Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For Asia

Over recent years we've been through a period of relatively benign external inputs, with low fuel prices supporting lower fares and a solid global economy supporting demand. This has propelled the industry into a period of unprecedented profitability (although US airlines, mostly operating domestically, have accounted for around half of this).

Oyo Hotels & Homes represents the largest hotel supply count in the Asia Pacific region, while Jin Jiang International leads in number of rooms in the development pipeline, according to latest analysis from benchmarking specialist STR.

Asia Pacific's top airlines and aviation leaders were announced at the CAPA - Centre for Aviation Aviation Awards for Excellence in Singapore last night (14-Nov-2019). The eight award winners were presented at a glittery ceremony at the Capella attended by over 150 of the region's aviation luminaries, as part of the 2019 CAPA Asia Aviation Summit.

Angkasa Pura II (AP II), one of the two (with Angkasa Pura I) state-owned airport operators in Indonesia, has said it will target African countries for airport development and management opportunities as part of its 'Go Global' initiative to increase investments abroad.

Frequent flyer programmes have been a common part of many airlines' loyalty strategies over several decades now. But they have evolved from elemental loyalty models with modest money-making strategies into major revenue earners. With growing industry maturity and drastically improved technology and data analytics capabilities, the nature of FFPs is being transformed.

This year The Blue Swan Daily will countdown the world's 100 largest aviation markets based upon departure seats in 2018. Here, using the extensive profile insights available to CAPA - Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot, we highlight number #16 on the list... Thailand.

Throughout the prolonged trade spat between the United States of America (USA) and China that has dragged on for nearly a year and a half, Delta Air Lines has never cited any weakness in corporate demand driven by the skirmish. But during 3Q2019 the tariffs did create a drag on its performance in the trans-Pacific.

New generation aircraft offer game-changing economics and range for LCCs and FSCs. Airlines across the spectrum of business models are using these new tools to extend their network reach. While these advances create the potential for many new markets, route developers still face the inherent challenges of long haul flying. Maintaining consistent and profitable demand in those markets is paramount, especially once airport incentives are no longer available.

This year The Blue Swan Daily will countdown the world's 100 largest aviation markets based upon departure seats in 2018. Here, using the extensive profile insights available to CAPA - Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot, we highlight number #18 on the list... South Korea.

Legacy distribution systems have for decades presented airlines with the twin problems of high costs and product commoditisation. In efforts to address these issues, a handful of carriers throughout the world have invested heavily into establishing their own API channels with agents, while the concurrent push by IATA for airlines to implement the NDC standard has encouraged the industry to adopt a retail focused approach to distribution.