Hitit CS is the shining star in Africa: Seven new airlines in two years
Hitit CS had a strong presence at Aviation Festival Africa 2017. During the conference Hitit CS made two presentations about future airline distribution and passenger service trends. Hitit CS has a proven track record for serving African airlines. Recent customer gains of Hitit in Africa were Air Tanzania, Precision Air, Nouvelair, Tunisie and Air Namibia. […]
CEO Interview: KLM CEO on Why His Airline Still Feeds Passengers for Free
KLM may not be a perfect airline, but it"™s surprisingly spunky considering it"™s owned by a giant French company that also controls Air France. The two airlines couldn"™t be more different. To better understand the challenges facing airlines in an age of fluctuating oil prices, rapid growth, and changing passenger expectations, our Future of Passenger […]
Lufthansa Group brings direct payment option to check-in counter and gates with card terminals
By introducing "Amadeus Airport Pay", the Lufthansa Group now enables secure and simple payments at check-in counters. This new service, developed by Amadeus and Ingenico, will subsequently be available at more than 170 airports around the world. Customers will be able to pay for ancillary services with chip-cards (credit/debit cards) and compatible digital wallets. Additionally, […]
IATA AGM 2017: Strong profits forecast for aviation industry
The International Air Transport Association has revised its 2017 industry profitability outlook upwards. Airlines are expected to report a $31.4 billion profit (up from the previously forecast $29.8 billion) on revenues of $743 billion (up from the previously forecast $736 billion). "This will be another solid year of performance for the airline industry. "Demand for […]
Strong Profits Continue Labor, Fuel and Supplier Costs on the Rise
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revised its 2017 industry profitability outlook upwards. Airlines are expected to report a $31.4 billion profit (up from the previously forecast $29.8 billion) on revenues of $743 billion (up from the previously forecast $736 billion). «This will be another solid year of performance for the airline industry. Demand for […]
Iata calls for greater collaboration to keep flying secure
Greater collaboration is needed among all government and industry stakeholders to keep flying secure. The call came from Iata as the aviation trade body adopted a resolution reaffirming the airline industry"™s commitment to safety and security. Terror incidents in 2016 have dented European passenger demand. Performance over the first months of the year pointed towards […]
Buoyant demand for air transport across the worlds airports in first quarter of 2017
An overall strengthening of global economic conditions and the continued drop in the cost of air transport through lower fares has helped bolster air transport demand in the first quarter of 2017. Accumulated passenger traffic grew 5.6% year-over-year for the first quarter and for the month of March. While all regions posted solid gains during […]
Homeland Security may ban laptops on all international flights
Because of the real threat from terrorists, #Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said he may extend the ban on laptops to all international flights in and out of the U.S. It will expand the current ban on electronic gadgets bigger than a mobile phone that covered ten airports in North Africa and the Middle East. […]
Why Little Alaska Airlines Has the Happiest Customers in the Skies
The Western-U.S.-based airline has one of the most valuable loyalty programs in the business. Now it"™s expanding routes across the continent. It practically goes without saying: American airlines have a public-relations crisis on their hands. Almost every week since a passenger was bloodied and dragged off a United Airlines Inc. flight in early April, another […]
Man in Trump hat kicked off a flight as a crowd chanted: "˜Lock him up!"™
Like some bizarre parody of a Trump rally, a belligerent man in a "Make America Great Again" hat was booted off a plane in Shanghai Sunday "” defiantly waving as a crowd of passengers jeered in the terminal: "Lock him up! Lock him up!" It"™s unclear whether Chinese police did jail the man or who […]
