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Airline Data Analytics: The Evolving Role of Analysis and New Data

According to a recent research study by Prophecy Market Insights, the Aviation ...

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Unlocking Full Potential: Elevating the Flight Booking Experience

In our ongoing exploration of innovation in the airline sector, we've ...

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Top 10: Europe's Busiest Airports

Updated 8th March 2024. OAG's monthly aviation data highlights the global ...

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Spain’s Hollow Domestic Flight Change: Regulatory Interference Highlights How Well Airlines Self-Regulate

Spain’s announcement of plans to switch domestic flights to rail services is ...

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Four Groundbreaking Innovations Transforming the Airline Industry This Month

Welcome to the first edition of the Airline-Tech Innovation Radar, where we ...

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A Shift in Power to Aircraft Lessors

This blog takes a closer look at the those issues and challenges raised in ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: January 2024

The global Skift Travel Health Index now benchmarks year-on-year, since 2023 ...

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Infographic: The Busiest Airports in the US

Which are the busiest airports in the US? We’ve taken a look at airline ...

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Infographic: China's Biggest Airlines

Each month, we track the Chinese aviation market including the busiest ...

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How Will Travel Technology Facilitate 2024’s Travel Trends?

Why do we travel? According to Booking.com’s research, in 2024 it’s not just ...

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New Innovation Tracker: Unveiling the OAG Airline-Tech Innovation Radar

The landscape of innovation in the airline context is ever-evolving. That’s why ...

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China Outbound: There’s Never Been a Better Time to Travel from China

Globally, airline capacity is back to pre-pandemic levels. Despite January 2024 ...

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Are Ryanair Proving That Domestic Services Can Work?

This week Ryanair released their Q3 financial results, and it was my turn for ...

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Just Launched: Passenger Booking Data in the Cloud

Critical to conducting market trend analysis and forecasting future demand, ...

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INFOGRAPHIC: Exploring the Current State of the Middle East & North Africa Aviation Industry

This infographic provides an overview of airline capacity in the Middle East ...

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Have January's Cancellation Rates Dashed US Airlines' Hopes for the New Year?

Every airline and airport operations director starts the new year full of hope ...

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Turkish Airlines Adds Another Country to Their Network

An airline’s key marketing message is frequently built around the products ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: December 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index has reached 102 points in December 2023. ...

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Innovative Airline Operations: Baggage Management

As the aviation industry continues its trajectory towards a future enriched ...

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Boeing’s New Year Wishes Blown Away Already

Every year Boeing’s executives hope that the next year will be better than the ...

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The Top 10 Aviation Industry Stories of 2023, Told By The Numbers

What mattered most to aviation industry professionals last year? Since we at ...

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Major Trends & Technology Etiquette for Travel in 2024

The landscape of travel technology is evolving rapidly, bringing forth a myriad ...

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Navigating the Future of Air Travel: Insights for 2024

In the ever-evolving realm of air travel, the coming year holds a multitude of ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: November 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index has reached 105 points in November 2023. ...

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Vietnam’s Domestic Aviation Recalibrates As Plans For Overall Growth Continue

Vietnam’s aviation market, along with that of Indonesia, has always been seen ...

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Air Travel Statistics 2023

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Edinburgh Airport: January Sales Arrive Early

It’s been rumoured for quite some time, but as an early seasonal present to the ...

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Travel Technology Highlights of 2023

2023 marked a seismic shift in travel– it’s been a year of ground-breaking ...

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The First and Last Flights of the Year

Aviation never rests, there are always scheduled services in the sky carrying ...

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Innovative Airline Operations: Flight Planning

As the aviation industry propels into a future marked by rapid technological ...

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Where Is Santa In December? His Secret Hideaway Is Hidden In The Flight Data

Data always points you in the way of valuable insights, and as the year comes ...

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Aviation Leaders Discuss 2024 Challenges

Against the backdrop of the Dubai Air Show and COP28, the aviation industry’s ...

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The New Technology Assisting Seasonal Travel

With November comes the holiday season, colder weather, and a busy time in the ...

