By: David Pelter, VP of Pricing
In the world of airline economics, the name of the game is keep your costs low and be efficient. Here’s how it works at an airline:
A. Pack an airplane with seats and
B. Fly that airplane as many hours per day as possible
This way you are maximizing the ability to generate [...]
By: David Pelter, VP of Pricing
As you likely have seen in the news lately, there has been an unprecedented amount of M&A proposals in the travel industry over the last few weeks. From decades old technology companies Sabre and Worldspan attracting big private equity dollars to all the permutations of various merger partners on [...]
By: Kristine Marshall, Marketing Development
While we like to fly places to go on vacation or visit family and friends, have you ever pondered how many planes are in the sky at a given moment? What does the FAA see when they look at the sky?
Aaron Koblin, a member of the Department of Design|Media [...]
By: Mike Fridgen, VP of Marketing & Product Development
After all the recent buzz regarding Google’s acquisition of YouTube, TIME magazine took a look at the world of Web 2.0 in their article “The Next YouTubes”. They focused on Farecast, Zillow, Yelp and 30Boxes. Here is an excerpt of what they had to say [...]
By: Kristine Marshall, Marketing Development
Farecast is pleased to be sponsoring the “Web 2.0 party of the year” – the TechCrunch party at August Capital in the Bay Area today.
Our President & CEO, Hugh Crean, will be speaking at the event, and we’ll be offering demos of some upcoming product features. If you are [...]
by: Kristine Marshall, Marketing Development
Recently, Mike Fridgen, our VP of Marketing and Product Development, gave an interview to SearchViews. In the interview, Mike answers some questions we are often asked. Here are some highlights from the interview:
How often are we right? “When looking across all airfare predictions in all markets, Farecast has on [...]
By: Mike Fridgen, VP of Marketing & Product Development
TIME Magazine selects Farecast as one of the 50 Coolest Websites of 2006. We are honored. Farecast is listed in the Travel & Real Estate category along with Zillow and others.
Earlier this month, Frommer’s selected Farecast as an Editor’s Choice Website. Editor’s Choice Websites [...]