Krupa Vora of TravelBizMonitor reports, of a significant development, which has national implications. Travel agents will continue to receive commissions on the sale of airline tickets till the Calcutta High Court passes judgement in the suit filed by a TAFI member agent in Kolkata. The TAFI member agent (plaintiff) filed a suit in Calcutta High Court early last week against …

The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation reports that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released international traffic data for Aug-08 that confirmed a continuing downturn. International passenger demand growth slowed to 1.3%, following disappointing growth of 1.9% in July. Passenger load factors fell to 79.2% a sharp drop-off from the 81% recorded during the same period last year as capacity …