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A Marginal Improvement In Thanksgiving Punctuality Is An Achievement To Celebrate

As the dust settles on the latest seasonal holiday and attention switches to ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: October 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index has dipped a little, to 103 points for ...

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LCCs' Domestic Capacity Share Grows in the US

At times, change can occur gradually, slowly evolving over time. It often ...

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How does this year's winter airline capacity compare to 2022?

One month into IATA’s winter season, we’ve taken a look at airline capacity ...

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On-Time Performance On The Up In North America

According to our latest data, on-time performance (OTP) in North America has ...

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Peaks and Lows in Thanksgiving Demand Cause Operational Challenges for US Airlines

The next week will see US Airlines come under tremendous pressure as the rush ...

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Innovative Airline Operations: The Turnaround

As the aviation sector continues its forward momentum, the transformative ...

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China’s Domestic Market: Holidaying at Home

While destinations and tourism authorities around the world await the return of ...

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Infographic: Southeast Asia Relies on India & China for Tourism Comeback

As the tourism industry in Southeast Asia reboots post-pandemic, one country ...

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What Can We Learn From These New 2023 Travel Technology Studies?

As the jack-o'-lanterns are extinguished, and the costumes put away, the realm ...

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Southeast Asia Looks to India for Tourism Reboot

Leaders throughout Southeast Asia have made it a priority to attract more ...

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Tracking the Evolution of airlines: 2019-2023

In 2019, 256 new airlines entered the industry (listing scheduled capacity for ...

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PASSENGER BOOKING DATA: AN INSIDER'S GUIDE

‘Mind the traffic!’: a phrase often associated with car journeys, but equally ...

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Infographic: Exploring Airport Megahubs

OAG's 2023 Megahbus Index lists the world's most connected airports. In this ...

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Expedia’s Annual Air Travel Hacks Report: 2024 Tips on Stress-Saving Strategies and Best Times to Book and Fly

Expedia has released its annual Air Travel Hacks Report, which is packed with ...

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The World's Smallest Aviation Markets

In the global aviation market, we often talk about the largest, the longest and ...

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Infographic: The Busiest Airports In The World, October 2023

The IATA summer schedule draws to a close toward the end of this month, so ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: September 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index stands at a new record high of 106 points ...

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The Technology Helping Maximize Travel Satisfaction

Last month offered a variety of technological innovations throughout the travel ...

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How Punctual Were The World’s Largest Airlines and Airports in September 2023?

Worldwide, the most punctual airport in September 2023 was Baoshan Airport ...

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China Still Holding the Cards for Asia’s Tourism Recovery

Asia’s international air capacity recovery has largely been a mixed bag due to ...

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Mediterranean Travel Hotspots

The Mediterranean is undoubtedly one of Europe’s most popular tourist ...

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Europe: The Frustrations of a Hub Airport

Commercial aviation is dominated by a series of hub airports where passengers ...

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Competition In The Middle East Intensifies As Saudi Arabia Works Toward Vision 2030

In May 2023, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) revealed that Saudi Arabia ...

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SSIM Data: An Insider's Guide

SSIMs are the grease that oils the wheels of the airline industry, created in ...

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Australia: When a Fair Share Isn’t Quite Fair!

Aviation is a regulated industry, and however much we like to think otherwise, ...

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Embracing the Tech Future of the Airline Business In Three Charts

The world of aviation has always been about movement, connection, and ...

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The Airline Tech Transition: A Journey Towards “Travel Done Right”

As we usher in a new era of technological advancements, the airline industry is ...

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Airports Climbing Megahubs Ranks Indicate Areas of Industry Growth

Friday 11th August 2023 was the busiest day for global aviation over the past ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: August 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 103 points for August 2023. Keep ...

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Low-Cost Carriers In The Aviation Industry: What Are They?

Low-cost carriers (LCCs) are responsible for a third of the world’s scheduled ...

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France’s Enduring Popularity As A Travel Destination

Before the pandemic disrupted the global tourism market, France was the most ...

