Blue Swan Daily – Thursday 27th June 2019. Scheduled airline demand across Asia Pacific, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), “picked up slightly” recording a +2.1% rise in year-on-year growth
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Social impact in the travel and aviation industry – gender diversity, indigenous affairs, the environment and more
Blue Swan Daily – Friday 28th June 2019. As customers, employees, suppliers and society at large begins to place increasing importance on corporate social responsibility, corporate leaders have started to
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Blue Swan Daily – Friday 28th June 2019. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on the carrier acquiring 4.3% equity stake in Hanjin KAL, a Korean Air shareholder: “Delta’s partnership
Tourism Fiji and Fiji Airways Forster a Strategic Partnership with Ctrip to Boost Visitor Arrivals from China
Tourism Fiji – Friday 28th June 2019. Tourism Fiji and Fiji Airways have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ctrip in Shanghai. It makes Tourism Fiji as the first
Australia’s new underwater hotel to revolutionize Great Barrier Reef tourism
Asia & Pacific News – Thursday 27th June 2019. SYDNEY, June 25 (Xinhua) — An upcoming eco-tourism experience on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will allow visitors to sleep up to
Air Tahiti orders two STOL-capable ATR42-600s
CH-Aviation.com – Thursday 27th June 2019. Air Tahiti (VT, Papeete) placed a tentative order with Avions de Transport Régional for two ATR42-600s with Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) capabilities during the ongoing 2019 Paris
Team Fiji chefs fly flag with pride
Fiji Sun – Wednesday 26th June 2019. Team Fiji chef once again flew the Fijian flag while competing with other Pacific Rim Chefs for the Global chef semifinals and Battle
737 Max pilot sues Boeing for career damage
Fiji Sun – Wednesday 26th June 2019. An anonymous pilot is suing Boeing, alleging the company ‘demonstrated reckless indifference and conscious disregard for the flying public in its development of
Summit Platform to Understand Industry Needs
Fiji Sun – Wednesday 26th June 2019. Tourism is not the only industry in fiji that is looking for people with trade skills. Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association CEO Fantasha
FRCS puts VAT Monitoring System to address the black economy and to ensure that Fiji is dealing with tax evasion
Fiji Village – Wednesday 26th June 2019. The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service says the VAT Monitoring System or Electronic Fiscal Devices is to address the black economy and to
Video of the week – Dubai Airports is taking a technological journey, but people still matter in its strategy
Blue Swan Daily – Wednesday 26th June 2019. Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths believes short haul transport could change as new technologies are introduced, but notes that where such technologies
Check in! – hotel highlights across South Pac
Blue Swan Daily – Wednesday 26th June 2019. Brisbane Airport Corporation to develop USD208m automotive precinct with race track and dealerships Brisbane Airport Corporation announced (21-Jun-2019) plans to develop BNE
Route development crucial for tourism in the Philippines, airlines need to bring in expertise from other industries to harness their data and LCCs have the capability to ‘not only survive but potentially thrive’ in a downturn – insights from the CAPA LCCs in North Asia Summit
Blue Swan Daily – Wednesday 26th June 2019. LCCs have been rarely out of the news over the past 20 years as they disrupted market after market. And ever since,
A second South Asian airport is to be entirely solar-powered but there are growing concerns about the lack of regulation
Blue Swan Daily – Wednesday 26th June 2019. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted approval to a proposal to finance the development of a solar power plant at Siddharthanagar
FNPF gives deadline to employers
FBC News – Tuesday 25th June 2019. At the end of this week, the Fiji National Provident Fund will be crediting interest to all members’ accounts. Chief Executive Jaoji Koroi
REX APPLAUDS AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA FOR REDUCTION OF AIR NAVIGATION SERVICE CHARGES
Regional Express – Tuesday 25th June 2019. Regional Express (Rex) highly commends Airservices Australia (Airservices) for once again succeeding in lowering its costs and passing the savings on to carriers.Rex
Rex pax up 4% in May-2019, load factor down to 63%
Blue Swan Daily – Tuesday 25th June 2019. Regional Express (Rex) reported (24-Jun-2019) the following traffic highlights for May-2019: Passengers: 111,000, +4% year-on-year; Passenger traffic (RPKs): +5%; Passenger capacity (ASKs): +6%;Read
BITRE: Rex tops domestic OTP in May-2019, Qantas has highest cancellation rate
Blue Swan Daily – Tuesday 25th June 2019. Australia‘s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (23-Jun-2019) overall domestic on time performance for May-2019. Details include: On time departures: 84.7%;Regional Express:
Brisbane Airport Corporation to develop USD208m automotive precinct with race track and dealerships
Blue Swan Daily – Tuesday 25th June 2019. Brisbane Airport Corporation announced (21-Jun-2019) plans to develop BNE Auto Mall, with stage one due to open by 2021. The AUD300 million
Fiji Airways is in a good space: AG
FBC News – Tuesday June 25th 2019. Operational changes made by the FijiFirst government to Fiji Airways has enabled the company to be where it is today. Civil Aviation Minister,