The B787 is back in the air, but now as well as facing calls for compensation for the planes' three-month-plus grounding due to battery issues and for late delivery, India's Air India has decided to ask for higher compensation from Boeing because - it says - the B787 is not as fuel efficient as the plane maker claims.
South America's Latam Airlines Group has reported operating income of US$114.2 million for the first quarter of 2013, a 149.8 per cent increase compared to the US$45.7 million pro forma operating income in first quarter 2012.
Evolving partnerships between airlines in Europe and the Middle East are delivering significant new options for international air travellers, including reconnecting markets no longer served by European carriers, James Hogan, the president and chief executive of Etihad Airways says.
Singapore Airlines recorded 0.8 per cent year-on-year growth in April 2013 in system-wide passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometres), while capacity (measured in available seat kilometres) grew by 3.2 per cent. As a result, passenger load factor (PLF) fell 1.9 percentage points to 77.8 per cent. The number of passengers carried increased by 1.1 per cent year-on-year to 1.5 million.
The 17th edition of the MITM Euromed Meetings and Incentive Travel Market will take place in Seville, Spain, 02-04 December 2013, sponsored by Seville’s Convention Bureau.
Helen Logas, chief executive of Sydney luxury travel mart Luxperience says that companies wishing to exhibit at the September meet need to move fast as exhibitor space is now limited.
Hotel and casino operator Crown has signed a new culinary partnership with internationally renowned restaurateurs Neil Perry and Guillaume Brahimi, whonow will serve as Culinary directors at Australia’s Crown Melbourne for the next three years.