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Related Newslog Items 24 August 2010 Continental Airlines plans to share codes on Aegean Airlines flights between Athens and Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Munich, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Rome. The Star Alliance partners on 23 August began code sharing on Continental flights between Newark and Athens, and on "selected flights operated by Aegean Airlines in Europe." 9 August 2010 US Bank Corporate Payment Systems announced plans to self-issue cards in Europe in 2011 to service multin ational clients instead of through a partner bank. The bank for more than five years has owned oper ations in Europe that allow it to issue cards, according to US Bank CPS president Rob Abele. The bank will continue to issue cards through alliance partners in countries in which it doesn't own oper ations. The bank also intends to open a call center in Europe. Multin ational clients are asking for a "single global contract and single point of approval for commercial cards," Abele said. 4 August 2010 Continental Airlines and Brussels Airlines plan to begin sharing codes on dozens of routes between and from Brussels and Newark. Effective 9 August, the Star Alliance partners will cooperate on Brussels Airlines' service from Brussels to nine European and 12 African destin ations, and on Continental's Newark-Brussels route and flights from Newark to five U.S. cities. 29 July 2010 Air, hotel and ground transactions processed by Carlson Wagonlit Travel's wholly owned operations and joint ventures this year through June rose 13.2 percent to 29.4 million. Sales volume totaled $12.3 billion, up 16.6 percent "at current exchange rates," the company announced. Sales volume in L atin America grew 48.1 percent, in Asia-Pacific 43.5 percent, in North America 18.2 percent and in Europe, Middle East and Africa 7.7 percent. CWT identified $781 million in new sales during the period, excluding renewals, but declined to disclose net new sales. Comparing the results to the same period in 2008, CWT president and chief executive officer Douglas Anderson stated, "Traffic has not yet returned to pre-recessionary levels." 27 July 2010 Air Berlin agreed to join the oneworld alliance and establish codeshare and frequent flyer program deals with American Airlines and Finnair. Subject to government approvals and scheduled to take effect 1 November, the code shares would provide Air Berlin customers access to 15 AA destin ations in the United States and several Finnair destin ations throughout Europe and Asia. Air Berlin is Germany's second-largest carrier, with hubs in Berlin and Dusseldorf. 14 July 2010 The European Commission cleared the proposed British Airways-Iberia merger, concluding that "the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it." In examining the London-Madrid and London-Barcelona markets for example, EC determined that ational.travel/news.php?cid=BA-Iberia-merger.Apr-10.14">the merged entity would "continue to face sufficient competition from other carriers active on these routes, and therefore that passengers will have adequate altern atives to fly on these routes after the merger." 7 July 2010 DOT finalized approvals for American, Delta and Hawaiian airlines to serve Tokyo's downtown Haneda Airport. American Airlines said it would begin daily service from New York JFK effective 20 January 2011; Delta won the right to offer daily service from Detroit and Los Angeles; and Hawaiian Airlines announced 31 October 2010 as the start date for flights from Honolulu. The U.S. Department of Transport ation made available the new route authorities following completion in December 2009 of a ational.travel/news.php?cid=Open-Skies-Japan-US.Dec-09.10">U.S.-Japan air services pact.
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