Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For South Pacific

Some may think that Australia sits in its own little corner of the world but we actually aren't as isolated as we have been led to believe. A love of travelling has forced more and more carriers throughout the years to invest in the Australian market and therefore opening up the world to us with a variety of destinations. Currently, we have access to 34 countries direct from Australia, and 65 different airports and destinations. Add in one stop and the world opens up with 1,082 possible destinations in 133 countries.

Operated by Adelaide Airport Limited, Adelaide International Airport was first established in 1955 with the new international and domestic terminal opening in 2006. The main airport for South Australia, Adelaide Airport hosts passenger and cargo traffic for a range of domestic, regional and international airlines.

Some may think that Australia sits in its own little corner of the world but we actually aren't as isolated as we have been led to believe. A love of travelling has forced more and more carriers throughout the years to invest in the Australian market and therefore opening up the world to us with a variety of destinations. Currently, we have access to 34 countries direct from Australia, and 65 different airports and destinations. Add in one stop and the world opens up with 1,082 possible destinations in 133 countries.

Virgin Australia Group released its 2017 financial year results today. This included information on its subsidiary, Tigerair, Velocity Frequent Flyer programme, and outlook for FY2018. Blue Swan has pulled together all the key highlights from the results into an easy to read snapshot for your reference.

Inmarsat, the British-based firm providing global mobile satellite communications technology, released a new global survey of 9,000 airline passengers in 18 countries revealing how inflight WiFi is changing the way people travel. The third annual Inflight Connectivity Survey was published by Inmarsat and market research company GfK, highlighting some intriguing new traveller behaviours.

Air New Zealand is adding capacity and improving its product in the Adelaide market this summer by up-gauging some of its flights from the A320 to 787-9. The 787 enables Air New Zealand to offer South Australia a premium economy and lie flat business class product, which is particularly important to corporate travellers heading to North America.

A new US startup, Boom, is planning a new generation carbon composite supersonic aircraft with 45 all-business seats in two single seat rows, and priced at about 10% above current business fares.

In May-2017, Australia's Federal Government committed AUD5.3 billion over the next 10 years towards the development of the Western Sydney Airport. It was announced that the government planned to establish a government-owned company to manage the development process and ensure the airport was operational by 2026. Yesterday, Australia's Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development announced the establishment of the WSA Co.

China Southern has already increased capacity to Adelaide, which it began serving in late 2016, by switching from the A330-200 to higher density A330-300. However, the airline has stopped offering a first class product in the South Australia market, leaving Emirates as the only airline in Adelaide with first class.

An extensive partnership between United Arab Emirates (UAE) carriers Emirates Airline and flydubai will see the two Dubai-based airlines join forces to offer customers enhanced travel options via Dubai International Airport and will end the Gulf hub carriers on interest in purchasing short-haul airliners.