Air and Ferry Ticket booking
There are many highly attractive benefits of the Government Air Programme available to any public sector organisation choosing to source their air fares through the booking agents appointed on the Buying Solutions framework agreement for air travel services.
This framework agreement commits the booking agents to establishing the best possible air fare on your behalf for a specified journey, whether that be through the Government Air Programme or by sourcing fares on the open market for best on the day tickets. These can include simple point-to-point journeys as well as the demands of more complex international itinerary management.
You can be assured that the booking agents appointed are specialists in this travel category and have a proven track record of providing high quality service to their clients. The flexibility of the framework agreement means that the booking service provision can be modified to meet the specific operational needs of your particular organisation. The booking agents will work with you to ensure that any reservations made are kept within the parameters of your organisation’s travel policy, providing you with detailed exception reports on all out of policy bookings made.
An inclusive part of the offering to Buying Solutions’ customers is the suite of Management Information (MI) that the booking agents can provide. This important data will help you to control your air travel expenditure and manage your travel budget more effectively. The MI can be adapted to match your organisation’s reporting systems and will give you more precise information on carbon emissions and carbon footprint tracking. It’s up to you to decide on the frequency and the level of detail required in your MI, many organisations receive a high level monthly dashboard report supplemented by more detailed quarterly returns.
Details of the booking agents appointed on the Government Air Programme framework agreement can be found here.
More information on the Government Air Programme can be found here or alternatively by contacting the Buying Solutions Customer Service Desk on 0345 410 2222 and asking to speak to a member of the Travel team.