Opinion – Page 4
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Airline BusinessNowhere beckons for Asia-Pacific airlines
‘Flights to Nowhere’ are smart public relations for Asia-Pacific airlines, but that such flights are even under consideration underlines the immense challenges they face. Reports recently emerged that Singapore Airlines (SIA) is considering what local reports refer to as ’Flights to Nowhere,’ whereby passengers board in Singapore, fly around a ...
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Airline BusinessWhy airline lifelines might be followed by more rescue measures
News that Virgin Atlantic has secured court approval for its planned recapitalisation marks the latest in series of rescue deals that have been struck to ensure airlines around the world can stay airborne. Some have simply secured protection from creditors while they re-organise. Others have secured fresh capital – be ...
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Airline BusinessAn eternal midnight for Asia-Pacific airlines
Hopeful talk of ”travel bubbles” in the Asia-Pacific has turned to disappointment as the coronavirus demonstrates a profound ability to keep heaping disruption on the travel industry. In early May, hope was in the air in Auckland. New Zealand, one of rare success stories in dealing with the pandemic, mooted ...
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Airline BusinessAirline industry faces up to the next phase
Airlines around the world are beginning to implement recovery plans as regions are gradually released from lockdown
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Airline BusinessAirlines must not forget environmental imperative during coronavirus
Despite financial pressures, it is wishful thinking that the airline industry might be cut some slack on environmental issues as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Airline BusinessHow air transport sector is dragging itself back from the brink
Few if anyone could have predicted the sudden and far-reaching destruction being wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic during 2020 – but the airline sector has already picked itself up and is still in the ring, fighting its way towards a recovery.
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Airline BusinessHow airlines are facing a new world order
A significantly reduced market until at least 2022 is broadly accepted, with widespread implications for the industry
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Airline BusinessHas a golden age of travel passed?
As the airline industry makes its way through a period of historic losses and begins the process of restarting operations following coronavirus groundings, the longer-term prospects for recovery look decidedly mixed.
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Airline BusinessWhy coronavirus crisis is litmus test for loyalty programmes
Desperate times call for desperate measures. However, the answer to the coronavirus crisis does not lie in ever-more exorbitant promotions, argues Evert de Boer. Airlines must now resist the temptation to fall back into old habits – and instead, stay on the recent course of innovation, customer intelligence and financial accountability.
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Airline BusinessWhy airline loyalty programmes must go back to their roots
Ravindra Bhagwanani, managing director at frequent flyer programme specialists Global Flight, considers why the coronavirus crisis means airlines will need to look to the past and improve the value proposition of their loyalty schemes if they are to keep customers in future
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Airline BusinessFor airlines, there has never been so much at stake
The fast-moving nature of the coronavirus crisis has created a curious situation where talk of airlines being on the brink of collapse is happening alongside discussions of how operations might be restarted in the coming weeks.
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Airline BusinessHow will states exert their renewed influence on airlines?
Airline bodies, chiefs and industry analysts have been warning since national lockdowns grounded scheduled passenger services that many carriers did not have enough cash to survive more than a couple of months.
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Airline BusinessRather than solving social distancing, airlines face a waiting game
Seeing 75-year-old airline trade association IATA and ultimate industry disruptor Michael O’Leary express the same view on a topic is a rare thing, but we are living through unprecedented times.
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Airline BusinessWhat airlines must do to achieve greater gender diversity
It’s about time that the aviation industry took serious action to address its major gender balance disparity.
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Airline BusinessCoronavirus tests fundamental weaknesses in Asia-Pacific airline market
As the coronavirus continues to affect airlines’ networks and demand for passenger travel and freight services, the spotlight is falling on Asia-Pacific’s airlines and their ability to weather the storm.
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Airline BusinessWhy Ryanair is still more likely to bide its time than bid for Air Italy
Ryanair’s move to hold a press conference in Milan today sparked some press speculation that the low-cost carrier was about to make a bid for the assets of collapsed carrier Air Italy.
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Airline BusinessChaotic leadership is holding Garuda back
Garuda’s revolving door of leaders has proved detrimental to its long-term interests and must be addressed for the carrier to get back on track. Emblematic of deep-seated organisational issues, the worst blows Garuda suffered in 2019 were the misstatement of its 2018 financial results and the public dismissal of its ...
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Airline BusinessHow are airlines handling scrutiny of their environmental impact?
The airline industry’s impact on the environment has moved up the agenda at an impressive pace during 2019.
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Airline BusinessAction needed on LGBTQ diversity at airlines
A diverse and inclusive workplace is a better one, writes IATA’s Dexter Morse, but more airlines need to adopt a structured approach to the issue
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Airline BusinessK-pop safety video signals change at Korean Air
Korean Air is showing off some new K-pop moves in its new safety video and wants its customers to sit up and pay attention.