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Air Ticket Consolidators Turn Profit in Shifting Landscape
(SOURCE: TRAVEL WEEKLY)

Huseyin Ozyurtcu, the owner of Picasso Travel, remembers a time more than four decades ago when KLM said that it planned to phase out its use of air ticket consolidators, of which his company is one.

Such a move might have been damning for Picasso, since KLM, along with Pan Am, were the behemoths at the time when it came to supplying consolidator inventory.

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Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Argentina - Heightened security likely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ahead of and during VII Summit of Heads of State and Government of CELAC Jan. 24.

France - Labor unions, activist groups to stage several strikes and related protests across France through Jan. 31. Significant disruptions likely.

Spain - Air traffic controllers at 16 Spanish airports to strike Jan. 30. Further action is scheduled through February.

United Kingdom - Flights cancelled at London Heathrow Airport, UK, due to adverse weather, Jan. 23. Confirm flight availability.

Venezuela - Unionized workers in Venezuela call for nationwide protests, Jan. 23. Significant disruptions likely near demonstrations.

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