Aviation

May 3, 2023August 1, 2023

The aviation industry looks to a net-zero future at ATM 2023

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 3 May 2023: The last two years has seen a resurgence in air travel and while this growth trend provides a welcome boost for the aviation ... Read more

April 26, 2023April 25, 2023

Why NFTs will boost brand loyalty among travellers

Aviation, Blog, Trends

By Jenny Southan, Editor, Founder and CEO, Globetrender This spring, Argentinian low-cost airline Flybondi announced that it would be issuing tickets as NFTs (“non-fungible tokens” – or “digital vouchers”), allowing customers ... Read more

April 21, 2023April 13, 2023

Sustainable aviation plans and initiatives by the ME3 carriers: Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad

Arabian Travel Market, Aviation, Blog, Responsible Tourism

Here’s the good news: air travel is back, and the global airline industry is seen to return to profitability in 2023 after a three-year slump due to the pandemic. The ... Read more

March 28, 2023March 24, 2023

SAFs and the Middle East: opportunity or threat?

Aviation, Blog, Responsible Tourism

By Mark Frary, Co-Founder, Travel Perspective In January this year, an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER took off from Dubai International Airport and, just over an hour later, it landed back in ... Read more

March 15, 2023August 1, 2023

Emirates’ Sir Tim Clark to discuss rapid growth within Middle East aviation at 30th edition of Arabian Travel Market, as regional traffic takes off

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15 March 2023: Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline, will participate in an in-depth discussion on the Global Stage of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023, ... Read more

March 8, 2023March 3, 2023

Blimps and Balloons: a new era of silent aviation

Aviation, Blog, Development, Responsible Tourism

By Jenny Southan, Editor, Founder and CEO, Globetrender There has been a lot of talk in the press recently about UFOs and Chinese spy balloons, but in the coming years, ... Read more

October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

Airlines – it’s still a long climb for women in leadership positions

Aviation, Blog, Women in Travel

The airline industry is slowly beginning to recognise the need to improve its credentials with respect to diversity and inclusion and leading this effort is to reduce the disparity between ... Read more

October 12, 2022October 13, 2022

Airlines move from a torrid summer to an uncertain winter

Aviation, Blog, Economy, Resilience and Recovery

The Covid pandemic has taken the airline business through the worst nightmare imaginable over the last three years and whilst things looked up for the summer, circumstances conspired to make ... Read more

October 3, 2022October 1, 2022

EasyJet holidays boss to speak at WTM World Responsible Tourism Day

Aviation, Press Releases, Reed Exhibitions, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism Spotlight, Travel Industry, WTM London, WTM Portfolio

The head of the first major UK tour operator to offset carbon emissions from package holidays will share his vision for making travel more sustainable at World Travel Market ... Read more

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022

Watch this space: keynote session at WTM London probes space tourism

Press Releases, WTM London, WTM Portfolio

The former President of Virgin Galactic, Will Whitehorn, is set to present a keynote at World Travel Market London, 7-9 November 2022, exploring the astronomic potential for space tourism. Will ... Read more

August 25, 2022August 23, 2022

How should the travel sector deal with the aviation industry crisis? A Q & A with aviation recruitment leaders

Arabian Travel Market, Aviation, Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry, Trends

Let’s throw back to a year ago when the prospect of travel returning to pre-pandemic days seemed to be an elusive possibility on the horizon. Plenty of fearless predictions foresaw ... Read more

July 5, 2022July 13, 2022

Europe is leading the Global Travel Recovery and sets the stage for World Travel Market London

Press Releases, WTM London

Global air travel is set to reach 65% of pre-pandemic levels this summer, according to the summer Travel Outlook Report 2022 produced by World Travel Market London (WTM) and analytics ... Read more

May 5, 2022May 6, 2022

Air Arabia and Etihad Moving Ahead In Partnership

Aviation, Blog, Business Travel

At this year’s live on stage aviation session at ATM we’ll explore the business strategies of two of the Gulf’s leading airlines. The airlines in question are Air Arabia and ... Read more

April 12, 2022April 11, 2022

Aviation industry: turning crisis to new opportunities

Arabian Travel Market, Aviation, Blog, Resilience, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry

After more than two years there are finally encouraging signs that the coronavirus pandemic may be on the wane. The airline and travel business has taken a beating. Nothing can ... Read more

May 5, 2021May 4, 2021

Airline Leadership in Challenging Times: Emirates and IATA

Aviation, Blog

Two of the most experienced and respected leaders of the airline industry will be amongst our guests for this year’s ATM Virtual event.

