Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For South Pacific

While it seems unlikely that Turkish Airlines will launch services to Australia to, it is aiming to grow its presence in this market through new and stronger partnerships with Asian carriers and more capacity on the Istanbul-Singapore route. Over the years, Turkish has looked as though it would serve Australia with direct flights, primarily one-stop service via Indonesia or Singapore, but its new management team has no plans to operate flights to Australia in at least the short to medium term.

"After three years of detailed and extensive evaluation, and receipt of the final terms of the Notice of Intention from the Commonwealth late last year, Sydney Airport has decided it will not develop and operate Western Sydney Airport (WSA)." (Sydney Airport Decision on Western Sydney Airport, 02-May-2017)

The CAPA-ACTE 2017 Melbourne Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit is just around the corner, scheduled for 30-May-2017. Let's take some time to learn about some of the incredible speakers scheduled for the event.

IATA's Apr-2017 survey of airline business confidence appears to confirm that the best is behind us - at least for airline profitability. According to IATA, the survey responses are consistent with the fact that "the industry profit cycle peaked in the first half of last year."

Each month the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) monitors the punctuality and reliability of major domestic airlines operating between Australian airports.

When European LCC group Norwegian launches service from London Gatwick to Singapore on 28-Sep-2017, it will become the longest route in Norwegian's network - and the longest route by any LCC globally.

Global passenger numbers are increasing every year, with more services, more aircraft, and more infrastructure all having a detrimental impact to the environment. Yes, the industry relies heavily on fossil fuels, leaving a large carbon footprint which has to concern even the most conservative Trump supporter who doesn't believe in Global Warming but it's not just emissions which are causing the problem. Only in the last couple of weeks have we seen an incident here at home which threatened an entire ecosystem.

Cairns is enjoying a surge in international traffic following the launch of services over the last two years by four new foreign airlines. This increase is having a positive effect on the local economy and greatly impacting visitor nights for the area.

Singapore Airlines' initial performance in the Canberra market has been above expectations with the load factor between Canberra and Singapore particularly encouraging. The average load factor on the Canberra-Singapore and Singapore-Canberra sectors in the first five months of the operation was above 80%, fuelled by strong local demand.

For years the Big 3 US carriers have failed to keep Emirates out of the US, even after spending over USD50 million on lobbying, but in two quick poorly judged moves President Trump and the US security organisation pulled it off in just a few short weeks.