Corporate Travel Analysis Reports

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.

One of the few constants in our dynamic industry is the need for travellers to arrive at their destination or connecting airport on time. Whether it is a 17 hour long-haul service or a less than one-hour connecting flight into a hub, the accuracy of both scheduling the service and delivering the stated on-time performance (OTP) is incredible for airlines and airports alike.

The opening of new bases at Birmingham and London Stansted will grow Jet2.com network capacity by over 45% this summer, versus last year, as the low-cost carrier (LCC) moves its successful business model into southern regions. The budget operator has created a strong brand in northern England over the past decade supporting traditional package holiday requirements in these regions. From its birth from the Channel Express brand back in 2003 as a low-cost seat-only airline, it has since re-engineered the holiday process launching its own low-cost tour operator, Jet2holidays, to compete with the likes of Thomas Cook and Thomson.

After first launching flights in 2003 to maintain connectivity between Ticino, the southernmost canton of Switzerland and the domestic financial centres of Geneva and Zurich and delivering global connectivity opportunities via international hubs, Darwin Airline has seen quite an evolution.

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.