May 3, 2021April 29, 2021

Private Jet Companies Flourish Amidst Industry Slump

Aviation, Blog, Luxury

Due to the limitations and complications of commercial travel, private jet transport has seen a marked increase since last year.

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021

How has Gulf aviation been impacted by the pandemic?

Aviation, Blog

As the COVID-19 crisis enters a second year airlines are still struggling to return to even a modest amount of flying activity. The Gulf has been affected as much ... Read more

November 18, 2020November 17, 2020

How can cruise and airlines reinvent themselves post-COVID to win back consumers

Aviation, Blog, Travel Industry

While the global travel industry keeps striving to cope with the disruption caused by COVID, airlines and cruise lines need to undertake an innovative approach to be ready to attract ... Read more

November 6, 2020November 9, 2020

Decarbonising Aviation

Aviation, Blog, Responsible Tourism

Slowly around the world efforts are being made to decarbonise our lifestyles.

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

Reality Bites For Airlines

Aviation, Blog

Airlines had hoped that by now, they’d be seeing significant signs of travel recovery, but reality bites. COVID-19 and politicians had other plans.

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

The long run evolution of aviation activity following COVID-19

Aviation, Blog, Resilience and Recovery

Airlines’ business models, technology developments, new products and services, sustainability approaches… discover some of the factors that will shape and transform the global aviation industry after COVID-19.

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

How can aviation influencers help the industry to rebuild confidence?

Aviation, Blog, marketing

Aviation influencers take pride in educating their audiences on the flight experience. The airlines that are able to leverage their influence will likely have an advantage once the industry picks ... Read more

June 30, 2020August 17, 2020

Climate Change – Flying is not the problem

Aviation, Blog, Responsible Tourism

The global pandemic has revealed how important tourism is to so many developed and developing countries. COVID-19 has had very different impacts on guests and hosts.

May 28, 2020September 25, 2020

Airlines in Crisis: The Prognosis For The Aftermath of COVID-19

Aviation, Blog

It’s hard to believe that only a few months ago everything looked normal in the airline world. Well as normal as it ever is, there is always some challenge to ... Read more

May 15, 2020August 13, 2020

Air travel shown to rebound quickly once travel restrictions lifted

Aviation, Blog

As countries slowly move out of lockdown mode and reopen their economies, there is a big unknown as to how long it will take for air travel to resume.

May 14, 2020November 18, 2020

Aviation Tops the Agenda at ATM Virtual

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline to outline the company’s response to COVID-19 and its impact on their future strategy Jozsef Varadi, CEO of Wizz Air, to discuss ... Read more

May 11, 2020August 13, 2020

What will air travel look like in the next six months?

Aviation, Blog

The experience of travelling by plane is set to change forever. New restrictions and regulations will appear for every part of the journey due to COVID-19.

May 11, 2020August 13, 2020

Time for airlines to revisit new-and-improved virtual reality

Aviation, Blog, Technology

The enthusiasm for virtual reality is growing as airlines consider all options for winning business and converting customers in the new post-Covid-19 world.

April 30, 2020June 1, 2020

Catch up – Airlines in Crisis: What is the Prognosis for the Aftermath of Covid-19?

Video, Webinars

Speakers John Strickland has 37 years of experience in the air transport industry, embracing all the major airline business models and holding senior positions with airlines including British Airways and ... Read more

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020

Project Wingman: How airlines are looking after our NHS front line

Community Corner, Travel Community

“I’ve never met a pilot before, and now there’s one making me tea!” Clapping for our amazing NHS workers on a Thursday night has become the highlight of the week. ... Read more

September 24, 2019September 25, 2019

Airlines: survival of the fittest

Arabian Travel Market, Aviation, Blog

There is the usual share of volatility making it rough going for airlines as this year’s WTM approaches. When exactly a particular challenge will rear its head isn’t predictable, but ... Read more

October 20, 2016January 23, 2017

Airlines: Turning Geography to Advantage

Aviation

Our airline guests at this year’s WTM can all talk about how they have used their respective geographies to their advantage. Emirates, which last year celebrated its 30th birthday, has ... Read more

April 1, 2016April 28, 2022

2016 – A Year of Challenge for the Airline Industry

Aviation

I did conjecture in one of last year’s blogs that we might have a decision about a new London runway by the time of the 2015 WTM. It’s now Spring ... Read more

July 24, 2015January 23, 2017

Green light for new London runway?

