Airlines
It’s In The Air
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.2 billion passengers to travel in 2035, a near doubling of the 3.8 billion air travellers in 2016. The prediction is based on a 3.7% annual Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) noted in the release of the latest update to the association’s 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast. “People want to fly. Demand for air travel over the next two decades is set to double. Enabling people and nations to trade, explore, and share the benefits of innovation and economic prosperity makes our world a better place,” said IATA director...
Star Alliance, Juneyao Seal Partnership
Star Alliance and Juneyao Airlines have formally sealed a strategic partnership which will see the Shanghai-based airline become a “Connecting Partner” of Star Alliance in 2017. Under the Alliance’s partnership concept, the airline will soon start offering services such as through-check-in, as well as Lounge access and other Priority privileges to qualifying passengers travelling on connecting itineraries with Star Alliance member airlines. Mark Schwab, CEO Star Alliance, commented: “Juneyao Airlines is a terrific addition to our network proposition in China and particularly...
Charting A New Course
Among the many factors that influence the higher cost of airfares in Canada is the ownership status of the nation's airports, reports western editor, Ted Davis in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. There is still no word from federal transportation authorities on what the future holds for Canadian airports in terms of ownership, but there is plenty of speculation and opinion on where this issue is heading. While some voices are advocating for full private sector ownership, other stakeholders express misgivings with this strategy, and support a business model that...
Alitalia Upgrading Res System
Alitalia is advising agents that from 2:00 pm EST on Oct 14, 2016 until Oct. 15, 2016, it will be implementing an important upgrade of its airline reservation systems. During this period, flights will operate as normal and your clients’ itineraries will not be affected. However GDS functionalities and online and call centre services will not be available. Agents will not be able to complete the following services on behalf of their clients: Create and modify the bookings Purchase and issue new tickets Re-issue or re-validate tickets Purchase Ancillary Services ...
Ski Vermont Casts The First Snowflake
Ski Vermont and a team of representatives from the state's various ski resorts called in Toronto last night (Oct. 13) as part of Toronto ski week activities. With the news that snow making had already begun at at least one venue (Killington), with the hopes of opening by Halloween, the group uniformly expressed devotion to the important Canadian market and Southern Ontario, in particular, which is an approximately seven-hour drive from the hills. With packages and programs appealing to beginners, experts, families and kids, there is something for everyone in Vermont, they noted,...
Charting A Course To The Future
LOT Polish Airlines is in expansion mode and Canada is in line for more service, reports Michael Baginski in this week's digital edition of Travel Courier. On his first visit to this country since taking office in January, new LOT CEO Rafal Milczarski told Travel Courier that Canada is a special market for the airline due both to the strong Polish community here and the fact the airline’s first transatlantic flight landed in Toronto (in 1972), even before the US. “Toronto is a very important route [to LOT]. I think every Polish person loves Canada; everyone in Poland has a...
A Good Idea Just Gets Better
Here's a case of a good idea just getting better and better. By popular demand, Icelandair's Buddies are back as the carrier launches its free Celebration Stopover Buddy service. From blowing out birthday candles in a volcano to meeting the Principle of Elfschool, heli-skiing on your honeymoon or planning the perfect proposal, Icelandair will stop at nothing to make a traveller's Celebration Stopover one to remember Icelandair's new Celebration Stopover Buddy service sees members of the airline team matched to passengers in the ultimate personalized celebration concierge...
A Deal For The Future
IATA is hailing the leadership of the International Civil Aviation Organizatino (ICAO) for having “achieved an historic agreement to implement a market-based measure that will support airlines’ efforts to stabilize emissions with carbon neutral growth.” That agreement was reached by states attending the 39th ICAO Assembly which was held recently in n Montreal and it saw ICAO’s 191 member states agree to implement a Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s director general and CEO, said: “The historic significance...