Just the Flight Press Releases
Just the Flight launches World Mobile First
Online Flights Company Doubles Infrastructure to Meet Demand
Just the Flight Launches Flights and Travel News Service
Online Travel Agent Just the Flight Offers Charter Flights via RSS-XML
Online Flights Company Doubles Infrastructure to Meet Demand
Just the Flight Launches Flights and Travel News Service
Online Travel Agent Just the Flight Offers Charter Flights via RSS-XML
Just the Flight launches World Mobile First
Justtheflight.co.uk, the global flight booking website today announces the launch of the worlds first global flight search and book facility for the Smartphone.
Headquartered in the Isle of Man Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile is a web based application optimized for mobile devices which allows people to search, book and pay for flights through their mobile phone. The mobile booking facility is truly world-wide allowing you to search and book flights to and from most global locations with the majority of the worlds leading airlines.
The application also offers travel and airline news updated every few hours, holiday and destination guides together with travel features written so they can be read on a mobile device. Initially Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile flight bookings will be in English and can be paid for by credit card. There are plans to introduce a corporate version as well as multi currency and lingual options shortly.
Brian Kelly, Online Regional Travel Group Ltd (ORTG) chief executive, said, The launch is an exciting one for justtheflight.co.uk and the travel industry. The use of the mobile internet through Smartphone devices is exploding. Currently 20 per cent* of people have access to the internet via the mobile phone and this is set to grow. Mobile is the PC of the future; improved speed and falling costs for downloading data makes searching and booking flights a viable, quick and convenient option, breaking the tie with the office or home PC.
“Being first to market means the opportunities are endless. The company has several major joint venture deals on the go, full details will be released over the coming months.
“The Isle of Man has very clear and specific policies to develop e-commerce businesses. As a growing Island business we have benefited from an effective open government that is dedicated to encouraging businesses with innovative new ideas, supported by a grant scheme for qualifying businesses.”
Ron Berry, head of inward investment, for the Isle of Man, “E-commerce is providing a great boom for the Isle of Man and is key to the Isle of Man’s business development strategy. It is a market that is growing rapidly, and we are echoing this currently with our expansion into new e-Business sectors including e-travel. Justtheflight.co.uk new mobile application places the Isle of Man firmly at the forefront of innovation in the travel industry and we look forward to helping the business grow.”
Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile is owned and operated by Isle of Man leading travel company Online Regional Travel Group Ltd. ORTG was formed in 1982 and currently employs 65 people in the Isle of Man, Guernsey & Jersey with annual sales in excess of £40m. Justtheflight.co.uk currently books over 40,000 seats through its web site per annum
*According to Ofcom – May 2007
About Justtheflight.co.uk
Justtheflight.co.uk is a leading UK flight booking website booking owned by the Online Regional Travel Group Ltd (ORTG).It is an Isle of Man based travel group who operate in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Company web site www.ORTG.co.uk.
Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile obtains availability of flights and fares from Amadeus. Bookings are also confirmed through this reservation system. Amadeus allows travel agents to book seats with the majority of the worlds leading airlines.
Contact
Laura Moss / Paul Crayston
Lansons Communications
020 7294 3694
/
Brian Kelly
Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile
01624 817681
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Headquartered in the Isle of Man Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile is a web based application optimized for mobile devices which allows people to search, book and pay for flights through their mobile phone. The mobile booking facility is truly world-wide allowing you to search and book flights to and from most global locations with the majority of the worlds leading airlines.
The application also offers travel and airline news updated every few hours, holiday and destination guides together with travel features written so they can be read on a mobile device. Initially Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile flight bookings will be in English and can be paid for by credit card. There are plans to introduce a corporate version as well as multi currency and lingual options shortly.
Brian Kelly, Online Regional Travel Group Ltd (ORTG) chief executive, said, The launch is an exciting one for justtheflight.co.uk and the travel industry. The use of the mobile internet through Smartphone devices is exploding. Currently 20 per cent* of people have access to the internet via the mobile phone and this is set to grow. Mobile is the PC of the future; improved speed and falling costs for downloading data makes searching and booking flights a viable, quick and convenient option, breaking the tie with the office or home PC.
