Milestones / timeline

2012

Airline Retail Conferences 2012 Asia Pacific in Singapore

2011

Apex Magazine Launch

2011

First in-house ipad app launched for Hemispheres Magazine

2011

Cebu Pacific go live with TAD

2011

TAD 2.0 Launched

2011

Peach, Japans first dedicated low cost carrier

2011

bmi go live with TAD

2011

Ink announce China Travel Retail event

2011

Ink manage APEX Media Partner

2011

ARC2011 London

2011

Ink create new Research and Insight function

2011

German wings and Brussels Airlines both go live with TAD

2011

Ryanair go live with TAD in April

2011

Tiger go live with TAD

2011

ARC2011 Macau

2010

Ink produces media for 35 airlines

2010

Ink media connects companies with half a billion travellers per year

2010

Name changed from Ink Publishing to Ink, with new URL ink-global.com

2010

United to acquire Continental Airlines, thereby becoming world’s biggest airline

2010

Acquisition and relaunch of Airline Retail Conference (ARC)

2010

Launch of Targeted Advertising Service (TAD) for KLM and Eurostar

2010

Eurostar, first international rail client

2009

Ink produces media for 30 airlines

2009

TurboJET, first ferry client

2009

THAI Airways, first Asian flag carrier

2009

Ryanair becomes biggest airline in Europe

2009

KLM, second European flag carrier

2009

United Airlines, first North American flag carrier

2008

Ink produces media for 25 airlines

2008

easyJet eclipses British Airways to become biggest airline in the UK

2008

Air Macau, first Chinese airline

2008

First inflight retail magazine

2007

Ink produces media for 20 airlines

2007

Ryanair becomes third largest airline in Europe

2007

Jetstar Australia

2007

Gulf Air, first Middle Eastern airline

2007

Ryanair

2006:

Ink produces media for 13 airlines

2006

Brussels Airlines, first European flag carrier

2005

Entry into Asian market with Tiger Airways and Bangkok Airways

2005

Entry into North American market with AirTran Airways, first US “major”

2004

Ink produces media for five airlines

easyJet becomes the biggest low-cost airline in Europe

2003

eSubstance and Ink merge

2002

easyJet becomes the biggest low-cost airline in Europe

2001

easyJet signed in October

2000

eSubstance Limited founded to produce online content

1996

Virgin Express, first client outside the UK

1994

British Mediterranean Airways, first airline client

1994

Ink Publishing founded to produce local travel guides