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
