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Will Airports Reboot Travel Over Your Dead Body?

2020-11-19 by Phil Butler

Over my dead body

A report says passenger volumes are not correlated to changes in Covid-19 infection rates in Europe. Our editor debunks this contention.

Tags: aci europe, ACI International, air traffic, airports, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 research, EUROCONTROL, IIASA, travel research

The ICAO Forecasts 1.5 Billion Fewer International Air Travellers in 2020

2020-05-04 by Delia Gavrilescu

Spain airport

The ICAO has released its first complete 2020 air passenger forecast revealing 1.5 billion fewer fliers in 2020.

Tags: air traffic, air travel, coronavirus impacts, COVID-19, destinations, fliers, ICAO, passenger numbers, passengers, tourist numbers, tourists, travelers

IATA Estimates Losses from COVID-19 May Soar to $113 Billion

2020-03-06 by Argophilia Travel News

flight board

IATA now sees 2020 global revenue losses for passenger business at between $63 billion and $113 billion. There are no figures for cargo.

Tags: air revenue, air traffic, airline revenue, airlines, COVID-19, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, passenger numbers, revenue, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Lufthansa pilots threaten further action

2014-10-22 by Phil Butler

Lufthansa pilots have given notice they may yet take further action against the airline’s failed bid to end their strike. The court in Frankfurt ruled yesterday in favor of the pilots, saying there were no legal grounds for Lufthansa’s action.

Tags: air traffic, airlines, Europe airlines, Lufthansa, strikes

Airberlin May Passengers Up

2014-06-09 by Rhett Butler

Courtesy airberlin

For May 2014, airberlin ferried a total of 2,971,840 passengers to destinations worldwide. The increase, of +0.5 percent over the same period of 2013, represented equaled a high capacity utilization rate of 79.5 percent. Seat miles/kilometers increased, as did other comparative figures.

Tags: air traffic, airline news, airlines, Europe airlines, Europe flights

SITA Airport IT Trends Released

2012-12-18 by Phil Butler

Airport IT

It’s no secret mobile adaptations for business and pleasure are gaining more and more momentum. Now news from SITA, via their Airport IT Trends Survey, tells of airports turning to intelligent tech, mobile apps, social media, and especially geo-location apps to improve passenger experiences.

Tags: air passengers, air traffic, air travel, airlines, airports, IT, passenger experience

Single European Sky Meetings Take Off in Cyprus

2012-10-11 by Liliana Steffens

Turkish Airlines

Yesterday key officials began a conference in Limassol (Cyprus) to try and get back on track in important transportation initiative for Europe, the so called Single European Sky aviation project to create a single European airspace. Despite widespread support and the logic of unifying European airspace however, nearly a decade has passed with mediocre progress toward this end.

Tags: air traffic, BALTIC FAB, EU, EU Airspace, Europe airlines, FAB, Limassol, NEFAB Estonia, NUAC Denmark, SES

Euro Crisis Takes Its Toll on Air Travel and Transport

2012-06-12 by Alina Popescu

British airports operator BAA stated fewer people are traveling by air between the UK and other nations when the crisis is more powerful, such as Greece or Spain, while the cargo moved between them is on a downward trend.

Tags: air traffic, air travel, airlines, economic crisis, Euro zone, UK

2010 Travel Figures – To Russia With Love

2010-10-12 by Phil Butler

Russia departures from Heathrow

2010 travel figures indicate a fairly significant increase in travel outbound from London. But more significantly, inbound travel to Eastern Europe shows phenomenal growth considering the world economic situation. Will emerging Europe out pace the rest of the world in tourism? So far this year, all things considered, it certainly appears so.

Tags: air traffic, air travel, BAA, British travel, Eastern Europe travel, Estonia, European Travel Commission, FIFA 2018, Heathrow, Russia travel, travel economy, UK travel, Vladimir Putin




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