Analysis for South Pacific

The 2017 Paris Air Show produced an unexpected flurry of orders – Boeing and its new 737 MAX 10 emerging with a clear victory on what has historically been Airbus home turf. Deals were announced covering almost 1200 aircraft at the air show, making Paris the busiest air show since 2013.

Argentina has been a white spot in Australia’s international network since Qantas and Aerolineas Argentinas suspended services earlier this decade on the Sydney-Buenos Aires route. Regaining a service to Buenos Aires is an obvious target for Sydney Airport and could potentially be realised early next decade.

Average ticket price (ATP) to Perth from almost all major Australian cities has increased by up to 5% year-on-year, according to new findings released today by Carlson Wagonlit Travel, in conjunction with CAPA – Centre for Aviation.

Cairns Airport is the major international and domestic gateway to far north Queensland and is operated by Cairns Airport Pty Ltd, which is owned and operated by North Queensland Airports. A major tourist destination, Cairns Airport urgently hosts 14 airlines operating both domestically and internationally, with 24 airlines via codeshares.

There has been a great deal of press of late around the impact birds can have on aircraft. In fact, this week alone, two separate incidents on AirAsia X and Virgin Australia flights have led to the grounding of aircraft.

For the third time since launching service to Cairns just over two years ago, SilkAir is adding capacity to the Cairns market. SilkAir’s continued expansion on the Singapore-Cairns route is a testament to the route’s success and the overall strength of the north Queensland market.

AirAsia Group Head of Corporate Sales Barry Klipp was in attendance at the 2017 CAPA-ACTE Aviation and Corporate Travel Summit this week. During his discussion Mr Klipp announced the launch of the carrier’s first ever corporate programme: My Corporate.

A report released today by the University of Northphalia has found that the up to 30 seconds at the beginning of each inflight safety demonstration unnecessarily contributes approximately 437.1 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Peter Bellew dropped by CAPA HQ this week to discuss all things Malaysia Airlines in the Australia market. With up to 43 weekly flights into Australia the carrier definitely is an important international supplier.

Fiji Airways is the latest airline from this region to forge a codeshare with Hong Kong Airlines. Fiji Airways plans to begin codesharing with Hong Kong Airlines in Jul-2017, at about the same time Virgin Australia starts to codeshare with the Hong Kong-based carrier.