IATA publishes SAF estimates
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published its forward estimates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production.
ASA bans three airline ads
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
The UK’s ad regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned three airline advertisements (from Air France, Lufthansa and Etihad) for potentially misleading customers about the environmental impact of air travel.
Aviation should post better profits this year - IATA
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has strengthened its profitability projections for airlines this year and says the figures will then largely stabilise in 2024.
However, net profitability (at the global level) is expected to be well below the cost of capital in both years and very significant regional variations in financial performance remain.
ACS opens Bangkok office
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a new office in Bangkok, Thailand, managed by Steve Fernandez, formerly head of the company’s Hong Kong office.
Tap and Etihad sign code share
- Health & Leisure
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Etihad Airways and Tap Air Portugal have agreed a code share deal on a range of destinations within each other's networks.
Pontins closes two parks, now down to four
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
UK seaside resort group Pontins has closed its resorts in Prestatyn, north Wales, and Camber Sands in East Sussex.
Virgin Australia faces Xmas cabin strikes
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Virgin Australia cabin crew could be out on 24-hour strikes before Christmas, though the airline says it has yet to receive notice of industrial action and wants to work with the union to avoid disruption.
Qantas launches Xmas sale and 'earlier' free drinks on board
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Australia's Qantas is offering domestic passengers double frequent flyer points if they select flights on a QantasLink Q400 'Dasher-8' or a B737 'Roo-dolph' plane before Xmas.
Forte sells 49pc to Saudi's PIF
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Sir Rocco Forte has agreed to sell 49 per cent of his family’s 14-outlet luxury hotel chain Rocco Forte Hotels to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) in a deal that values the hotel group at about GBP1.2 billion.
Branson opts for 'tough love' at Virgin Galactic
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Earlier this year Virgin Orbit – a space business in billionaire Sir Richard Branson's empire - filed for bankruptcy after failing to raise new funds. Hundreds of employees lost their jobs.
October demand continues to boost cabin loads
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports the recovery in air passenger demand continued in October, with total traffic in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs up 31.2 per cent on October 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 98.2 per cent of pre-Covid levels.
Post Covid tourism recovery 'at about 90pc' - UNWTO
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
The newest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer shows an estimated 975 million tourists travelled internationally between January and September this year, 38 per cent more than in the same months of 2022.
AirAsia adds Incheon run
- Health & Leisure
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
AirAsia has launched a new route connecting Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia to Seoul (Incheon), South Korea.
IATA publishes SAF estimates
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published its forward estimates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production.
ASA bans three airline ads
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
The UK’s ad regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned three airline advertisements (from Air France, Lufthansa and Etihad) for potentially misleading customers about the environmental impact of air travel.
Aviation should post better profits this year - IATA
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has strengthened its profitability projections for airlines this year and says the figures will then largely stabilise in 2024.
However, net profitability (at the global level) is expected to be well below the cost of capital in both years and very significant regional variations in financial performance remain.
ACS opens Bangkok office
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a new office in Bangkok, Thailand, managed by Steve Fernandez, formerly head of the company’s Hong Kong office.
Tap and Etihad sign code share
- Health & Leisure
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Etihad Airways and Tap Air Portugal have agreed a code share deal on a range of destinations within each other's networks.
Pontins closes two parks, now down to four
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
UK seaside resort group Pontins has closed its resorts in Prestatyn, north Wales, and Camber Sands in East Sussex.
Virgin Australia faces Xmas cabin strikes
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Virgin Australia cabin crew could be out on 24-hour strikes before Christmas, though the airline says it has yet to receive notice of industrial action and wants to work with the union to avoid disruption.
Qantas launches Xmas sale and 'earlier' free drinks on board
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Australia's Qantas is offering domestic passengers double frequent flyer points if they select flights on a QantasLink Q400 'Dasher-8' or a B737 'Roo-dolph' plane before Xmas.
Forte sells 49pc to Saudi's PIF
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Sir Rocco Forte has agreed to sell 49 per cent of his family’s 14-outlet luxury hotel chain Rocco Forte Hotels to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) in a deal that values the hotel group at about GBP1.2 billion.
Branson opts for 'tough love' at Virgin Galactic
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
Earlier this year Virgin Orbit – a space business in billionaire Sir Richard Branson's empire - filed for bankruptcy after failing to raise new funds. Hundreds of employees lost their jobs.
October demand continues to boost cabin loads
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports the recovery in air passenger demand continued in October, with total traffic in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs up 31.2 per cent on October 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 98.2 per cent of pre-Covid levels.
Post Covid tourism recovery 'at about 90pc' - UNWTO
- BTN News
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
The newest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer shows an estimated 975 million tourists travelled internationally between January and September this year, 38 per cent more than in the same months of 2022.
AirAsia adds Incheon run
- Health & Leisure
- Thursday, 07 December 2023
AirAsia has launched a new route connecting Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia to Seoul (Incheon), South Korea.
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