems with […]

ONLINE AGENCIES HAVE made booking air travel easier--and more confusing. Ask for the cheapest flight from Travelocity, then make the same request at rival Expedia, and you're likely to get […]

After consumers reported problems booking Vanguard flights on Orbitz, the carrier recommended that travelers use travel agents or the Vanguard site until the matter is resolved. For its part, Orbit […]

WASHINGTON -- Vanguard Airlines began steering its customers away from Orbitz after some users reported problems completing a booking. Vanguard, a charter associate member of Orbitz, also said the airline-owned […]

US travel site Orbitz attracted 2.07m home visitors in June, its first full month online. Nielsen//NetRatings said the number of combined work and home users for the site, backed by […]

We reported last month that Orbitz, the online travel service run by a group of major airlines, was swamped by customer demand during its first few days of operation, forcing […]

Southwest Airlines Co. last week fired another salvo in its battle with Orbitz LLC by withdrawing its flight data from Airline Tariff Publishing Co. (ATPCO), a company that supplies airline […]

NEW YORK -- The long-awaited launch of Orbitz and the extended slump in the U.S. economy may have opened the door to agents' worst fear about the online distribution system: […]

Despite impressive first-week numbers, less than 1% of browsers actually booked travel Orbitz attracted droves of lookers but converted less than 1% into bookers during its first week, June 4 [...]

HOOKING TRAVELERS UP WITH TRUSTED BRANDS, THIS FREE TRAVEL SERVICE IS QUIETLY OUT-ORBITZING ORBITZ WHILE THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING the arrival of Orbitz has taken center stage this last year, a […]

Despite a series of outages in its first week, airline consortium travel Web site Orbitz attracted visitors in droves, becoming the fastest-growing site on the Internet, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. In […]

Amid mixed economic signals, the E-Business Barometer slipped to 19 in May, a 14 percent decrease from April. E-business stocks closed the month down slightly; merger and acquisition activity for […]

STALLED ON TAKEOFF: Orbitz, the newly launched travel Web site owned by five major airlines, was plagued with mechanical and staffing problems. A severed fiber-optic cable slowed response times, and […]

Online travel agency Orbitz was deluged with calls and bookings during a rough launch last week. Orbitz, backed by major airlines including American Airlines and United Airlines, announced plans to […]

Expedia and Travelocity.com are scrambling now that the new megasite for airline tickets is offering lower fares. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS JUST HIT THE online travel business, and its name is […]

Popularity proved to be a double-edged sword last week for Orbitz LLC, the travel marketplace sponsored by multiple airlines that finally launched and conducted $4.3 million in sales in its […]

Online travel site Orbitz officially took off Monday, following months of testing and a government review to determine if the site violates antitrust law. "Consumers are ready for a different […]

DESPITE THE ANTITRUST cries of consumer groups and competitors, the Web's newest online travel site is ready for liftoff, touting server technology as its strategic advantage. A joint venture operated […]

Orbitz, the newly launched travel Web site owned by five major airlines, was plagued with mechanical and staffing problems. A severed fiber-optic cable slowed response times, and call centers were […]

CHICAGO -- Orbitz, the controversial new airline Web site, is readying a wide variety of unannounced features for its June launch, including escorted tours from operators Collette Tours, Globus/Cosmos, Insight […]

Orbitz is getting lots of media attention, but there's another Web site in beta test out there that could revolutionize air travel distribution in a fundamental way: FairAir. It's the […]

Q: I am quite worried that Orbitz, the airline-owned travel agency that will start up in June and offer most airlines' lowest fares -- including many Internet-only fares, will hurt […]

The Dept. of Transportation said it will not prevent Orbitz, the online travel agency being developed by the five major airlines, from beginning operations in June or require it to [...]