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The Travel Technologies Emerging From This Summer

Welcome to our recap of the top travel technology news from August 2023. As ...

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Africa: When the Crossroads Get Closed

We’ve all been there, you are in a rush to get somewhere and suddenly hit a ...

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China’s International Travel Recovery Continues: Slow and Steady

Every month we track the travel recovery in China, in this analysis we explore ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: July 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 102 points for July 2023. Keep reading ...

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Capacity Discipline In The US Market Relaxes

One of the notable features of the market post pandemic has been the high ...

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Volaris Records Highest On-Time Performance In July 2023, North America Improving

In July 2023, a Mexican carrier has topped OAG’s on-time performance (OTP) ...

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Flight Status Data: An Insider's Guide

Every day, millions of flights, cancellations, and flight status changes are ...

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The Travel Technology Shaping The Future Of The Industry

Welcome to our recap of the top travel technology news from the past month. ...

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Matching Supply to Demand: The Art of Successful Management

It’s a very simple equation, match supply to demand or indeed keep supply a ...

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A Productive Q2 2023 For The Airline Industry: Interpreting The Data

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Maximizing Flexibility: The Innovative Transformation of Airline Payments

This marks the sixth and final article in our content series exploring the ...

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European Markets, Home and Away: Italy Stands Apart

In the vision set out by the European Union (EU) in the late 1990s when the ...

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Aviation Infographics of the Month: July 2023

Powered by OAG's world-beating aviation data, these infographics give an ...

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Which Are The Most Popular Travel Destinations For American Travelers This Summer?

This summer, international travel is firmly back on the agenda for Americans, ...

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Customer Q&A: Longtail Combines Data Sets to Maximize Airline Revenue

Longtail's innovative platform combines extensive amounts of data with its ...

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Are Travel Codes About To Get More Complex?

In the good old days of travel, when flights departed on time and there were no ...

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Exploring The World's 10 Longest Non-Stop Airline Routes

The world’s first commercial flight took off from St Petersburg, Florida on ...

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Ryanair Adds 28% More Seats Vs July 2019, Busiest Day For Capacity Set For 10th August

The pandemic made airlines constantly reevaluate and pivot their strategies, ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: June 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 104 points in June 2023. Here we're ...

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Peak Summer Airline Capacity but Mind the Gaps!

As the summer season reaches its peak over the next few weeks it seems that the ...

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Minimum Connection Times (MCTs): An Insider's Guide

Behind the scenes there are many operations in place to ensure smooth and ...

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Italy's Long-Haul Market Grows Despite ITA's Slimmed Down Network

Post-pandemic, new dynamics have been at play in the Italian long-haul market ...

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Transformative Technologies To Make Summer Travel Smoother

As the summer season reaches its peak, the travel industry is abuzz with ...

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Reshaping Airline Journeys: The Unfolding Saga of Virtual Interlining

This is the fifth article in our series decoding the fundamental technology ...

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US Travel Disruption: Lucky Escape for Some, but Not United Airlines and JetBlue

The last few weeks have created a perfect summer storm for the US majors as a ...

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Unveiling Generational Dynamics: Exploring Airline Loyalty and On-Time Performance

In the ever-evolving travel landscape, the relationship between airline loyalty ...

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China: The Return of European Travel

Every month we track the travel recovery in China. As the recovery is now ...

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Aviation Infographics of the Month: June 2023

June's infographics, will help you to visualize how alliances' market share ...

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The Biggest Airlines in The US

Which are the biggest airlines in the US this month? Using our Schedules ...

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An Unforgettable Week in Paris

An iconic destination and hot weather - it must be the week of the Paris Air ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: May 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 100 points in May 2023. Here we're ...

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The Italian Job: Lufthansa’s Investment in ITA Airways

Regulatory approval for the recently announced Deutsche Lufthansa stake in ...

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Spotlight on Singapore Airlines' Network: Strong Results Despite Challenges in Key Markets

In South East Asia, Singapore’s Changi Airport experienced the highest ...

