Industry leaders will be sharing their insight on what Brexit means for the industry, airport and destination marketing and the significance of airline incentives.
World-leading aviation consultancy Airport Strategy & Marketing (ASM) is continuing its growth in North America with another key addition to the team, just weeks after its official launch.
The route development consultancy Airport Strategy and Marketing (ASM) has worked with the Colombian city of Cartagena to secure its only direct route to Europe.
The European Commission has found that public funding granted by Austria to Klagenfurt airport is in line with European Union (EU) state aid rules, but as ruled that certain airport services and marketing agreements concluded between the airport operator and airlines Ryanair, Hapag-Lloyd Express and TUIfly gave the latter “an undue advantage”, which cannot be justified under state aid rules.
Airport cities should participate in route development and collaborate more closely with airlines, according to David Stroud, managing director of Airport Strategy and Marketing (ASM).
Data from air service development consultants, Airport Strategy & Marketing (ASM) suggests that British Airways is initially taking tentative steps into the New Orleans when it launches flights between London Heathrow and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport next year. A demand forecast from the consultancy on the route shows expected demand outweighing available capacity from the day of launch.
The UK must press on with providing more capacity at London airports following the decision to create a third runway at Heathrow, an industry expert has said.
The recently-announced HK Express flights to Guam and Saipan will further stimulate the US territory island after a number of other recent breakthrough routes, according to Nigel Mayes of ASM.
On Tuesday 27th September at 9am in the Routes Talks session at World Routes in Chengdu, Omar Hashmi, Consultant at ASM will be asking ‘Are the sizes of indirect markets driving airlines' new route decisions?’
The year started optimistically with record low fuel prices and strong consumer demand, however a number of terrorist attacks, the UK Brexit referendum shock, an impending Chinese economy slowdown and the US election marathon, all appear to be taking their toll on the global aviation market.
In our regular Routes News series we aim to help the air service development community to better fulfil their jobs with guidance on industry trends and key topics.
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LATAM Airlines is resurrecting the former LAN Peru link between Cartagena and Lima from January 2017, initially operating with four weekly frequencies using Airbus A320 equipment. This marks a significant growth in capacity versus when it was flown under the LAN Airlines guise between April 2009 and June 2011 when there were just two weekly rotations using a smaller A319 airliner.