| INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | 
 
| CAE to deliver million dollar annual investment to boost global female pilot pool | 
 
Canada’s CAE has revealed it will invest around USD1 million a year in its new CAE Women in Flight scholarship programme, demonstrating its own commitment….. 
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| 20 Quick Fire Questions for… Christina Cassotis, Chief Executive Officer at Allegheny County Airport Authority | 
 
Christina Cassotis is CEO of Allegheny County Airport Authority and oversees developments at Pittsburgh International Airport. Like the famous steel city’s own business renaissance, the….. 
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| Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the Continent | 
 
Is the African market finally ready to fulfil its full potential? Will a new more open approach to air connectivity finally open the door to….. 
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| Did you know? Top 10 International Routes | 
 
Nine of the top 10 busiest international routes in the world can be found in the Asia Pacific region, and this doesn’t seem likely to….. 
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| Airline Insight: Skymark Airlines | 
 
Each day this year The Blue Swan Daily uses the extensive insights available to CAPA – Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot on the….. 
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| Airport Insight: Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | 
 
Each day this year The Blue Swan Daily uses the extensive insights available to CAPA – Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot on the….. 
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| Bitcoin Watch – Tetras Capital backs Bitcoin and squashes theory Ethereum could take over | 
 
New York based Tetras Capital, has published a “Bearish Thesis” on Ethereum, claiming there is a low probability of ETH ever taking over Bitcoin. The report makes….. 
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| DAILY NEWS BRIEFS | 
 
| Finnair: Only 11% of Finnish people are in favour of introducing environmental flight tax | 
 
Finnair reported (18-Jul-2018) the findings from a consumer research study during summer 2018 confirmed the majority of Finnish people are ready to pay to reduce the….. 
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| IATA outlines four point action plan to address European airspace congestion | 
 
IATA called (18-Jul-2018) for the European Commission, EU member states and ANSPs to take “urgent” action to address European airspace congestion. IATA outlined a four point plan as follows: Modernisation of….. 
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| CargoLogicAir and Volga-Dnepr to establish hub at Liège Airport | 
 
CargoLogicAir, Volga-Dnepr Group and Liège Airport signed a strategic partnership MoU (Aviation24.be/STAT Times/The Loadstar/Lloyd’s Loading List, 18-Jul-2018). The parties will establish a regional hub for the carriers at Liège Airport….. 
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| Canary Islands awards easyJet the subsidised La Palma-Basel service | 
 
Canary Islands Tourism Agency, via its website, awarded (Jul-2018) easyJet the EUR161,060 p/a subsidised La Palma–Basel year round service over a two year period. The carrier will have to operate….. 
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