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Unlocking Efficiency and Security: This Month’s Innovations in Travel Tech

The world is in the midst of an AI revolution—one that’s just as disruptive as ...

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Transatlantic Bounce Back Becomes a Boing!

Western Europe to the United States of America was one of the first long-haul ...

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Standing Out From the Cloud With Flight Info Direct: Q&A With Ross Paterson

Flight Info Direct is a highly configurable aviation data platform - powered by ...

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Shaping Airline Retail: The Unstoppable Rise of Ancillaries

This is the fourth article in our series decoding the fundamental technology ...

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Unstoppable LCCs  - Growth Indicates A New Norm

Low-cost carriers (LCCs) now make up almost a third of global airline capacity; ...

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Spotlight on Türkiye: Top Airlines, Destinations & Markets

Despite recent challenges, Türkiye has much to offer as a destination, and a ...

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Türkiye: Tourism Set To Boom In The Face Of Adversity

The challenges that Türkiye faced following the catastrophic earthquake in the ...

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Aviation Infographics of the Month: May 2023

This month, our infographics, powered by OAG’s up-to-the-minute data, include ...

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French Short-haul Flight ‘Ban’ Follows Already Established Trend

The law of unintended consequences seems to impact the airline industry more ...

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How Are US Airlines Adjusting Flight Times on the Busiest Domestic Routes?

For the past two summers airlines were pressured to build their schedules back ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: April 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 101 points in April 2023. Here we're ...

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Defining Late: On-Time Performance in the Aviation Industry

What is On-Time Performance? On-Time Performance (OTP) is a widely accepted ...

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State of Play: Where Next For Airline Alliances And Partnerships?

What Was the Pandemic's Impact on Airline Alliances? Airline alliances and ...

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The Changing Picture of Long-Haul Travel

It seems like the pandemic is finally behind us and that aviation is returning ...

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CIO Spotlight: Nick Dearden

In this in-depth spotlight with IDG Connect, Nick Dearden, our CIO since 2019, ...

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Top 10: Busiest International Airports in May 2023

Airports in the Middle East have gained in popularity since before the ...

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What Are Airport Hubs and What Is Their Significance in the Travel Industry Today?

In this article, we explore the fundamental aspects of airport hubs and their ...

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The New Distribution Capability (NDC) Journey: Redefining Airline Commerce

This is the third article in our series decoding the fundamental technology ...

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Transatlantic Air Race for the Coronation - How Flying Has Changed Since the 1950s

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 prompted a transatlantic airplane ...

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Q&A: TripAI Adopt OAG Flight Data to Tackle Emissions

TripAI's platform uses algorithms and AI to predict fuel burn and emissions ...

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Aviation Infographics of the Month: April 2023

Using up-to-the-minute OAG aviation data, we're able to bring our readers fresh ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: March 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 97 points in March 2023. Here we're ...

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Evolving Travel Tech for an Evolving World

Our world is in a constant state of evolution, with technological advancements ...

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Infographic: Which South East Asian Country Has Most Airline Capacity?

This month we're using OAG's Schedules Analyser data to shine a spotlight on ...

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Formula One Science in Aircraft Turnarounds

Every Second (or Minute) Literally Counts Two point one seconds, the fastest ...

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Spring Break Travel: Data Comparison

Travelers aren’t the only ones flying close to the sun this spring. The spring ...

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The Evolution of Airline Revenue Management: The Impact of Emerging Technologies

This is the second article in our series decoding the fundamental technology ...

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Airline Infographics of the Month: March 2023

OAG's data provides up-to-the-minute insight into diverse areas of the aviation ...

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Central Asia’s Rapid Travel Recovery

When you have the whole world to look at - and masses of data at your ...

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Hong Kong Travel Recovery: Airlines Back in Business

Hong Kong fully removed its strict border restrictions on 13th December 2022, ...

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The World’s Most Heavily Used Aircraft Types - Answering The Big ASK

It appears that people are obsessed with measuring airlines. From the quality ...

