OAG End of Year Review for 2007
OAG (Official Airline Guide), the global flight information and data solutions company, reveals that the world’s airlines – including low cost carriers – scheduled a record 29.6 million flights (29,560,246) during 2007, an increase of 4.7% on 2006.

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OAGback Analytical Solutions and Enterprise Consultancy Announce a Strategic Alliance for the Gulf Region
OAGback Analytical Solutions, part of OAGback Aviation Solutions, the world leader in airline distribution services and aviation intelligence, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance with Enterprise Consultancy (EC), an aviation consultancy company in Abu Dhabi, to strengthen its presence within the UAE and the Gulf region.

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European Airports sweep the board at the OAG Airport Marketing Awards 2007
At a gala ceremony last night (24th September) European airports took the top accolades in all four categories at the OAG Airport Marketing Awards for the third year running.

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• Narrow-body aircraft dominate low cost sector
  
• Age of wide-body aircraft on scheduled flights is half that on non scheduled carriers
  
• LCCs have youngest in-service fleets

• Shanghai Pudong International – Wuhan in China is World’s Busiest New Route
• Asia Takes the Top Five Spots in Global Rankings
• Manchester International Airport has more new flight operations than any other airport

• Barcelona – Madrid retains ‘World’s Busiest Route’ top ranking
• Amsterdam – London Heathrow is busiest international route in Europe
• Las Vegas – Los Angeles tops main US trunk routes
• Mumbai – Delhi soars up the Low Cost route chart

• Strong growth in flights and seat offer across Europe
• 24% more low cost seats offered globally year-on-year
• Significant transatlantic growth

• Budget airline capacity more than doubles in four years
• Low cost growth up 20%, world air transport up 4%
• Europe leads the world in low cost/network balance
• One in three available seats are now low cost, in Europe

Qatar Airways Cargo signs global commitment to OAG Cargo's announcements and Airfreight Rates communications portal
Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has made a worldwide commitment to publish service announcements and airfreight rates to customers using OAG Cargo’s communications portal.

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Official Airline Guide launches fare search and booking
Official Airline Guide (OAG), the world's authority on global flight information, announced today the ability to search fares and make bookings on its flight look-up service, OAG Flights.

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Airlines Offer Record Number Of Seats In July
The number of seats offered on flights operating this month (July) has reached an all-time high, with a capacity of 309.7 million seats worldwide.

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Measuring Carbon Footprints in the Air from BACK Aviation Solutions
BACK Aviation Solutions, a leader in providing strategic and technical consulting and data information services to the aviation industry, announced the release of their new Carbon Emissions Calculator. Developed in partnership with flight information and data solutions company OAG, the Carbon Emissions Calculator allows airlines to calculate their carbon footprints by equipment type, airline, airport, route, country or world region.

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India’s aviation growth phenomenon

• India’s domestic airlines offer 8,600 more flights and 1.7 million more seats year on year
• 62% year on year growth in domestic low cost sector
• Low cost operations account for 44% of all flights within India [compared to 22% in UK and19% in US]
• International flights show continuous growth, doubled since May 2001

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Commonwealth Business Media announces major restructure of its OAG business
Commonwealth Business Media (CBM), the leading information provider to the global trade and transportation market, today announced a major restructure of its OAG business, designed to bring greater global focus on serving its customers in the aviation, cargo and corporate travel industries worldwide.

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OAG announces partnership with Bird Group
OAG, the global flight information and data Solutions Company, has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the Bird Group, one of the largest diversified groups in the aviation, travel and information technology arena, to strengthen its presence throughout India and the Indian sub-continent.

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Commonwealth Business Media announces senior management changes in OAG Asia
Alan Glass, President and CEO of Commonwealth Business Media (CBM) has announced the promotion of Mario Hardy to the position of Vice President of the Asia Pacific Region for the Official Airline Guide (OAG), a subsidiary of CBM. CBM is a business unit of United Business Media plc.

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Aviation growth hits all-time high

• World’s airlines offer 114,000 more flights and 17.7 million more seats year on year
• 12 million more low cost seats
• Low cost sector now accounts for 16% of all flights worldwide and 1 in 5 of all airline seats
• Significant rises in transatlantic flights

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British Airways takes top honours
British Airways was the big winner at the 25 th Anniversary OAG Airline of the Year Awards that were held in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal at a gala dinner on Tuesday 17 April at The Landmark in London.

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Shortlist for 25th anniversary OAG Airline of the Year Awards unveiled
OAG, the global flight information and data solutions company, today unveiled the shortlist for its 25th Anniversary Airline of the Year Awards. The winners, along with the Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Service awards, will be announced in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal at a gala dinner and awards ceremony on Tuesday 17 April at The Landmark hotel in London.

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OAG partners with Star Alliance to offer a flight tracker service to passengers
OAG, the global travel and transport information company, announced today it is providing a fully hosted flight status alert service for the Star Alliance network. This is available through the recently relaunched Star Alliance web site and provides business and leisure customers with a service which alerts them to changes to the scheduled departure or arrival time of a flight.

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OAG Partners with SideStep
OAG, the global travel and transport information company, announced today it has struck a partnership deal with SideStep, the internet’s leading travel search company.

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January Flights increase marks five years of aviation growth - Globals

• Airlines timetable 100,000 extra flights
• 280 million ticket sales target
• Low-cost flights up 15% globally, with Asia accounting for more than half
• Middle East shows strongest growth

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European low-cost sector soars again with 2 million new seats, OAG reveals

• Flights to and from Europe up 8%, low cost up 57%
• Middle East, Africa set the air transport pace
• UK domestic market matches global growth rate
• Aviation’s recovery enters its fifth year

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Packed January airline schedules signal strong New Year for Americas

• Canada leads Americas’ aviation growth
• US reports above-average flights increase
• Longhaul low-fare airlines make their mark
• Worldwide flights up four per cent

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OAG bags brand excellence award
OAG has been awarded for brand excellence in the Travel Solutions category in “The BrandLaureate Awards” this week at the Shangri La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fred Seow, Vice President Asia Pacific, received the award conferred by The Asia Pacific Brands Foundation.

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