“Being first to market means the opportunities are endless. The company has several major joint venture deals on the go, full details will be released over the coming months.
“The Isle of Man has very clear and specific policies to develop e-commerce businesses. As a growing Island business we have benefited from an effective open government that is dedicated to encouraging businesses with innovative new ideas, supported by a grant scheme for qualifying businesses.”
Ron Berry, head of inward investment, for the Isle of Man, “E-commerce is providing a great boom for the Isle of Man and is key to the Isle of Man’s business development strategy. It is a market that is growing rapidly, and we are echoing this currently with our expansion into new e-Business sectors including e-travel. Justtheflight.co.uk new mobile application places the Isle of Man firmly at the forefront of innovation in the travel industry and we look forward to helping the business grow.”
Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile is owned and operated by Isle of Man leading travel company Online Regional Travel Group Ltd. ORTG was formed in 1982 and currently employs 65 people in the Isle of Man, Guernsey & Jersey with annual sales in excess of £40m. Justtheflight.co.uk currently books over 40,000 seats through its web site per annum
*According to Ofcom – May 2007
About Justtheflight.co.uk
Justtheflight.co.uk is a leading UK flight booking website booking owned by the Online Regional Travel Group Ltd (ORTG).It is an Isle of Man based travel group who operate in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Company web site www.ORTG.co.uk.
Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile obtains availability of flights and fares from Amadeus. Bookings are also confirmed through this reservation system. Amadeus allows travel agents to book seats with the majority of the worlds leading airlines.
Contact
Laura Moss / Paul Crayston
Lansons Communications
020 7294 3694
/
Brian Kelly
Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile
01624 817681
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Just the Flight Launches Flights and Travel News Service
Just the Flight, the OTA (online travel agent) and flight-booking company have launched an innovative flights and travel news service for UK travellers. (February 23, 2006)
Just the Flight is proud to announce the launch of a new flight and travel news service, updated throughout the day. The new service will cover flight news, airline news, destination related news and general travel information. This follows on from Just the Flight’s innovative method of delivering daily flight deals via an RSS-XML feed. Additional RSS-XML feeds will be introduced to include flights and travel news for key destinations, regions and airlines.
"Wayfarers Travel & Just the Flight take pride in providing useful information to our clients" says Simon Goddard, Technical Director of the Wayfarers Travel Group (owner of Just the Flight). "Offering much more than online flight booking has always been our aim and makes for a much more rounded user experience. Enhancing our site in this way has contributed enormously to our success in the online travel sector"
UK travellers are becoming much more savvy, by empowering them to learn more about destinations, up and coming events and the airlines they fly with, Just the Flight looks to capitalise by increasing loyalty in its customer base.
“With our flight and travel news service we are providing a valuable, informed source of travel information” says Mark Byart, Senior Web Developer, Just the Flight. "Users can view news stories and read related articles from our archive about destinations that interest them”
Travel and flights news by Just the Flight can be found at http://www.justtheflight.co.uk/news/
Just the Flight is one of the UK’s major online flight-booking and travel agents. The Just the Flight website incorporates online booking services, XML feeds for special offers, destination guides and now a travel and flights news service. Critical to Just the Flights success is the ability to book online or phone their attendants with flight booking enquiries.
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Just the Flight is proud to announce the launch of a new flight and travel news service, updated throughout the day. The new service will cover flight news, airline news, destination related news and general travel information. This follows on from Just the Flight’s innovative method of delivering daily flight deals via an RSS-XML feed. Additional RSS-XML feeds will be introduced to include flights and travel news for key destinations, regions and airlines.
"Wayfarers Travel & Just the Flight take pride in providing useful information to our clients" says Simon Goddard, Technical Director of the Wayfarers Travel Group (owner of Just the Flight). "Offering much more than online flight booking has always been our aim and makes for a much more rounded user experience. Enhancing our site in this way has contributed enormously to our success in the online travel sector"
UK travellers are becoming much more savvy, by empowering them to learn more about destinations, up and coming events and the airlines they fly with, Just the Flight looks to capitalise by increasing loyalty in its customer base.
