Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For South Pacific
2017 CAPA-ACTE Melbourne Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit – Wrap Up
CAPA - Centre for Aviation hosted the 2017 CAPA-ACTE Melbourne Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit this week. The event, which brought together a wide variety of key industry speakers and was attended by suppliers and buyers from all over Australia.
Revenue and Growth – The upside for Sales and Account Management from understanding Procurement
How well do you understand and work with your stakeholders? I'm not talking about your colleagues or management team, I'm focusing specifically on procurement as your customer.
Airline contracts are evolving past simple flight pricing
To continue being competitive in the corporate market, airlines are being pushed to include more in their contracts than ever before. The demand for additional features and inclusions into contracts assists with organisations with being efficient while on the road.
Batik Air finally ready to begin Australia services with Jun-2017 Bali-Perth launch, are more Australian cities next?
Batik Air has set a 21-Jun-2017 launch date for service from Bali to Perth, the first Australia route for the Indonesian full service airline. Batik, which is part of the Lion Group, will initially operate Bali-Perth with two daily flights using A320s in two class 156-seat configuration.
Canberra’s fighting hard to attract new carriers and new routes
It seems members of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government and travel community in Canberra have been working hard to secure additional carriers and routes to the city. The airport has developed an international terminal capable of handling up to one million passengers a year, and key parliamentary members have been out lobbying carriers with gusto.
Focus on a Speaker - 2017 Melbourne Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit
The CAPA-ACTE 2017 Melbourne Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit is scheduled for tomorrow and will include some incredible speakers such as: Intelligent Travel, Managing Director, Tony Ridley; AccorHotels, Director of National Sales, Elizabeth Georgopoulos; Air Canada, General Manager (Australia and New Zealand), Paul McLean; and NAB, Senior Economist, Gerard Burg.
First 737 MAX enters service with Malaysia’s Malindo; Fiji Airways to launch first MAX route to Australia
Malaysia's Malindo Air has placed into service Boeing's first 737 MAX, a new re-engined narrowbody aircraft family that also has been ordered by Virgin Australia and Fiji Airways and is under evaluation by Qantas.
Build your own airport. Is this the greatest job in aviation EVER?
No environmental impact studies needed, no engineering contracts to let, no pesky banks to borrow from, no landfill, no airline complaints about footing the bill. You can just go ahead and build your own airport if you want, on Brisbane Airport land. What's more you'll be paid for it.
Candidate for the year’s worst press release: who on earth put this out?
On a daily basis the Blue Swan Daily receives hundreds of press releases from a wide variety of sources. Whether it be airlines, hotel chains, tourism boards, and well just about anyone, what classifies as "news" never ceases to amaze us. In fact we thought we had seen it all…it turns out we can still be shocked (and appalled).
Premium Economy: A valuable asset to airlines but not every product is the same
Premium economy continues to be a key opportunity for carriers the world over. More and more airlines have introduced this important class into their aircraft to improve yields and assist with competitive load factors.