Learn how the industry has demonstrated the improvement in baggage handling efficiency until 2012 and understand the next steps for further innovation with:
Chances are, if you’ve traveled recently you may have mistaken the airport for a shopping mall. Challenged with driving non-aviation revenue, many airports are becoming a destination unto themselves, providing access to a wide variety of retail options. Similarly, airlines continue to unbundle their fees in an effort to drive new revenue streams....More
Learn how the industry has demonstrated the improvement in baggage handling efficiency until 2012 and understand the next steps for further innovation with:...More
Open source software is becoming mainstream IT. But do you really know what the term means in practice and why it is important for all companies, including those in commercial aviation?
The shift to open source software is one of the most important current trends in technology, yet it is surprisingly little discussed compared with other developments – including those which, ironically, have only been made possible by the adoption of open systems....More
What will the year 2013 bring for us in the commercial aviation industry? The experienced ATW editorial team will discuss 2012 results and expectations for 2013 based on briefs from industry analysts, forecasters, manufacturers and organizations such as IATA. Presentations will also cover important topics such as the future of oil prices, traffic growth hotspots, ticket pricing, aircraft sales, ancillary revenue trends, and regulatory and the environment expectations.
Regional outlooks will also be addressed...More
The air transport industry has changed dramatically since ATW and SITA launched the first Passenger Self-Service Survey seven years ago. At that time e-commerce, online check-in and self-service kiosks were just starting to transform the travel experience. Today, they are the norm.
Now we are at the beginning of a new wave of trends that are set to revolutionize passenger interaction from booking to boarding and beyond. In particular, the accelerating trend in the adoption of mobile apps and social media offers many opportunities for change....More
Airportdata.com publishes technical, ground services and full contact information for almost 6,000 airports worldwide and provides aviation professionals with a set of practical tools to help navigate through the information quickly. Subscribers find the service leads to efficiencies in flight operations as well as providing all the information they need for new route planning, ground handling contracts and fuel purchasing. Features include:...More
MRO operations in airlines and related transportation industries have never been more complex, more regulated, and under more cost pressures. Airlines continue to strive for optimized MRO processes as they modify and modernize aging fleets, take ownership of complex new aircraft such as the A380s and B787s, and provide third-party MRO services. Airlines can improve aircraft availability and resource utilization while lowering parts inventories by transforming and integratingtheir maintenance planning processes with execution. ...More
According to Ideaworks, airline ancillary revenue soared to $32.5 billion worldwide in 2011.
The airlines have been profiting from the ancillary services and distributing the services exclusively through their channels to increase the distribution channels many GDS's and other service providers have been developing the technology for the services to be sold as a’la carte. Join our webinar to learn how OTA’s and TMC’s can explore opportunities to build ancillary revenue....More
June 30, 2009
ATW's Perry Flint talks about the current downturn and provides some intriguing insight. Has air travel changed forever? Has the premium travel sector shrunk forever? Has it gone the way of the three martini lunch and the personal assistant? We might be in the midst of a fundamental shift in air travel and the implications for the industry are far reaching....More
The US should look to what’s happening at airports worldwide and think bigger and more strategically about how its airports can best raise the investments necessary to keep them competitive on a global scale, the head of the Airports Council International said Monday....More
Governments must put more political will into sorting out air traffic management mega-projects and also addressing the political issue of finding a global agreement for emission market-based-measures (MBMs), the head of IATA said Monday....More
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada....More
US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity....More
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment....More
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