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Competitive Advantage: JetBlue's Strategic Moves on the Transatlantic

Despite being no newcomer to the transatlantic market, JetBlue is taking steps ...

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Surviving Turbulence: Uncertain Times for Regional Jets in the Aviation Industry

The aviation industry has faced ongoing pressures over the last 3 years, and ...

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Top 10: Busiest International Flight Routes In March 2023

Our flight data provides insight into popular destinations for work and ...

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Top 10: Busiest Domestic Airline Routes in China This Month

Beijing-Shanghai (PEK-SHA) is the busiest domestic airline route in China this ...

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African Aviation – Another Set of Crossroads

The World Cup is now a distant memory, and the success of Morocco was a great ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: February 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 93 points (+4 pp MoM). Discover the ...

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Stretching Non-Stop Flights to the Limit

Attention is already turning to next year for the people working on Project ...

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New Travel Tech for Airlines, Airports and Travel Agents

ChatGPT isn’t the only technology that made headlines last month. From ...

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From Old to New: The System Transition in the Airline Industry

This article is the first in a series of monthly posts decoding the fundamental ...

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Pilot Shortages Likely to Frustrate Airline Growth and Travelers Will Pay the Price in Airfares

Every day we seem to hear of shortages: tomatoes, electricity, micro-chips, and ...

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Will IAG TAP Into a New Opportunity?

In this article, John Grant discusses the possible sale of ITA Airways and the ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: January 2023

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 89 points (+4 pp MoM) for the first ...

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Bonza: A Much-Needed Boost for Australia’s Domestic Market or Bound to Fail?

In the years before the pandemic Australia’s domestic aviation market had ...

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Airline Infographics Of The Month: February 2023

OAG's aviation data is updated in real-time, which means we can share ...

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February's Busiest Airline Routes Dominated by Asia Pacific and Middle East

OAG's monthly aviation data highlights the global markets that are recovering ...

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The Clue Is in the Name for Virgin Atlantic’s Route Network Strategy

The Virgin brand has always been different, a global phenomenon full of amazing ...

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The Worth of Heathrow’s Slots: Europe’s Most Valuable Airport Highlights Market Recovery

There are some established indicators of how confident the airline industry is ...

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Flight Status Alerts: An All-New View of Immediate Flight Changes

In 2022, we processed 1,156,122,591 flight status updates - that’s around 40 ...

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Travel-To-Disconnect: OTAs Embracing the New Order of Sustainable and Off-Grid Travel

Decision-makers in Travel Tech are currently contemplating which trends will ...

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5 Travel Technologies You'll Hear More About in 2023

The new year has only just started, but news of innovation in travel technology ...

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Competition Hotting Up In Scandinavia: A Closer Look At The Aviation Market

It feels apt to be writing this blog from the air above Scandinavia, as I ...

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EasyJet Rebuilds: Better Than Expected Results Raise Wider Industry Optimism

It’s not been an easy recovery for easyJet. While the market recovery in Europe ...

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Air India Tidies Up in London

London Gatwick Benefits With New Services India is hot, to state the obvious, ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: December 2022

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 86 points (+5 pp MoM) for December ...

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How Will NFTs Be Used in the Travel Industry?

Online assets known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) - unique, digital objects ...

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China’s International Reopening: More of a Slow Burner Than a Game Changer

The news that China removed quarantine requirements for inbound travelers and ...

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Scaling Information Services

Jim Dyer, Chief Commercial Officer of OAG recently led a group of experts ...

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Punctuality League 2023: The Story Behind the Data

Just one year ago the aviation industry was in a very different position from ...

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New Year, New Hope, Despite Challenges Ahead in 2023

A new year is here and hopefully the travel recovery will continue through the ...

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5 Travel Tech Trends Set To Disrupt The Industry

We’ve come to the close of another year in travel technology news. Each year, ...

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Japan's Airports and Covid-19's Continued Impact on International Travel | Part 3 of 3

Like many Asian countries, Japan has been experiencing a twin-track air ...

