APG Network celebrates 30 years since launch

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APG, the world’s leading airline distribution network, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary throughout 2021. The APG Network currently has over 110 offices across 170 countries and maintains commercial partnerships with more than 200 airlines worldwide. In addition, APG now operates its own airline, APG Airlines, an IATA member, which has allowed APG to develop several new distribution solutions linked to the airline’s code, GP.

Sandrine de Saint Sauveur – President APG Inc explains: “We are very proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the APG network, created by Jean-Louis Baroux, its visionary founder. It is a real “success story”: We have always had a clear path and kept to the fundamentals of our business. At the start, there were 5 offices in 5 different countries, and now the network covers over 170 countries, and our worldwide presence is now one of our unique values.”

​Richard Burgess, President of APG Network continues: “We have always favoured a human approach, always remained aligned with the needs of our industry, whilst also maintaining high standards and being proud of the confidence that our airline clients place in our global network. Of course, celebrating a 30th anniversary in the current climate is not easy. However, we are actively preparing for the rebound which we know will come sometime this year and we are confident that we will emerge from this crisis even stronger.”

They conclude: “Air transport is a key driver of the world’s economies and is also important in promoting human understanding between the many cultures of the world. We will continue to offer our 30 years of expertise in commercial distribution to airlines around the world.”

APG Airlines Cargo signs an Interline Agreement with Bismillah Airlines

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APG Airlines Cargo has signed an Interline Agreement with Bismillah Airlines.

Through this interline agreement, the APG Cargo Network will have access to Bismillah Airlines cargo capacity. 

APG Airlines Cargo signs an Interline Agreement with Gran Colombia de Aviación / GCA

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APG Airlines Cargo has signed an Interline Agreement with Gran Colombia de Aviación / GCA.

Through this interline agreement, the APG Cargo Network will have access to GCAs cargo capacity.​

APG extends its commercial cooperation with Aeromar

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Aeromar has extended its GSSA agreement with APG to include the United States.

APG will be providing wide-ranging sales and marketing services for Aeromar as well as full customer and agent support throughout the US.

​With a strategy based on service and permanent attention to the distribution channel, it is estimated that Aeromar’s participation in this market will grow significantly, and it is intended to strengthen the routes of Puerto Escondido, Acapulco and Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, among others.

Likewise, the operation that Aeromar maintains today in the cities of Laredo and McAllen, routes that will strengthen the connection with one of the most important border crossings between Mexico and the United States, will be maximized.

Aeromar’s fleet is the most modern in Mexico, having only 3 average years of operation. The ATRs, in addition to being the safest, are friendly to the environment by emitting 50% less pollutants than other aircraft.

Aeromar continues to carry out various sanitation measures and protocols from the virtual check-in process, use of sanitary filters, protective equipment, healthy distance, sanitation and cleaning in each of its areas.

APG has extended its commercial cooperation with Air Caraïbes

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APG has extended its commercial cooperation with Air Caraïbes through a new distribution agreement to develop sales for the airline on APG’s IET solution.

​Air Caraïbes is already a partner airline on APG IET.
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Through this “IET Plus” distribution agreement, APG will extend Air Caraïbes‘ commercial presence in 53 selected markets.

APG IET Plus is a distribution solution for tertiary markets with ticketing based on APG’s own GP documents through BSP and includes select sales activities in the chosen markets

KENYA AIRWAYS appoints APG as its passenger GSA in Europe

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Kenya Airways the national flag carrier of the Republic of Kenya and APG, are proud to announce the signing of a new Passenger GSA partnership in Europe. Under the new agreement, APG will be providing wide-ranging sales and marketing activities for Kenya Airways as well as full customer and agent support in 39 European markets, including the Netherlands where the airline traditionally operates a daily service to Amsterdam.

In addition to the Netherlands, the agreement also covers Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Julius Thairu, Sales Director commented “Kenya Airways is pleased to appoint APG as our GSA passenger sales in numerous European countries. As air travel restarts across the globe, we look forward to working closely with APG to deliver excellent service and proactive initiatives to all of our direct customers and trade partners”

Richard Burgess, President of APG Network commented “As a globally recognised airline with an excellent product and network, we are delighted to be partnering with Kenya Airways in Europe. The current aviation environment is of course challenging, but our offices in Europe are looking forward to creating a strong sales and operations structure for Kenya Airways to maximise sales as soon as the market returns.”

