RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ALTA Airline
Leaders Forum -- Aeromexico, (Mexico City), is the newest airline to become
an Issuer of the UATP Network. Aeromexico will offer
corporations a suite of UATP-based products, building a new
corporate travel program.
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"To grow corporate market share and expand our presence
globally, we chose to become a UATP Issuer. With the most
comprehensive data in the industry, the Aeromexico UATP Program
will support our corporate clients' global travel needs and offer
extensive reporting and data options, at lower costs with more
optimized processes and easy to be administrated," said
Andres Conesa, CEO Aeromexico.
"We look forward to working with UATP to successfully expand
our corporate market share with the new program."
"Launching an Issuer program with Aeromexico will help
Aeromexico reach its strategic goals through global growth and
expand UATP's presence in such an important area," said
Ralph Kaiser, president and CEO,
UATP. "We look forward to helping Aeromexico deliver an
outstanding corporate program to its clients."
Aeromexico will utilize UATP's data tools, DataStream, DataMine
and DataView to complete its corporate program, creating the most
comprehensive reporting and data information in the
marketplace.
For more information, please visit http://uatp.com or
www.aeromexico.com
About UATP
UATP accounts are accepted as a form of payment for corporate
business travel worldwide by airlines, travel agencies and Amtrak®.
UATP accounts are issued by: Air New Zealand (ANZFF.PK); American
Airlines (NYSE: AMR); Austrian Airlines; China Eastern Airlines
Co., Ltd; Continental Airlines (NYSE: UAL); Delta Air Lines (NYSE:
DAL); EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd; GOL Linhas aereas inteligentes
S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4); Hahn Air; Japan Airlines;
Qantas Airways, Ltd. (QUBSF.PK); United Airlines (NYSE: UAL); and
US Airways (NYSE: LCC).
AirPlus International issues the UATP-based Company Account for:
British Airways (LSE: IAG); Continental Airlines (NYSE: UAL); and
Lufthansa German Airlines.
About Grupo Aeromexico
Aeromexico, S.A.B. Ltd., is a holding company whose subsidiaries
are engaged in commercial aviation in Mexico and the promotion of passenger loyalty
programs. It has a fleet of Boeing 777, 767, 737 and the latest
models of Embraer 145 and 190. As of this year, an important
expansion plan began that includes the incorporation of 20 new
planes and properties over the next 24 months.
Grupo Aeromexico operates its main hub out of Terminal 2 in the
Mexico City International Airport.
The Group's airlines operate over 550 daily flights to different
cities in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Central and South America, as well as Europe and Asia.
Aeromexico is a founding member of SkyTeam, the global airline
alliance comprised of the following 15 airlines: Aeroflot, Air
Europa, Air France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern, CSA Czech
Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Kenya Airways,
Korean Air, TAROM Romanian Air Transport and Vietnam Airlines.
SkyTeam offers all partner airline passengers a large global
network with more destinations and frequencies, and improved
connectivity. Passengers can accrue and redeem miles with the
different partners' loyalty programs and enjoy the convenience
provided at 465 airport lounges worldwide. SkyTeam offers its 474
million annual passengers more than 14,000 daily flights to 926
destinations in 173 countries. www.skyteam.com
Contact:
UATP Corporate Communications
Wendy Ward, wward@uatp.com
+1 202 626 4077
SOURCE UATP