Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For South Pacific

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported the following highlights for international airline activity for Aug-2017:

Egencia, the business travel arm of the Expedia group, has launched its new Egencia Advantage global programme of services designed to support business travellers throughout their entire journey. From airport lounge access, to traveller risk management, travel visa services and beyond, the new programme provides travellers with what it describes as "extra perks" that will improve satisfaction on the road for greater efficiency and productivity, while giving companies the means to improve their travel programmes.

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Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics released its Nov-2017 Domestic Air Fare Indexes:

Airport technology is one of the fastest developing aspects of the entire aviation industry. Passengers, though, may take another view, and a recent survey shows that they are quite specific about the technological enhancements that they wish to see prioritised.

As Chinese tourist numbers surge and Australia prepares for China to become its largest inbound market the aviation market has responded with capacity increases. For the first time Australia has featured in the top ten countries by seats, coming in at number ten with 2.1 million in 2017. The United States is the only other country which features in the list that is outside of Asia. Thailand, Japan and South Korea top the list, while the following airlines represent the top yearly seats on Australia-China routes: China Southern Airlines, 768,390; China Eastern Airlines, 463,255; Air China, 306,639; Qantas Airways, 187,074; and Hainan Airlines, 112,349.

Airline loyalty rewards programme benefits that extend beyond airline services and ticket fees have a significant effect on customer satisfaction, according to the recently published J D Power 2017 Airline Loyalty Program Satisfaction Study.

Aeroflot has no aspirations of operating to Australia but could improve its offline presence in Australia if it expands its network in Southeast Asia.

AirAsia X is looking at Adelaide, Canberra and Cairns as potential new destinations in Australia. However, the Malaysian long haul low cost carrier in the short term is focused at improving its performance on its existing Australia routes.

Asia Pacific is the standout region that has driven change in the travel landscape over the past decade and is expected to continue doing so in the coming decade, according to the Top 100 City Destinations Ranking released by Euromonitor International at this month's World Travel Market in London, UK. In 2010, 34 cities from Asia Pacific were present in the ranking. This jumped to 41 cities in 2017 and is expected to grow to 47 cities in 2025.