Wayne Borland (pictured right) has been appointed Qatar Airways country manager for the Australian Eastern market.Borland's experience includes airlines Etihad Airways, Aircalin, Air New Zealand and American Airlines, where he worked in a variety of management, sales and business development positions, as well as broad industry experience at other companies including Carlson Wagonlit and Movenpick Hotels.
Virgin Atlantic and Travelport have renewed a distribution deal that includes all Virgin Atlantic content including future distribution of NDC through the Travelport+ platform.
Week 48 saw traffic continuing to decline to 23,809 flights/day, with weather, in particular the very heavy snow at Munich, causing many cancelled flights and diversions, as well as negatively impacting delays and punctuality. Arrival punctuality – the proportion of flights arriving no more than 15 minutes late – dropped sharply to just 67.3 per cent, nine percentage points down on the previous edition of the European Aviation Overview and well below both 2022 and 2019 levels.
Marriott Hotels' Ritz-Carlton has introduced a new Ritz Kids program in 'key' Asia-Pacific cities including Perth, Tokyo and Singapore as well as popular leisure destinations Bali, Maldives and Langkawi.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published its forward estimates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production.
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.
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.
UK seaside resort group Pontins has closed its resorts in Prestatyn, north Wales, and Camber Sands in East Sussex.
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.
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.
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.
Wayne Borland (pictured right) has been appointed Qatar Airways country manager for the Australian Eastern market.Borland's experience includes airlines Etihad Airways, Aircalin, Air New Zealand and American Airlines, where he worked in a variety of management, sales and business development positions, as well as broad industry experience at other companies including Carlson Wagonlit and Movenpick Hotels.
Virgin Atlantic and Travelport have renewed a distribution deal that includes all Virgin Atlantic content including future distribution of NDC through the Travelport+ platform.
Week 48 saw traffic continuing to decline to 23,809 flights/day, with weather, in particular the very heavy snow at Munich, causing many cancelled flights and diversions, as well as negatively impacting delays and punctuality. Arrival punctuality – the proportion of flights arriving no more than 15 minutes late – dropped sharply to just 67.3 per cent, nine percentage points down on the previous edition of the European Aviation Overview and well below both 2022 and 2019 levels.
Marriott Hotels' Ritz-Carlton has introduced a new Ritz Kids program in 'key' Asia-Pacific cities including Perth, Tokyo and Singapore as well as popular leisure destinations Bali, Maldives and Langkawi.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published its forward estimates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production.
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.
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.
UK seaside resort group Pontins has closed its resorts in Prestatyn, north Wales, and Camber Sands in East Sussex.
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.
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.
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.
