Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For South Pacific

CAPA - Centre for Aviation partner, OAG has launched a new on-time performance programme designed to inform travellers about carrier's performance across the globe. The new programme gives airlines and airports an official badge that will drive consumer confidence in their brand, recognise team efforts and ultimately give the industry consistent on-time performance KPIs on which to base their aspirations.

Overcapacity could result in the Australia-Samoa market following Virgin Australia's decision to launch services to Samoa in Nov-2017. Virgin Australia will likely compete on the Sydney-Apia route against Samoa Airways, the new flag carrier being launched by the Samoan government in Nov-2017.

The third edition of the annual Soft Power 30 index has delivered a surprise result with France overtaking the previous two years' winners the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) as the world's top soft power. Moving up from fifth place in the ranking, compiled by the PR firm Portland Communications in conjunction with the University of Southern California school of public diplomacy, the European country has highlighted how people's perceptions can quickly change.

It seems like only last week we declared Air New Zealand the king of airline safety videos, and while we stand by that, there is a new player in the game and believe it or not, its British Airways. Gordon Ramsay, Rob Brydon, Sir Ian McKellen and Thandie Newton make appearances in British Airways' impressive new safety video, which is actually quite funny.

Australia's international aviation links have changed radically over the past two decades - though not always in ways that many people would expect.

The CAPA LCCs in North Asia Summit 2017, which occurred in Osaka in June 2017, delivered some of the most thought-provoking discussions from a wide range of expert speakers.

Earlier this month, we witnessed yet another example of an airline attempting to cash in on the success of a movie franchise by plastering well known images and characters all over a select aircraft. Jetstar Japan ensured the release of the new Spiderman movie, Spiderman: Homecoming, helped build brand awareness for the airline by not only splashing a giant Spiderman across an aircraft but also inviting guests to dress up as the friendly neighbourhood hero.

The Sep-2016 launch of flights by Singapore Airlines (SIA) has led to a more modest than expected increase in international traffic for Wellington Airport. The Wellington-Canberra sector of SIA's new Wellington-Canberra-Singapore route has also struggled somewhat with an initial load factor of less than 65%. However, the Wellington-Singapore market could still potentially support a nonstop service in future as demand for Wellington-Canberra-Singapore been impacted by a less than ideal product.

It's not all priority boarding and airport lounge access driving business travellers anymore, says Egencia's Business Travel and Technology Survey. In its 4^th edition, the survey shows the increasing desire by business travellers for technology access, cross-device integration, and greater productivity offerings on the road rather than traditional airline offerings.

Philippine low cost airline Cebu Pacific is aiming to upgrade its Manila-Sydney service to daily, satisfied with its improving performance on the route.