The Blue Swan Daily Global Aviation News Update

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
British Airways’ new Executive Club rewards scheme app will deliver a more personalised loyalty offer
Loyalty remains a key ingredient of the airline marketing mix and new technologies are allowing them to offer an enhanced and more personalised menu to…..
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European nations are ‘energising the world with innovation’, Asian economies are rising up the rankings, while Israel is making impressive moves
The latest annual update to the Global Innovation Index once again sees European nations dominating the ranking and holding eight of the top ten positions……
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EMEA Global Capacity Recap – July 2018
In this week’s exclusive Blue Swan Daily Infographic, we take a closer look at the growing aviation market by focusing on global capacity. In Jul-2018,…..
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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. AirAsia Group CEO…..
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Airline Insight: TAAG Angola 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: Osaka Kansai 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 slides again nearing USD6,000 mark for only the 3rd time since Oct-2017
Bitcoin has continued its downward spiral, nearing the USD6,000 mark. At the time of publishing the cryptocurrency was valued at USD6121.19. This is the lowest…..
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DAILY NEWS BRIEFS
European Commission clears the way for Ryanair to take controlling stake of Laudamotion
European Commission approved (12-Jul-2018) unconditionally the proposed acquisition of Laudamotion by Ryanair. Under EU merger regulations, the Commission concluded the transaction would raise no competition concerns in the European Economic Area. As…..
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IATA director general and CEO: ‘Every person that cannot fly is a lost opportunity’ for the economy
IATA director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac, commenting on European airport infrastructure, stated (10-Jul-2018): “Every person that cannot fly is a lost opportunity that filters throughout…..
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KLM introduces self driving baggage trolley
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, via its official YouTube account, introduced (10-Jul-2018) the ‘Care-E’ self driving baggage trolley, which will be tested at selected US airports. In addition…..
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Lithuania to issue tender on operation of Vilnius-London service
Lithuania‘s Minister of Economy Virginijus Sinkevi?ius announced plans to issue a tender for the operation of six to 12 times weekly Vilnius–London City service in Sep-2018 (LETA/BNS/baltic-course.com,…..
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