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Will Japan Achieve Its Inbound Tourism Targets? | Part 2 of 3

Japan finally lifting its stringent travel restrictions on 11th October 2022 ...

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An Overview of Airline Capacity as the Travel Recovery Continues

This week we are going to take a look at total airline capacity across the ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: November 2022 Highlights

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 81 points (-3 pp MoM) for November ...

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China Air Travel - 2022, A Year of Volatility

2022 has been another year of ups and downs for Chinese aviation, at least in ...

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Airports See a Ten-Fold Increase in Flight Cancellations as Snow Hits Europe

China is back! Well at least for this week, which highlights how quickly ...

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Japan’s Airlines – What Does the Future Hold? | Part 1 of 3

What does the future hold for Japan’s airlines? This is the first in a series ...

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Airline Alliances…Time To Change Partners?

There has never been a period of such capacity change as we have seen during ...

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Seat Capacity Set to Finish 31% Up on 2021 & France's Short-Haul Own Goal Gives Hope to England

Judging by the way that airlines are moving capacity up and down over the next ...

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5 Travel Technology Trends to Watch for Seamless & Sustainable Travel

Travel providers are constantly analyzing their tech investments to best align ...

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US Airlines Deliver a Punctual Thanksgiving for Travelers

Airline Capacity Rises Above 90 Million Again Global airline capacity has once ...

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Airline Profits: The Upside of Capacity Constraints

This week global scheduled airline capacity – that is, the number of seats ...

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US Airlines Cut One Million Seats for Thanksgiving

The dizzy heights of summer when global capacity was over 100 million seats a ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: October 2022 Highlights

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 84 points (-2 pp MoM) for October 2022. ...

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API Access Accelerated: OAG Joins the RapidAPI Marketplace

Working alongside developers to provide them with customizable access to our ...

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The Hospitality Technology Powering the Industry's Recovery

The recovery across the travel industry is gaining steam, and hotels are ...

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How Are Low-Cost Airlines Shaping the Future at the Largest Airports in the US?

In the United States, changes to how we fly, which airlines we choose, and how ...

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Keep it Quiet...Has the Airline Industry Finally Stabilised?

It may seem like a quiet period for the aviation industry with global airline ...

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5 Travel Tech Innovations Harnessing the Travel Comeback

The world of travel technology continues to show no signs of slowing down as we ...

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Spotlight on Airline Tech Innovators

From booking, luggage, boarding to all the on-flight operations in between, ...

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North America Full Travel Recovery Within Touching Distance

Returning to work after a two-week holiday and it’s good to know that at least ...

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COP27 and the Path to Net Zero in Aviation

During November world leaders, and a multitude of others drawn from ...

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Thinking Big: Vision 2030 and the Future of Aviation in Saudi Arabia

If you’ve not heard about Vision 2030 it won’t be long before you do. Vision ...

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Cautious Optimism as Airlines Approach the Challenging Winter Season

So here we are, it’s officially the winter season, although the temperatures in ...

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Middle East Hubs: The Rise of Low Cost and the Importance of the Indian Subcontinent

With Qatar soon to host the FIFA World Cup, the big three Middle Eastern hubs, ...

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Winter Season Beckons: How Is Airline Capacity Shaping Up?

The winter season is nearly upon us and we are doing our best to shake off the ...

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Expedia’s Annual Air Travel Hacks Report: 2023 Key Takeaways for Travelers

Expedia has released its annual Air Travel Hacks Report, which provides ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: September 2022 Highlights

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 86 points (+0 pp MoM) for September ...

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Tokyo’s Airports: Is Haneda Out-Recovering Narita?

Tokyo’s two airports, Narita and Haneda, have been vying for international ...

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2022 Scheduled Airline Capacity Predicted to Reach 87% of 2019 Level

As the second quarter financial results for airlines begin to be finalised, for ...

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Chinese Airline Capacity Bounces Back ... The Rest of the World Enjoys a Week of Stability

Global airline capacity has bounced back as a combination of both lockdowns in ...

