Analysis

Each week, CAPA – Centre for Aviation produces informative, thought provoking and detailed market analysis of the aviation industry. With supporting data included in every analysis, CAPA provides unrivalled and unparalleled intelligence.

Here’s some of the reports published over the past week.

At a time of crisis, it is important that we share our insights and experience, helping each other to contain and mitigate the impact of COVID-19. CTC – Corporate Travel Community each week brings you a roundup of the most thought-provoking and interesting comments from those industry leaders in the know.

They say ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. In this regular section CTC – Corporate Travel Community incorporates and expands on the popular charts produced in the 2020 air capacity series ‘Coronavirus Statistics Snapshot’. These are sourced from CAPA - Centre for Aviation analysis of OAG schedule data and incorporates seat detail from CAPA's own database. It offers a weekly look at how the pandemic is impacting global flight levels and seat capacity in the world’s largest markets.

European flag carrier SWISS International Air Lines has begun installing its new premium economy class on its Airbus A340-300 fleet.

The first such aircraft completed – HB-JMB – returned to service on 24-Jan-2023 and is presently being flown between Zurich and Johannesburg.

All four of SWISS’s A340s will be equipped with premium economy by Apr-2023, from when the new seating class will be bookable for the further destinations served by the aircraft.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the last month of 2022 unveiled its 13th and 14th hotel in Vietnam and ninth hotel in Phuket in Thailand as it further expanded its activities across Asia Pacific.

Vietnam and Thailand are described as “strategic markets” for the company and it plans to continue to grow its presence throughout this year and in those to come.

“We remain committed to fulfilling our mission of making hotel travel possible for all, by providing high quality hotels in sought-after destinations, catering to both business and leisure travellers alike,” says Ben Schumacher, vice president of operations South East Asia & Pacific Rim, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.

Each week, CAPA – Centre for Aviation produces informative, thought provoking and detailed market analysis of the aviation industry. With supporting data included in every analysis, CAPA provides unrivalled and unparalleled intelligence.

Here’s some of the reports published over the past week.

At a time of crisis, it is important that we share our insights and experience, helping each other to contain and mitigate the impact of COVID-19. CTC – Corporate Travel Community each week brings you a roundup of the most thought-provoking and interesting comments from those industry leaders in the know.

They say ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. In this regular section CTC – Corporate Travel Community incorporates and expands on the popular charts produced in the 2020 air capacity series ‘Coronavirus Statistics Snapshot’. These are sourced from CAPA - Centre for Aviation analysis of OAG schedule data and incorporates seat detail from CAPA's own database. It offers a weekly look at how the pandemic is impacting global flight levels and seat capacity in the world’s largest markets.          

After stronger than expected recovery in 2022, this year could see international tourism arrivals return to pre-pandemic levels in Europe and the Middle East, according to latest predictions from UNWTO.

However, the travellers of today and tomorrow will differ from those of the past it says, with tourists especially expected to increasingly seek value for money and travel closer to home in response to the challenging economic climate.

Business travel continues its slower recovery and it could be 2025 before levels similar to pre-pandemic are recorded on a global scale.

AC Hotels by Marriott, the design-led lifestyle brand from Marriott Bonvoy, has made its brand debut in Greater China with the opening of AC Hotel by Marriott Suzhou. This marks the introduction of a seventh brand in the group’s Select Brands portfolio into the region.

Known as the ‘Venice of the East,’ Suzhou is an ancient water town filled with elegant waterways, quaint alleyways and peaceful pavilions. The new property is situated in the heart of the city’s historic Gusu District.