“With our flight and travel news service we are providing a valuable, informed source of travel information” says Mark Byart, Senior Web Developer, Just the Flight. "Users can view news stories and read related articles from our archive about destinations that interest them”
Travel and flights news by Just the Flight can be found at http://www.justtheflight.co.uk/news/
Just the Flight is one of the UK’s major online flight-booking and travel agents. The Just the Flight website incorporates online booking services, XML feeds for special offers, destination guides and now a travel and flights news service. Critical to Just the Flights success is the ability to book online or phone their attendants with flight booking enquiries.
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Online Travel Agent Just the Flight Offers Charter Flights via RSS-XML
Just the Flight is the first OTA (online travel agent) in the UK to announce their innovative charter flights RSS-XML feed, which covers over 30 destinations from 27 UK airports. (August 21, 2005)
Just the Flight RSS-XML feed. They are the first OTA (online travel agent) in the UK to offer RSS feeds of charter flights, which cover over 30 destinations from 27 UK airports.
Website users can subscribe to the charter flights RSS feed from a specific UK airport, and can receive a data of the lowest priced flight deals to worldwide holiday destinations direct to their desktops.
"Wayfarers Travel & Just the Flight have always embraced new technology" says Mike Goddard, Managing Director of the Wayfarers Travel Group (owner of Just the Flight). "Making the web experience as easy as possible for our customers has always been our aim. It has been a major factor in the success of our online ventures in recent years."
Analysts predict that RSS will revolutionise the way people use the Internet and therefore travel the sector, selling cheap flights via RSS allows the consumer to get the information they need, quickly and efficiently. It also reduces the role of travel search engines (TSE’s) by empowering users to directly subscribe and compare deals from their chosen online travel agents (OTA’s).
"With charter flights RSS we can give the user quick and easy access to the cheapest flights available." says Mark Byart, Senior Web Developer, Just the Flight. "There are so many websites that sell cheap flights on the Web. It can often be difficult and time consuming for the end user to find the best deals using traditional web browsing. What we are doing is revolutionary."
More details and a list of the RSS-XML charter flights feeds available on Just the Flight can be found at http://www.justtheflight.co.uk/rss/flights.html
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Just the Flight RSS-XML feed. They are the first OTA (online travel agent) in the UK to offer RSS feeds of charter flights, which cover over 30 destinations from 27 UK airports.
Website users can subscribe to the charter flights RSS feed from a specific UK airport, and can receive a data of the lowest priced flight deals to worldwide holiday destinations direct to their desktops.
"Wayfarers Travel & Just the Flight have always embraced new technology" says Mike Goddard, Managing Director of the Wayfarers Travel Group (owner of Just the Flight). "Making the web experience as easy as possible for our customers has always been our aim. It has been a major factor in the success of our online ventures in recent years."
Analysts predict that RSS will revolutionise the way people use the Internet and therefore travel the sector, selling cheap flights via RSS allows the consumer to get the information they need, quickly and efficiently. It also reduces the role of travel search engines (TSE’s) by empowering users to directly subscribe and compare deals from their chosen online travel agents (OTA’s).
"With charter flights RSS we can give the user quick and easy access to the cheapest flights available." says Mark Byart, Senior Web Developer, Just the Flight. "There are so many websites that sell cheap flights on the Web. It can often be difficult and time consuming for the end user to find the best deals using traditional web browsing. What we are doing is revolutionary."
More details and a list of the RSS-XML charter flights feeds available on Just the Flight can be found at http://www.justtheflight.co.uk/rss/flights.html
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Book Flights on your Mobile Phone
Our new Just the Flight Mobile site allows you to book flights online, keep in touch with the latest travel news, features and destination guides direct from your mobile phone, PDA, BlackBerry, iPhone or handheld device. Visit www.justtheflight.co.uk/mobile
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