The second part of our review of 2019 features the demise of Thomas Cook; World Routes 2019 in Adelaide: Delta's deal with LATAM; and Wizz Air's plans to launch an airline in the United Arab Emirates.
Airlines want airports to understand their business models and demonstrate how to help them control costs, executives from airlines in three different countries have told airport delegates.
Ivan Tan explains more about the ambitious growth plans for Singapore Changi Airport, the winner of the Over 50 Million Passengers category at the World Routes 2019 Awards.
Airlines and airports anticipate a huge change in city point connections enabled by new very-long range narrowbodies and widebodies, although some say they do not yet the data to validate these emerging markets.
Australia’s largest provider of contract aviation services, including passenger flights and air freight operations, is a name unfamiliar to many outside the country. That’s starting to change.
Saudi Arabian Airlines is on a growth plan that will both extend its reach to European destinations using long-range narrow-bodies and broaden its international base by focusing on countries with high concentrations of Muslim populations.
Introducing quotas for female chief executives is not the answer in the quest for equality in the global aviation industry, delegates at World Routes 2019 have been told, but more must be done to enable the advancement of women into important leadership roles.
Europe's airline industry is ripe for further consolidation although it will not be on the same scale as in the US, according to airBaltic’s chief executive.
Improving connectivity with India is a key focus for the Australian government, the country’s minister for trade, tourism and investment has told delegates at World Routes 2019.
An agreement designed to bring a non-stop route between the Australian city of Darwin and Haikou, the capital of China's island province Hainan, has been signed during a special event at World Routes.
The busiest air routes on earth have been revealed in a new study published by Routesonline, with the number one growing passenger numbers by almost 5 percent. The research has been revealed as the 25th World Routes gets underway in Adelaide, Australia.
Adelaide Airport has laid out a vision to more than double annual passengers to almost 20 million over the next two decades, with routes to North America and untapped destinations in Asia high on its agenda.
Despite its well-documented financial challenges, Air India is continuing to add new routes and expand its international network. In recent weeks, the state-owned carrier has announced or launched services to Seoul, Toronto and Nairobi among others.
