Opinion – Page 3
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Airline BusinessThailand shakes up moribund Southeast Asian air travel market
Thailand’s decision to fully open to vaccinated travellers by mid-October represents a sharp break from its Southeast Asian neighbours, whose international air travel markets remain in stasis.
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Airline BusinessIs IATA right to call for ‘data-driven decisions’ on international travel?
IATA’s belief is that draconian government restrictions are standing in the way of a meaningful restart of international travel, and that data proves those restrictions are an overreaction to the actual risks.
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Airline BusinessAfter several false starts, airline frustration gets thrust to the fore
Virgin Australia chief Jayne Hrdlicka sparked a furore when she said Australians must learn to live with the coronavirus, even if it meant further deaths. While controversial, her comments are understandable, and represent growing frustration in the airline industry for a return to normalcy.
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Airline BusinessLooking beyond the tired slogans for airline recovery picture
In judging how airlines will emerge from the crisis, the calculation is not as straightforward as some would have it, writes CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry
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Airline BusinessTrans-Tasman ‘bubble’ sets high bar for travel resumptions
The Trans-Tasman travel bubble offers a rare good news story for air travel in the region, but don’t expect a spate of similar arrangements to follow.
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Airline BusinessDiscussion of restriction-free air travel is cause for optimism
It made sense for Willie Walsh to use his first briefing as IATA director general to insist that Covid-related health measures – such as pre-flight testing and vaccination certificates – should only be in place for as long as is necessary.
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Airline BusinessTime for tough decisions about Garuda, Malaysia Airlines and Thai
The coronavirus pandemic is a salutary lesson in the risks associated with airline ownership, but will Southeast Asia’s governments get the message?
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Airline BusinessAs they firefight, airlines shouldn’t ignore changing fundamentals
There is no point making it through to more stable times, only to realise that your pre-pandemic assumptions don’t apply in the new reality.
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Airline BusinessHow might new Covid-19 strains affect the airline industry’s outlook?
The emergence of more infectious strains of Covid-19 and the consequent restrictions placed on travel to and from the UK, Denmark and South Africa could have significant implications for the airline industry’s recovery path.
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Airline BusinessTurbulence in South America’s airline industry will pass
Gol chief financial officer Richard Lark explains how current woes are being exacerbated by pre-pandemic overcapacity, but that they will be overcome in a region used to handling crises
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Airline BusinessHow might air travel recovery shape up?
CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry writes that there is not an existential threat to the industry as a whole, though there may be for some individual airlines, and that the opening up of markets will be a multi-paced affair
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Airline BusinessHow should airline leaders address the hole in their bucket?
Airline fortunes with their tight margins were already finely balanced even going into a crisis which may require a major revamp of their business models. Peter Davies, founder of Airline Management Group, argues different skills and strategies will be required to come through this and could require a rethink for some of a traditional reliance on business traffic.
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Airline BusinessThe real trouble with travel bubbles
A two-week delay in the Hong Kong-Singapore air travel bubble starkly illustrates how fragile an Asia-Pacific air travel recovery will be absent a universal coronavirus vaccine.
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Airline BusinessWhere are we on the path to aviation industry recovery?
Ascend by Cirium senior consultant Richard Evans looks at how the aviation industry is faring amid the pandemic
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Airline BusinessDo airlines have the management to thrive in the post-crisis market?
While industry analysts have been busy predicting how airlines might navigate their way through the crisis, Peter Davies, founder of Airline Management Group, argues the big challenge will be finding the exceptional talent and imagination in leadership needed to deliver on plans in the new normal
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Airline BusinessWill there be an international air travel resurgence in 2021?
When this crisis reaches the 12-month mark around February/March 2021, are there any reasons to believe that things will look vastly better than they do today?
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Airline Business‘Antifragile’ airlines have the edge
Carriers seeking a strong recovery from coronavirus should focus on how adversity can drive change for the better, writes Shashank Nigam of airline marketing specialist SimpliFlying
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Airline BusinessSouth Africa’s airline sector can overcome challenges
The country has been hit hard by Covid-19, exacerbating connectivity challenges created by SAA’s retrenchment, but there is hope that the sector will recover, writes Zuks Ramasia, chief executive of the Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa
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Airline BusinessFor airlines, a focus on 'getting back to 2019 ' ignores reality
As with many coronavirus crisis-related discussions – involving airlines or otherwise – it is tempting to focus on getting back to how things were, even at the cost of considering that some changes might be for the better.
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Airline BusinessAirlines need to look beyond the abyss
Leading indicators are helping to map the recovery path, but progress will be limited while key constraints persist, writes CTAIRA consultant Chris Tarry