Passengers prefer tech to people – bun one size does not fit all
Airline passengers across the globe are so comfortable with technology today that they are choosing to use it rather than interacting with people. This is according to the 2016 SITA Passenger IT Trends Survey, a global survey released today by IT provider SITA and co-sponsored by Air Transport World. SITA"™s survey shows that 85% of […]
Airbus launches ACJ350 XWB with Easyfit outfitting
Airbus is launching a new corporate-jet version of its popular A350 XWB airliner, with Easyfit provisions for cabin-outfitting, expanding its corporate jet family with an aircraft that delivers more capacity, capability and comfort. Called the ACJ350 XWB, it features 270 m2/2,910 ft2 of cabin space in the -900 version. The ultra-long range variant can fly […]
ICAO expression of condolences: EgyptAir flight MS804
The Council President and Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu and Dr. Fang Liu, expressed the UN agency"™s deepest condolences today for the families and friends of the victims of EgyptAir MS804, a scheduled commercial flight from Paris to Cairo which crashed due to unknown causes on Thursday […]
Unruly passengers must be tackled
Captain Paul D. McCarthy is an Attorney and former representative of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations at ICAO. For him, unruly passengers present a significant challenge to airlines with several different types that have to be dealt with. An unstable passenger presents a problem that may require a more nuanced approach from […]
ALTA traffic report march 2016
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that ALTA member airlines carried 10.2 million passengers in March, up 8.5% from the previous year, excluding domestic traffic in Brazil (see table 1). Traffic (RPK) grew 9.3% and capacity (ASK) increased 7.4%, bringing up the load factor to 78.8%, equivalent to 1.4 percentage points […]
SkyTeam Opens New Lounge at Dubai International Airport
SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, today officially opened its latest lounge at Dubai International Airport. Situated in the newly-built Concourse D, Terminal 1, the lounge has been designed to offer high-end hospitality and amenities for Elite Plus, First and Business Class passengers of the ten SkyTeam member airlines serving the airport. "Shared facilities like our […]
American Airlines Brings Back Free Snacks in Coach
American Airlines Group Inc. has followed United Airlines in providing free snacks for economy passengers after more than a decade without them. American, the world"™s biggest carrier, began offering Biscoff cookies on flights departing before 9:45 a.m. Monday on routes between New York"™s Kennedy airport and Los Angeles and San Francisco, and between Miami and […]
Australian airports attract passengers
Australia’s two biggest airports continue to benefit from a boom in travellers, with visitors from Asia, the UK and the US arriving in droves. A record 39.7 million travellers passed through Sydney Airport’s three terminals in 2015, up three per cent on 38.5 million a year earlier. International passengers were up 4.3 per cent at […]
Is travel retailing finally about to take off?
It"™s been talked about as the Next Big Thing for quite some time now, but many are now saying that 2016 is the year that travel retailing reaches a critical point in its evolution. The idea is that there is a sequence of "industry shift" in play now that can only push the processes needed […]
Passengers to enjoy world-class baggage services at Sharjah airport
Sharjah Aviation Services today announced it will introduce new automated baggage management and communication systems at Sharjah International Airport. The new systems, provided by global air transport technology specialist SITA, are aimed at further improving the reliability, security and speed of baggage delivery at the airport. More than 4.5 million departing bags are handled at […]
