Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For The Americas

Canada's WestJet is continuing its quest to expand its corporate traveller base, and ended 2017 by posting double digit growth in corporate revenues for the final quarter of the year.

Each day this year The Blue Swan Daily uses the extensive insights available to CAPA - Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot on the world's largest airlines and airports. Today, we feature William P Hobby Airport (IATA: HOU; ICAO: KHOU), serving the city of Houston, United States of America (USA).

In late 2017, JetBlue cut ties with twelve smaller online travel agencies (OTA), and is pleased with the early results of that decision.

The ever-increasing presence of facial recognition and biometrics in all facets of day-to-day life is set to be expanded to the travel industry, with many airports and hotels already jumping on board.

Airfares in Latin American should gain some traction in 2018 as the region continues to rebuild after a period of economic weakness driven by a recession in Brazil; but political uncertainty and increased competition are limiting the prospects of fare increases.

There's talk in the US market of a modest price war, as United - in catch up mode - breaks ranks and proposes expanding capacity. This would rock the boat in an ocean that has been relatively calm and blue in recent years. Aside from United's need to regain lost ground, other factors suggest a new environment could be around the corner.

An analysis by The Blue Swan Daily of OAG data shows that scheduled air capacity between Europe and North America will grow beyond 70 million seats in the forthcoming summer 2018 flight schedules, according to provisional flight schedules for the period. Total two-way seats are expected to increase by 7.3% versus last summer, up from 68.8 million to 73.8 million seats.

Economy Class is a product under a system of perpetual revision by airlines. As the uprising of low cost carriers continues globally, legacy carriers have found a renewed obsession to adjust their cabins towards cost effectiveness and compete against the LCC uprising. But don't worry - one CAN take a step away from the scrutiny.

Premium airfares are for North America are projected to chart solid growth in 2018 while long-haul economy fares are trending in the opposite direction, and could fall as much as 2%, according the latest Global Business Travel Forecast from American Express.