After the Ash

Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Tags: Business Traveler, communications policy, The Wire, travel management, volcano ash

Travel management improvements emerge from the ash of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano.

When the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano shut down European air space this past April, it stranded more than 10 million travelers across the globe. As travel management professionals know all too well, it was their company’s responsibility to provide reasonable accommodations during the crises for their business travelers, as well as a safe return home. While most companies worked hard to live up to this responsibility, doing so came at a cost, according to a recent online poll of travel buyers and suppliers conducted by AirPlus International.

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The first AirPlus Business Travel Index after airspace closing

Posted in Facts and Figures by Florian Gränzdörffer
Tags: airspace closing, Business Traveler, Europe

European business travelers buy 50 percent more train tickets. Cancellation rate for business flights increased tenfold. Flight bookings remain virtually unaffected by the ash cloud.

Due to the closing-off of airspace following the volcano eruption in Iceland, European business travelers have mainly resorted to the railways. At the peak of the crisis at the beginning of this week, the number of booked train tickets was fifty percent above regular volumes. These days, cancellations of flight tickets due to airport closings have risen tenfold in comparison to the average. However, the temporary closings had virtually no impact on general flight-ticket booking behavior. It appears that business travelers in Europe do not allow the current interruptions to air traffic to affect their future travel plans. On average, business flights are booked 17 days in advance.

The AirPlus Business Travel Index is based on the evaluation of more than 100 million business-travel bookings per year carried out by over 33,000 companies worldwide.

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Poll: Business Class – used seldom for short trips

Posted in Facts and Figures by AirPlus Editor
Tags: business, business class, Business Traveler, Poll

Blog-readers have voted: over 70% do not fly business class for short distances.

Very few business travelers use Business Class for short business trips. Only three percent of all business travelers consistently and regularly use the travel class created specially for them. This is the result of the current AirPlus survey: “Do you also fly Business Class on short trips?”.

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