Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For Europe/MEA
Coronavirus statistics snapshot – European lockdowns make their mark on flight levels as departures in western Europe reduce almost 20% this week influencing another reduction in global frequencies
New lockdowns in Europe have forced airlines to cull their schedules as governments limit mobility to get control of the second wave of COVID-19 infections currently spreading across many countries. These restrictive measures have seen airlines significantly reduce their offerings, even seen some small regional airports close for the rest of Nov-2020 until new guidance is issued once the benefits of the actions are seen.
Taking a ride – from LCC to full mobility platform, Wizz Air adds taxi and private transfer booking options to its app
Airlines are under unprecedented pressure and new operating models, innovative entrants, and further airline consolidation will create new difficulties and intense competitive pressure in the coming years. Married with heavily reduced demand levels in the short-term and lower than anticipated traffic levels through to the middle of the decade, it is going to be a tough time. Not everyone will survive, at least not in the form they are today.
Going solo – travellers are increasingly going alone as COVID restrictions sees rise in independent travel on either side of the Atlantic
This year has impacted everyone's travel plans dramatically, but it has seemingly also changed the way we travel. Whether it is a business trip, a weekend break or a longer holiday it appears that more and more of us are going alone, according to new research from in-destination travel provider Welcome Pickups.
Going Places – industry appointment highlights for Oct-2020
The travel, tourism and aviation industries across the globe witness policy and upper level changes on a daily basis. It is important to not only keep tabs of these organisations direction, but to also monitor changes in executive branches to see the wider picture of the travel market. CTC - Corporate Travel Community aims to keep you informed of these movements each month, with a full wrap of the key changes across regional markets, while also featuring key appointments announced for the month.
DATA SPOTLIGHT: Kuwait
This year the Corporate Travel Community (CTC) will feature some of the leading airlines, airports and country markets for air travel. Here, using the extensive profile insights available to CAPA - Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot at where they sit today in the Covid-19 impacted world, we look at Kuwait, an important business centre in the tip of the Persian Gulf and where air travel connectivity had reached new heights over the first two months of the year before COVID-19 changed the outlook.
Paris CDG jumps ahead of London Heathrow in the European traffic rankings; worryingly, many smaller regional airports are facing potential insolvency before the year end
In early Feb-2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic in its infancy CTC - Corporate Travel Community proclaimed that based on the continuation of recent annual growth rates that Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport would exceed traffic levels at London in 2020 to become Europe's largest air gateway.
Emirates debuts integrated biometric path contactless experience at Dubai International and redesigned onboard experience as it prepares for expectant ‘robust’ recovery in demand
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline says it is committed to "continuous innovation and an unmatched customer experience". This has been seen previously in concepts such as the onboard showers for first class passengers on its Airbus 380 and continues today as it adapts to the current travel landscape. But, in the eyes of its president Sir Tim Clark, there is no such thing as the "new norm" and demand could return in "very robust manner".
DATA SPOTLIGHT: Airlink
This year the Corporate Travel Community (CTC) will feature some of the leading airlines, airports and country markets for air travel. Here, using the extensive profile insights available to CAPA - Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot at where they sit today in the Covid-19 impacted world, we look at Airlink, a South African carrier which is seeing interline partnerships as a powerful tool to support its strong domestic and regional presence.
Charting the trends – the strongest global domestic markets have helped boost air travel; China, Russia and South Korea have all now returned to growth
With border restrictions and quarantines a key aspect of any government's arsenal against COVID-19 spread international travel has continued to be weakened and as expected domestic travel is recovering before international. There are a number of success stories, but also just because a country has a strong domestic market does not mean it is guaranteed to see a similar scale of recovery. In the current challenging marketplace there are far too many variables.
The airport of the future will look different, but more importantly it will also be sustainable
An impending capacity crunch in airport and aerospace infrastructure from the rapid rise in global air transport may have been averted - or at least delayed a little to be more accurate - by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will make very little difference to the thought-process for the airport of the future.