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5 Travel Tech Trends to Watch: Accessible Travel, Health Protocols, Delay Offerings and More...

October is here, and before the world dives into fall, we’re taking a look back ...

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Unique Opportunities for Airlines and Airports Ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

And the World Cup Winner 2022 is...Dubai! The final pre-tournament matches have ...

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Central Asia Outperforms Its Pre-Pandemic Levels

Global airline capacity continues its steady descent, having passed back ...

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How Can Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) Work Towards a More Sustainable Travel Future? | Part 3 of 3

This is the third and final post in our article series exploring how the ...

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A Good News Week In Asia As More Markets Open... But Cancellation Rates for Some Are Edging Up

Three pieces of good news broke in Asia last week that, although not providing ...

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US Airports Dominate International Connectivity... For Now

After the hiatus of the past couple of years, OAG Megahubs is back! In a marked ...

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A Quiet Reflective Week of Capacity Changes - Aviation Boost in North East Asia as Japan Reopens

The latest reopening of some commercial centres in China has resulted in a ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: August 2022 Highlights

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 85 points (+1 pp MoM) for August 2022. ...

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How Can Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) Work Towards a More Sustainable Travel Future? | Part 2 of 3

This is the second post in our three-part series exploring how the world’s ...

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Making Waves: Cruise Technology and Digitization for Post-Pandemic Passenger Experience

As travelers return to the skies with regained confidence, the cruise industry ...

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Which South East Asia Hub Airport Has the Edge?

Here we take a deep dive into the travel recovery at three rival hub airports ...

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How Can Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) Work Towards a More Sustainable Travel Future? | Part 1 of 3

This is our first post in a series of three articles delving deeper into how ...

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Recovery in Most Regions Continues, Airline Capacity Below 100 Million Due to Latest Lockdown in China

After the summer season of 100 million seats plus a week, global airline ...

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5 Travel Tech Trends to Watch: Digital Passports, Corporate Travel Tech, Digital Fare Pricing and More...

A summer filled with long-awaited vacations (and unexpected flight ...

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British Airways Remove Half a Million Seats from Q4

Is This the Last Week of 100 Million Weekly Scheduled Seats? Although global ...

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Airlines Increasingly Cautious About Winter Season

Another week of more than 102 million scheduled seats makes this the eighth ...

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Ryanair Leads the Way Among Europe's Top Three Low-Cost Carriers

Ryanair is now the fifth largest airline in the world (in terms of capacity) ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: July 2022 Highlights

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 84 points (-2 pp MoM) for July 2022. ...

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Western Europe Becomes Largest Regional Market

There are some interesting movements in the weekly capacity update from OAG, ...

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Network Synergy for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines

JetBlue has finally reached a deal to buy Spirit Airlines after months of “will ...

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5 Travel Tech Trends To Watch: Augmented Reality, Digital Identity, Blockchain and More

Temperatures weren’t the only thing on the rise in July. Prices on everything ...

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UK Cancellation Rates Fall and India is Fastest Growing Market

One thing we learned throughout the pandemic is that when you think things are ...

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Half-Year Highlights: Discover What's New at OAG

2022 is well underway and we have been as busy as ever adding more and more ...

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The A380 Returns: An Aircraft of Opportunity or Necessity?

In the week when the last A380 was delivered to Emirates, it seemed an ...

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Capacity is Coming Home as Latest Cancellation Rates Prove a Mixed Bag

A modest half a million more seats week on week once again takes global ...

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Metaverse Travel and How It Will Change the Travel Industry

How Metaverse Travel Will Converge the Digital and Physical Travel Experience A ...

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South East Asia Bounces Back as Airline Cancellation Rates Continue To Fall in Europe

For the second consecutive week, global airline capacity has eased back with a ...

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Skift Travel Health Index: June 2022 Highlights

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 82 points (-1 pp MoM) for June 2022. ...

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Are Flight Cancellation Rates Improving as the Holiday Season Starts?

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Status Data is Launched in Flight Info Direct ☁️

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Airlines Face Half Billion Revenue Gap as London Heathrow Restricts Capacity

It came as no surprise that London Heathrow would have to take action on the ...