Aviation

The UK’s Airports Commission, appointed by the Government to draw up recommendations on the need for additional runway capacity in the South East of the country, has published its conclusions. ... Read more

December 15, 2014

The challenge of carbon pollution for travel industry

Uncategorised

In the consumption of travel and tourism the major cause of carbon pollution is transport – around 90%, and aviation is the major part of that. What are we ... Read more

December 1, 2014September 18, 2017

Celebrating, debating and developing leadership in Responsible Tourism

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

What are the big issues that will define responsible tourism over the coming months and years? Each year at WTM we debate the burning topics of the day, and every ... Read more

November 4, 2014February 2, 2017

Lazy Low-Cost Airlines Distinct from Ultra-Low-Costs

Press Releases, WTM London

World Travel Market’s aviation programme on Tuesday started with Wizzair’s boss introducing the concept of “lazy low-cost” into the conversation. Speaking at the event today in London, Jozsef Varadi, chief ... Read more

October 14, 2014February 2, 2017

Ryanair, TUI and Flybe Bosses Debate The Future of Flying

Press Releases, WTM London

Delegates will hear first-hand from top airline bosses about the future of flying during a key aviation debate at World Travel Market – the leading global event for the travel ... Read more

September 1, 2014February 2, 2017

Kreeger to tell WTM about plans to pilot Virgin Atlantic

Press Releases, WTM London

Virgin Atlantic boss Craig Kreeger will tell delegates at World Travel Market (WTM) – the leading global event for the travel industry – about plans for the airline’s future, as ... Read more

July 1, 2014September 18, 2017

Would TUI merger push industry towards greater transparency and sustainability?

Blog, Carbon & Water, Certification, Responsible Tourism

Will TUI’s ongoing commitment to develop the sustainability of its portfolio, matched with its financial success, encourage more in industry to follow suit?

May 19, 2014September 18, 2017

Time to nominate your winners for World Responsible Tourism Awards 2014

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

Vote for who you want to win in 12 categories – inc. best destination, poverty reduction, wildlife conservation – in 2013 World Responsible Tourism Awards.

April 30, 2014September 18, 2017

Is Tripzero’s offer of free carbon offsets for flights+hotels a good thing?

Carbon & Water, Certification, Responsible Tourism

Tripzero says it will offset the carbon emissions caused by your transport and accommodation – for free – through a deal with Expedia. Is this a gamechanger?

October 29, 2013September 18, 2017

Climate Change and Tourism at WTM

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

If you want to talk about climate change and tourism, from effects on destinations to seeing how resorts are adjusting, WTM is a pretty good place to start

October 7, 2013September 18, 2017

ICAO does little to reduce aviation carbon emissions

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

Agreement on aviation carbon emissions at International Civil Aviation Organisation was hailed by industry as a landmark. Looks like a backward step to me.

September 9, 2013September 18, 2017

Aviation carbon emissions – level playing field needed

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

TUI calls for industry standard on reporting fuel and carbon efficiency for UK airlines so customers can choose least polluting airline.

August 19, 2013August 14, 2020

Do online travel agents give enough accessibility info?

Carbon & Water, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Human Rights, Responsible Tourism

A new campaign aims to ensure travel agency and booking websites are meeting legal obligations for delivering accessibility information for flights and airports.

June 3, 2013September 18, 2017

Aviation emissions not reducing fast enough

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

Aviation emissions continue to rise despite increases in fuel efficiency. Will the new Dreamliner help move the industry towards greater sustainability?

May 20, 2013September 18, 2017

Calasi app helps consumers address aviation emissions

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

For consumers who are concerned about the impact of their flight’s environmental impact, a new app from Calasi makes it easy to choose the flight with the lowest aviation emissions

May 13, 2013September 18, 2017

WTTC 2013 awards reward RT sustainable development efforts

Carbon & Water, Development, Responsible Tourism

The 2013 winners of the World Tourism for Tomorrow awards are a reminder of the breadth of issues such tourism operators address