A survey of international airlines carried out by Times Online Travel found that while five have taken the plunge, most carriers are taking the wait-and-see approach, with only one declaring an outright ban.

Orbitz has introduced a program that pays customers when other customers book the same flights for less money. The program, called Orbitz Price Assurance, will pay up to $250 per traveler.

Clear, the registered traveler program owned by Verified Identity Pass, has partnered with Delta to operate expedited security lanes at three U.S. airports.

Google has announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to its AdSense for search and AdSense for content advertising programs on their US and Canadian web properties.

Amadeus said it is registering a record uptake of Amadeus Ticket Changer (ATC). In the past 15 months, 30 airlines have signed up for the solution in order to fully automate their ticket change and re-issue processes, accurately collect associated additional revenues and improve the productivity of their customer service agents.

PhoCusWright, Inc. announced a new partnership with WIT-Web In Travel, Asia’s leading travel distribution, marketing and technology conference, to formulate WIT 2008.