Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition

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Welcome to the joint March and April 2020 issue of Business Traveller Asia-Pacific. Firstly, apologies for the joint nature of this issue. As you know, the travel industry has been badly affected by the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, and many airlin

Business Today

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Nearly all airlines are flying at 25-30 per cent capacity due to restrictions and low demand Demand is uneven with flights to East India reporting higher load factors Despite reports that the Centre is targeting international flights by July, airline

Los Angeles Times

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More people are expected to take to the skies during the Christmas holiday period, continuing the surge in travel demand that is projected to generate strong profits for U.S.-based airlines, according to industry forecasts. During the 21-day Christma

The Atlantic

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They’re stuck between corporations trying to extract maximum profits from each flight and passengers who can broadcast their frustration on social media.

Aero Magazine International

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This segment is becoming so popular that a special area was dedicated to it in the fair. Vertical takeoff and landing electrical aircrafts (eVTOL) have become a major focus for companies like Uber, for example, which was recently associated to Signat

Business Traveller

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Of the many industries hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, aviation has taken a particularly big knock. At the height of lockdown in April, flights were down by 94 per cent across the world compared with April 2019. Thousands of airline jobs have been lost

TechLife News

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United Airlines said that it finished one of the worst years in its history by losing $1.9 billion in the last three months of 2020, and it predicted more of the same in the first quarter of this year. The loss was wider than analysts expected. The n

Popular Science

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THERE’S AN AERIAL EXPRESS LANE 100 MILES WIDE STRETCHING above the Atlantic, where more than a thousand planes crisscross the jet stream’s 150 mph winds. Spotty radar coverage over the ocean calls for predetermined routes, creating a consistent traff

Business Today

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The first week of September brought into the open the growing chasm in the aviation sector. The government, along with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and global industry body IATA, organised a mega event in New Delhi's Taj Palace Hotel to cele

Aero Magazine International

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) completes 75 years of existence in 2020, exactly in April. Founded in Havana, capital city of Cuba, the entity emerged from the Chicago Convention, the global treatise that sets forth the basis of ci

NPR

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The Department of Transportation received some 25,000 consumer complaints in March and April, up from about 1,500 a month. DOT will also allow airlines to stop serving some cities with little demand.

Plane & Pilot

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Scary times? Definitely. The end of the world? Definitely not. As I speak with flight schools around the nation, I hear the common panic we’re all sharing. You need to know—you’re not alone. Flight schools of all types and sizes are going through the

Los Angeles Times

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The average domestic airline ticket cost $346 in the first three months of the year, an approximately 3.7 percent decline from the same period last year and the latest drop from an industry that has been facing rising jet fuel prices. The airfares, r

Plane & Pilot

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For as long as there have been airline flights or railroad passages or ships sailing the ocean blue, there have been deadheads. As crews move machines about the face of the planet, they frequently find themselves “out of place.” To the airline pilot,

Plane & Pilot

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In a thrift shop just off Atlanta’s DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, a wooden case caught my eye. Amy and I spend a disproportionate amount of our time in secondhand stores. A lot of trips are busts, but there are times we strike gold. Sometimes, I can even

Business Traveller

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Welcome to the September issue of Business Traveller. I hope you all had a chance to take a proper rest from business travel over the summer, and that your travels instead revolved around pleasure somewhere with family or friends. As experienced trav

Airways Magazine

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A FEW DAYS ago, I came across an emotive message from Finnair in which the airline’s choir—comprising some of its most talented Flight Attendants—performed ‘We’ll Meet Again’. The song, made famous by Dame Vera Lynn (1917-2020) in the dark days of Wo

Sunday Independent

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IT’S take-off for South Africa’s new passenger airline as flying conditions are great but demand is low. On Thursday, budget airline Lift made its debut with inaugural flights between Cape Town and Johannesburg, launching at a time when passenger num

NPR

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An industry group says airlines around the world are burning through cash and can't afford to pay refunds to customers for canceled flights, despite regulations requiring it.

Pretoria News Weekend

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THE airline industry is struggling to stay afloat amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with route cancellations and irksome flight delays becoming something of a norm. Much planning goes into a pandemic trip, from Covid-19 testing to booking travel insurance.

Beijing Review

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At dawn on March 17, Jiang Jia tenderly kissed her sleeping son goodbye and headed out the door quietly. She was flying out from southeast China on a special mission to Wuhan in Hubei Province in central China and wouldn’t see him again for 14 days a

Independent on Saturday

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THE airline industry is struggling to stay afloat amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with route cancellations and irksome flight delays becoming something of a norm. Much planning goes into a pandemic trip, from Covid-19 testing to booking travel insurance.

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THE airline industry is struggling to stay afloat amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with route cancellations and irksome flight delays becoming something of a norm. Much planning goes into a pandemic trip, from Covid-19 testing to booking travel insurance.

Go Travel New Zealand

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When it comes to regional air travel, there's a "Big Little Airline" proving that sometimes smaller is better. Bev + Dan Power started Sunair Aviation over 30 years ago. It began with a dream and a focus of offering regional business and leisure trav

Saturday Star

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THE airline industry is struggling to stay afloat amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with route cancellations and irksome flight delays becoming something of a norm. Much planning goes into a pandemic trip, from Covid-19 testing to booking travel insurance.

TechLife News

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United Airlines will reduce flights, freeze hiring and ask employees to volunteer for unpaid leave as the airline struggles with weak demand for travel because of the new virus outbreak. United said that starting in April it will reduce passenger-car

Business Traveller

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Wondering why fares out of London are so high? A close relative living in NYC is unwell, and I thought of making a short trip there next weekend to see him. The cheapest direct flights (in business) out of Heathrow are well north of £5,000. I’m als

Australian Flying

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The Federal Government will develop a Regional Aviation Policy as part of what it says is a commitment to growing regional Australia. Addressing the Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) convention on the Gold Coast in October last year,

Los Angeles Times

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The demand for air travel continues to surge, with U.S. carriers expected to fly a record 28.5 million passengers over the Thanksgiving holiday, a 3 percent increase from the previous year. Despite the continued growth in passengers, the nation's air

Indianapolis Monthly

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Q: I SEE ALLEGIANT IS ADDING LOTS OF NONSTOP FLIGHTS FROM INDY. HOW SAFE ARE THE DISCOUNT AIRLINES? A: Cool your jets, my friend. When it comes to stuff like legroom, in-flight snacks, and overhead storage, airlines can (and will) skimp in every way