Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For The Americas

They are many things; but few would ever describe Southwest Airlines as exotic. But their planned expansion into Hawaii alongside their more recent Caribbean adventures will seem exotic alongside much of their network. But strategically it's an important development for the carrier and will undoubtedly lead to some hot fares between Hawaii and the mainland.

Each month the Blue Swan Daily brings you a round up of the key news stories and information related to the corporate travel world.

LOT Polish Airlines believes its recent comprehensive business restructuring has delivered sufficient cost savings for it to be able to deploy its long-haul aircraft on routes outside of Poland. The Star Alliance member will initially fill a gap in the Hungarian market by launching flights from Budapest to Chicago and New York from summer 2018, but is understood to also be considering other markets outside of Poland for its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet.

Latin America is enjoying its best ever connectivity, buoyed by the arrival of new generation widebodies like the A350 and Boeing 787 that are allowing longer distance routes to be served more efficiently, analysis completed for the inaugural CAPA - Centre for Aviation Latin America Aviation Summit taking place in Cartagena, Colombia, has showed.

United Airlines capacity in the Australia market will reach a 20 year high as it introduces a nonstop flight from Sydney to Houston. United's Australia traffic should approach 600,000 passengers in 2018, a level last reached in 1997 and 1998.

We often hear stories of airline flight cancellations due to bad weather and the personal accounts on the disruption caused to travellers. Weather events are a routine part of the business of flying and major efforts are made to avoid the full force or mother nature. Safety is always the number one priority regardless of the disruption it can cause.

US major Delta Air Lines says that in cooperation with its transatlantic joint venture partner Air France, it will launch the first nonstop flights between Indianapolis and Europe with the introduction of flights to its European hub at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport beginning 24-May-2018. The new daily service will be flown by a Boeing 767-300ER equipped with 25 fully lie-flat seats in Delta One, 29 seats in Delta Comfort+ and 171 seats in the Main Cabin.

The Mexican LCC Interjet has held a unique position in the market since its inception during the mid-2000s, along with the more traditional low cost airlines Volaris and VivaAerobus. Interjet has operated as more of a hybrid airline, offering more seat pitch than its fellow low cost competitors, and complimentary food and beverages. The airline has worked to attract a mix of both business and leisure travellers, rather than focusing largely on the VFR (visiting friends and relatives) passenger segment.

New Zealand-US capacity will reach record levels this summer as airlines respond to booming inbound tourism demand.

New Zealand-US capacity will reach record levels this summer as airlines respond to booming inbound tourism demand.