On 01 August, Kenya Airways resumed international passenger services. From Europe, Kenya Airways has re-started flights from Amsterdam, Paris and London to Nairobi and frequencies are gradually being increased in line with market demand. Kenya Airways has recently announced the re-starting of flights to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania amongst other key markets of interest to European passengers

Lion Air appoints APG as its GSA in Turkey

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Lion Air, the Indonesian low-cost airline, has appointed APG as its GSA in Turkey in advance of launching flights to Istanbul.

The APG office in Turkey will be providing full sales and marketing services as well as call centre and ticketing facilities effective 1 Sep 2020.

Lion Air (JT) is planning to start a scheduled direct flight to Turkey on 1 October 2021 with 2 weekly flights. The flight will depart every Monday and Friday at 2300hrs from Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK), arriving in Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW) at 0730hrs the next day. The returning flight will depart Istanbul every Tuesday & Saturday at 0950hrs, arriving in Jakarta at 0230hrs the next day. Lion Air will deploy an Airbus A330 with a capacity of 440 seat on the route.  

Lion Air, established in Sep 1999, is an Indonesian low-cost airline. Based in Jakarta, Lion Air is the country’s largest privately run airline, the second largest low-cost airline in Southeast Asia and the largest airline of Indonesia. With Wings Air and Batik Air, Lion Group is the country’s largest airline’s group. Since the first flight in 2000, Lion Air has grown rapidly. In 2018, the airline carried 36.8 million passengers – nearly 35% of all air travellers in the country – to the islands, cities and communities of the archipelago. The airline obtained the IOSA re-certification in 2018 and has carried over 318 million passengers since 2005.

As of July 2020, Lion Air serves a total of 60 destinations: 41 domestic and 20 international. The airline operates domestic as well as international routes, which connects different destinations of Indonesia to Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, India, Japan and Saudi Arabia as well as charter routes to Mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Macao, with approximately 630 flights per day. The airline’s current fleet is 125 consist of A330-300, A330-900neo, B737-800/900ER & B737MAX.

According to the Embassy of The Republic of Indonesia in Ankara Turkey, there are around 4,500 Indonesian nationals living in Turkey. Based on The Central Bureau of Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Turkish tourists to Indonesia in 2019 reached 23,883 people. This number increased to 14.5% (3,022 people) from the previous year of 20,861 people. The most popular tourist destination in Indonesia is the island of Bali, for its divine nature and exotic sceneries for a quality and serene experience.

Emirates appoints APG as its GSA in Panama

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Emirates has appointed APG to be its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Panama.

The local APG office will be providing full sales and marketing activities aimed at significantly growing the airline’s revenue in the market.

Emirates connects the world to, and through, a global hub in Dubai. They operate modern, efficient and comfortable aircraft, and their culturally diverse workforce delivers award-winning services to customers across six continents every day.
They operate one of the most modern and efficient aircraft fleets in the sky and are actively working on ways to reduce resource consumption, while investing in conservation and wildlife protection.

Further information about Emirates is available at www.emirates.com

APG extends its Passenger GSSA relationship with Ruili Airlines

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Ruili Airlines has extended its GSSA agreement with APG to cover the additional countries of Chinese Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

The APG offices will be providing full sales and marketing activities aimed at significantly growing the airline’s revenue in the new markets. Full support will also be provided to local travel agents.

Ruili Airlines is a Chinese Low Cost Carrier (LCC) based at Kunming Changshui International Airport. It provides both domestic and international services to destinations in China and in Southeast Asia (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Sihanoukville), using Boeing 737 aircraft

Further information about Ruili Airlines is available at www.rlair.net

APG Airlines Cargo signs an Interline Agreement with TAROM

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APG Airlines Cargo has signed an Interline Agreement with TAROM.

​Through this interline agreement, the APG Cargo Network will have access to TAROM’s cargo capacity.

TAROM cargo carry out their activities at Henri Coandă International Airport (Otopeni), and provide one of the best cargo services in the area, materialized in flexible solutions, tailored to each customer’s specific requirements.

TAROM Cargo Depot has a total area of 16,700 square meters and a capacity of 15,000 tons a year, having direct access to the airport track.