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Lithuania's Vilnius Airport, serving the capital of the Baltic country, reopened on 17-Aug-2017 following a 35-day closure for essential runway repairs that were planned well over a year ago. They were completed on time, despite unfavourable weather conditions. As far as is known, it was also within a EUR19 million budget.

The Blue Swan Daily recently caught up with hotel sourcing agency HRS Global Hotel Solutions to discuss trends in the market and what business should be looking out for.

It is certainly true that travel opens our eyes to the world, but we are not alone seeking that insight with tourism increasingly engulfing the communities that have come to rely on its economic benefits. While we are travelling we tend to close our eyes to all those around us seeking to visit the same historic monuments, sharing stunning vistas or making the most of the weather. But, for locals, it is becoming a major inconvenience.

Every 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.

From a nine stop 'hop', via a one-stop 'skip' via an Asian or Middle East Hub to a non-stop 'jump' launching next spring, the popular Kangaroo Route linking Australia and the UK is one of aviation's most competitive long-haul air corridors. Now almost a dozen airlines are actively pursuing the around two million annual passengers flying between the two countries with itineraries routing via new emerging hubs across the globe.

British Airways (BA) has confirmed it will operate a five times weekly London Heathrow-Nashville service, effective May-2018, with Boeing 787-8 equipment. This is overtly an inward flight promotion, encouraging Tennessee travellers to journey to London or to one of 130 onward destinations that BA offers at Heathrow, and one that should also support British business efforts in and around Nashville, which claims to have one of the fastest growing economies in the US. It means there will be 26 US cities directly accessible by BA flights from London in summer 2018 (though there is only one in the UK directly accessible from the US - London).

With thousands of families heading off to European hotspots during the school summer holidays, the annual Post Office Travel Money Family Holiday Report has revealed that pester power by kids set parents back an average of £184 on their trips abroad. This explains why two-thirds of families who set a budget (71%) overspent it by nearly a quarter (23%).

The Chief Executive of Globalia, Javier Hidalgo, has stated a desire to "create a great hub in Madrid, like Dubai", so that "Latin American passengers can stay two or three days before proceeding to travel on into Europe".

AirAsia X is aiming to expand its Australia network by up to three new destinations within three years and double its Australia traffic over the next 10 years.

With concerns over the future of connectivity from the UK post-Brexit, the UK government has established a highly paid 15-person committee to examine whether a focus group study should be conducted into the feasibility of a new bridge to connect London Heathrow Airport with Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. This follows strenuous attempts by recent governments to encourage air passengers to travel anywhere except to and from the UK by turning its largest airports into storage parks by finding every excuse available not to build any new runways.