Linking the Travel Industry | Southwest Airlines Ends 'Bags Fly Free'

Send us Fan MailLinking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.comYour Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash ShravahStories covered on this session include -International Airlines Group (IAG) launches IAGi Ventures, with a €200m fund to "invest in high potential companies over five years".𝐁̶𝐚̶𝐠̶𝐬̶ ̶𝐅̶𝐥̶𝐲̶ ̶𝐅̶𝐫̶𝐞̶𝐞̶ ̶𝐨̶𝐧̶ ̶𝐒̶𝐨̶𝐮̶𝐭̶𝐡̶𝐰̶𝐞̶𝐬̶𝐭̶.̶ In the most talked about industry news story of the week, Southwest Airlines announce the end of their free bag policy.Korean Air's rebrand divides the industry. What do think of it? Wizz Air teams up with Revolut to make payments for their customers even easier.Virgin Groups is looking to raise £700m to fund high speed rail developments between the UK and mainland Europe, hoping to compete with Eurostar.Rafat Ali from Skift is suggesting that a substantial slowdown is coming to our industry, even calling it the "Great Global Grounding". Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض is looking at partnership opportunities with Air India Limited and IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd).Two competing bidders emerge for Spain's Air Europa: Air France-KLM with €300m for a 51% stake, and Lufthansa Group with €240m for a 25% stake.American Express Global Business Travel announce they have processed 1 million NDC tickets between Jan '24 and Feb '25.An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 on route from Colorado Springs to Dallas diverts to Denver with engine problems, which turned into an engine fire whilst on the tarmac. All passengers and crew were safely disembarked via the overwing exits.Extra StoriesYou can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on your favorite podcast player or visiting BusinessTravel360.comThis podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show