The Blue Swan Daily Aviation News Updates

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
As Qatar Airways revisits its Cardiff service, can an airport be too small to host an intercontinental route?
Eyebrows were raised when Qatar Airways announced last year that it would operate a route from Doha to Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Not because…..
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Airbus retains some European resolve as Boeing pushes up its aircraft delivery prediction for the next 20 years
Airbus and Boeing both agree that the world’s passenger fleet will more than double to over 48,000 aircraft in 20 years with traffic growing at…..
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EMEA Tourism Market Review – May 2018
In this week’s exclusive Blue Swan Daily Infographic, we take a closer look at one of Europe’s booming tourism markets, Croatia, by analysing visitor arrivals…..
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Your weekly travel and aviation Quote-a
The Blue Swan Daily brings you a roundup of the most thought-provoking and interesting comments from those industry leaders in the know. Norwegian CEO Bjørn…..
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Airline Insight: South African Airways
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: Harbin Taiping 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 – Bitcoin continues to climb but many remain sceptical
Bitcoin value continues to increase this week, currently valued at USD7,489 (a more than 15% increase in the last week alone). Despite the increase, US…..
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DAILY NEWS BRIEFS
Four European states to add more than 3000 daily ATM movements to networks by 2040
CAPA – Centre for Aviation, in a report entitled: ‘Aviation infrastructure: Crisis in Europe and Asia’, stated (19-Jul-2018) France, Germany, Turkey and the UK will add more than 3000 movements per day to…..
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Airbus concerned UK’s Brexit plans are ‘unraveling again’
Airbus CEO Tom Enders said he believes the UK Government’s plans concerning Brexit are “unraveling again” which provides more impetus for the company to make immediate “serious decisions” (Bloomberg, 19-Jul-2018). Mr…..
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Amadeus publishes case study on Norwegian; one in five bookings made by travel agencies
Amadeus published (19-Jul-2018) a case study on Norwegian Group. Findings include: Group increased global passengers 75% since 2013; More than 50% of total revenue generated from outside…..
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Finnair launches internet service on European flights
Finnair launched (19-Jul-2018) high speed internet service on its narrowbody Airbus fleet on European services in partnership with Viasat. By the end of summer 2018 approximately 20 aircraft are…..
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