SkyTeam launches Corporate Travel Program

SkyTeam, a global airline alliance, has introduced a new corporate travel program for global companies, offering competitively priced, customized travel solutions across most of the alliance's 684 destinations in 133 countries via a single contract.

SkyTeam partners nine members, including Aeroméxico, Air France, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air and Northwest Airlines.

"With increased corporate globalization, SkyTeam's global corporate travel program provides multinational corporations more options and a more efficient way to manage their global travel program," said Steve Sear, Vice President Sales, Northwest Airlines.

Corporate customers who contract with SkyTeam will receive discounts for increased business with alliance carriers. The individual business travelers of these corporations will earn frequent flyer miles on the member airline program of their choice, which are redeemable on all other SkyTeam partners.

Corporate travel buyers will have the ability to work with one key airline contact that will manage the agreement on behalf of the alliance, ensuring ease of implementation. On the back-end, global and local sales forces from all nine airlines will provide the support needed to ensure thorough implementation of the customer's global needs.

While corporate customers still have the option of dealing with the airlines individually, this program offers many potential benefits. The solution offered provides three key points of differentiation: a single contract, harmonized discounts and goals and a single source of performance reporting.

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