Corporate Travel Analysis Reports

A report released today by the University of Northphalia has found that the up to 30 seconds at the beginning of each inflight safety demonstration unnecessarily contributes approximately 437.1 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

Norwegian will increase the pressure on European and US legacy carriers with the further expansion of its Transatlantic network next summer as it continues to show it is not afraid to compete directly with major airlines in both established and emerging city pair markets.

A new study from a UK association representing risk managers and insurance buyers has found that organisations are not doing enough to ensure their travel risk strategies are fit for the 21st century realities. Airmic, which describes itself as "the association for everyone who has a responsibility for risk management and insurance for their organisation" says such organisations are not fulfilling their legal duty of care to employees.

Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Peter Bellew dropped by CAPA HQ this week to discuss all things Malaysia Airlines in the Australia market. With up to 43 weekly flights into Australia the carrier definitely is an important international supplier.

Fiji Airways is the latest airline from this region to forge a codeshare with Hong Kong Airlines. Fiji Airways plans to begin codesharing with Hong Kong Airlines in Jul-2017, at about the same time Virgin Australia starts to codeshare with the Hong Kong-based carrier.

Korean Air LCC subsidiary Jin Air is resuming seasonal flights to Cairns in late 2017 and could eventually serve Cairns year-round as well as launch services to other Australian gateways. More flights to Australia from Jin would stimulate demand in the Australia-Korea market, which has been growing fast but is underserved.

In recent history Iceland has probably been best known in aviation terms for the unpronounceable volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, that brought European air services to standstill for days when it erupted in April 2010. However, half a decade later the country has emerged to become one of Europe's fast emerging destinations and home, according to The Blue Swan Daily analysis, of the continent's fastest-growing airport over the first half of 2017.

The Blue Swan Daily has its finger on the pulse and its ear to the ground, ready to bring you the latest instalment of Talking Corporate Travel. We have caught up with the industry leaders to find out what is happening in the world of corporate travel and what trends we can expect for the future.

The Blue Swan Daily brings you another exclusive infographic, focussing on the Australia's international airline activity for Apr-2017, sourced from BITRE and CAPA data.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is requiring enhanced screening of personal electronic devices, passengers and explosive detection for the roughly 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the country from 280 airports on 180 airlines in 105 countries. These enhanced security screening measures for all commercial flights to the US will impact around 325,000 daily passengers, but will avoid the suggested plans to extend the onboard large personal electronic device ban across all markets with non-stop access into the US.