Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For Europe/MEA

This year The Blue Swan Daily 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, we deliver a data snapshot on Croatia, where a short peak international travel season and increasing Covid-19 infections means capacity and demand is now on an autumnal slide.

Having to pay for the privilege of flexibility has been an accepted part of buying an air ticket for some time now. As with all other extras, the ability to change the date or time of a flight has had a cost associated with it, in the same way as choosing your seat or checking in a bag.

Most regions around the world are understandably experiencing slight delays to hotel construction project timelines of approximately two to four months and a reason behind Europe and the Middle East currently seeing a record number of projects under construction in the pipeline. However, the latter region is actually seeing a fourth consecutive quarter with pipeline declines, now a year-long trend since a cyclical peak in the second quarter of 2019.

This year The Blue Swan Daily 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, we deliver a data snapshot on Egypt, currently the largest aviation market in Africa, a continent where travel restrictions are slowly beginning to be eased after a long Covid-19 related shutdown.

The current Covid-19 crisis has forced changes in traveller habits and the industry is continuing to adjust to the situation. There has been a move to later booking, corporate travel remains weak and very varied between markets and we have the unknown factor of traveller sentiment that is shifting regularly as the virus continues to infect at will.

This year The Blue Swan Daily 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, we look at Jet2.com, a UK leisure carrier that has facing been increasing hurdles to navigate from the return of travel restrictions and particularly quarantine requirements on travellers from many of the popular summer holiday markets that are among its primary markets.

PCR swab testing on arrival is already a reality at many airports around the world. Istanbul, Dubai, Paris CDG, Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Vienna and many more have already got the system up and running and being hailed a great success in stopping the coronavirus getting into their countries.

Sustainability was the biggest topic on the agenda last year and right up until the coronavirus hit, the airline industry was being encouraged to take steps to offset carbon emissions. The top subject may have changed to one of survival, but sustainability is still there and with the world having witnessed an involuntary pause, the pressure to grow back sustainably is very much on the agenda.

Latest research from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows that the impact on the European aviation industry and on economies caused by the shutdown of air traffic due to the Covid-19 pandemic have worsened over recent weeks as spikes in infections have seen the introduction of more restrictive practices.

This year The Blue Swan Daily 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, we deliver a data snapshot on Greece, where the travel and tourism sector is the main driver of its economy and its GDP contribution is almost double the world's average.