Following the October half-term holidays, statistics from Cirium show how flights have recovered compared to pre-pandemic levels. During October half-term, 17,598 flights were scheduled to depart UK airports – equating to over three million seats. Departures from UK airports during October half-term remain 18% down compared to the same period in 2019 when there were 21,394 departing flights. Departures are up 55% compared…
APAC hotel occupancy shows recovery with strong Q4
As countries in Asia Pacific actively lift travel restrictions, Amadeus’ business intelligence data is showing strong recovery indicators for the remainder of 2022, and evidence of growing traveller confidence as the sector looks towards 2023. Maria Taylor, head of commercial, Hospitality, Asia Pacific, Amadeus, says: “It is extremely encouraging to see such positive hospitality trends…
JetBlue sees continued recovery
JetBlue has credited its Northeast Alliance partnership with American Airlines for the continued recovery of corporate revenue compared with 2019 levels. As informed by a news report in Business Travel News. “We were pleased to see business travel step up again post-Labor Day following the typical summer low in July and August, and continue to…
Loganair returns to profit as pandemic recovery continues
Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, returned to profitability in the financial year to 31 March 2022 – the year in which the airline also celebrated its 60th anniversary. The Glasgow-based company today released its audited accounts for the financial year, setting out a profit before tax of £4.98 (approx. USD5.61) million on a turnover of £161…
Klook: Asia Pacific travel recovery with strong 300% QoQ revenue growth
Klook announced that it is seeing accelerated cross-border travel growth in Asia Pacific with one of its strongest quarters (over 300% QoQ growth) as it celebrates its eight-anniversary driven by accelerated cross-border travel growth in Asia Pacific, even without North Asia fully opening its borders. Travel interest remains high with more than 140% year over…
Spain sees intense recovery of tourism
Spain received nearly nine million passengers from international airports in August, representing 87% of those who arrived in the same month of 2019, according to data published yesterday by Turespaña from Aena records. According to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, these data are “very positive because they confirm the intense recovery of…
The Netherlands’ dramatic increase in airport charges threatens aviation recovery
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that a proposed 37% increase in airport charges in the Netherlands risks significant damage to the recovery of air connectivity in the country. Following a formal review in which IATA and several airlines participated, the regulator for airport charges at Schiphol, ACM, released a decision which accepted the…
Global business travel recovery witnesses double-digit surge since February
Business travel is surging forward, international travel is returning and despite new challenges, industry recovery is entrenched. In addition, corporate travel policies are undergoing a revamp and employees are broadly willing to travel for business. These findings are from the April Business Travel Recovery Poll, the latest and 27th in a series from the Global…
Agoda data indicates early signs of recovery for Bali
Following Indonesia’s announcement to re-open its borders to international travellers, digital travel platform Agoda has seen a surge in searches for Bali from neighbouring markets keen to return to one of the region’s most popular beach destinations. Bali ranked the top search destination in Indonesia, while the entire country ranked third as a destination in…
January sees continued tourism recovery: UNWTO
International tourism continued its recovery in January, with a much better performance compared to the weak start to 2021. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine adds pressure to existing economic uncertainties, coupled with many Covid-19-related travel restrictions still in place. Overall, confidence could be affected and hamper the recovery of tourism. Based on the latest…
