Corporate Travel Analysis Reports

After strong growth since the end of the financial year to March 2015, UK low-fare carrier Flybe says its fleet numbers reached a peak in May 2017 and are now set to fall by 18% over the next three years. The airline's new CEO, Christine Ourmieres-Widener should reap the benefits of actions taken by her predecessor to limit the impact of surplus capacity ordered by his predecessor.

Fiji Airways is planning a new expansion phase that will include growth in its medium-haul operation to Australia and New Zealand.

The Blue Swan Daily brings you another exclusive infographic, focussing on Domestic On Time Performance for May-2017, sourced from BITRE and CAPA data.

Right at the time when it needs to stimulate one of the state's largest assets, the Western Australian Government has announced plans to absorb Tourism WA, the independent agency responsible for promoting WA, into the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation as part of its Machinery of Government changes.

It seems completely logical if one airline has had to park many of its short-haul aircraft for the short-term due to the forced suspension of flights into four neighbouring nations and another needs an immediate capacity uplift to prepare for an impending staff walkout, then moving those resources seems sensible. But, in a regulatory-enriched sector such as aviation such a simple and obvious task is not always easy. Qatar Airways and British Airways (BA), both members of the oneworld alliance, appear to be working on just this solution to overcome their current operational issues.

Norwegian has launched its first long haul services from Spain with three US cities - Los Angeles, New York and Oakland (commenced Jun-2017) - and plans one more - Miami, set for Aug-2017. Its next long haul route from Barcelona is likely to be Buenos Aires, but this reflects only a small part of Norwegian's ambitions in Argentina.

Virgin Australia has forged a codeshare with Hong Kong Express to support connections beyond its new Hong Kong-Melbourne service to mainland China.

Oil prices hit a seven month low this week, something that is good news for airlines. Good news, largely because it means costs go down, but also because lower oil prices mean more money in consumers' pockets and lower production costs for businesses.

Tourists flying to the UK this summer appear so far to be relatively undaunted by recent terror attacks, according to intelligence provider ForwardKeys. The company, which predicts future travel patterns by analysing 16 million booking transactions a day, says looking ahead, data shows that, as of June 17, 2017, forward bookings for international arrivals in London for the months of July and August were 12% ahead of what they were at the same point last year. This is a significantly more positive position than the European average, which is currently 7.8% ahead.

Feature: Profile of Perth and the West Australian aviation and tourism market

Part 1: Perth Airport, the "most international" of Australia's major airports