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Fintech and Its Role in Travel

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Cancellations Settling Across Europe as Airline Capacity Cuts Kick In

Confidence Building in China With Airbus Order This week saw several airlines ...

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Five Travel Technology Trends to Watch This Month: Cashless Travel to Mobile ID

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100 Million Seats Mark Finally Broken

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Q&A: Leading Travel Tech Provider Dohop Powers Connections and Growth with OAG Data

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The Airbus A380 Gets Ready To Roll Out Again and Capacity Edges to 100 Million

This week’s airline capacity has settled at 99.9 million seats - so close and ...

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Q&A: Hopper Disrupts the OTA Market With the World’s Best Flight Data

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A Boost for Aviation in China

USD 22 Billion in Emergency Loans for Aviation Chinese aviation has been given ...

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North East Asia Sees Growth as China Adds Seats

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Skift Travel Health Index: May 2022 Highlights

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100 Million Seats a Week by Mid-July

Rather like an English batsman stuck in the nervous nineties, global airline ...

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The Impact of Fuel Surcharges on Airlines and Airfares

When Jet Fuel Prices Surge In May 2022 news outlets covered the story of ...

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European Flight Cancellations on the Rise

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Using the Cloud for Sunnier Days in the Travel Industry

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Steady Aviation Growth Continues Amid Travel Chaos

Global airline capacity bounces back this week with airlines scheduling 95.2m ...

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Airport Slots... The Value of Nothing!

For something that does not physically exist airport slots receive a lot of ...

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Travel Technology Trends to Watch this Month: Reducing Airport Wait Times & More

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Making Sense of European Flight Disruption

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Platinum Jubilee: Remembering 70 Years of Scheduled Jet Air Services

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Europe: All Set for a Busy Summer of Travel

Having failed to secure himself an invitation to the Queen’s Jubilee party this ...

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South East Europe & the UAE : A Market Emerging From Nowhere

Just over 10 years ago there was barely any market for travel between South ...

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Western Europe Becomes the Largest Market in the World

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Skift Travel Health Index: April 2022 Highlights

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London Heathrow is the World’s Busiest International Airport This Week

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How Autonomous Technology is Fueling Airport Operations

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12 August Set Up as Busiest Day for Airline Capacity

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OAG Celebrates the Launch of New Flight Info Connections API

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Hybrid Technology Teams: Tips to Maximize Efficiency

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Superapps to Tourism Management - Travel Technology Trends to Watch This Month

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Qantas Unveils Record-Breaking Project Sunrise Flights As Travel Recovery Gathers More Pace

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Impact of Russian Airspace Sanctions on Flight Routes and Flight Times

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Aviation Dividend from Arab-Israel Normalisation

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More Restriction-Free Travel Destinations Join the Path to Recovery

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Airline Response to COVID-19 Outbreaks in China

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eVTOL Aircraft and the Impact on Commercial Aviation

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Positive Developments for the Aviation Industry & Global Airline Capacity Edges Closer to 90 Million

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When Opposites Attract - A Spirited Approach from JetBlue

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European Airlines Lead First Quarter Recovery: Three Regions Now Above 2019 Capacity Levels

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Biometrics at the Airport: Why the Travelsphere’s Future is Digital

The air travel sector's relationship with biometric-based digital IDs started ...

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Transatlantic Travel Recovery Gathers Pace - American Airlines Bookings Lead the Way

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Airlines Spring Back Into Action - The Good, Bad and Ugly Parts of the Air Travel Recovery…

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Reinventing the Travel Retail Experience With Data & Digitization

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The Last Week of Winter: Forward Airline Capacity Looks Bright and Forward Travel Bookings Look Even Brighter…

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Global Airline Capacity Continues Its Recovery

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Global Airline Capacity Overview

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Ukraine Crisis Brings More Challenges for Airlines Despite Global Recovery Signs

The last week’s events in Europe have been deeply concerning for an industry ...

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Russia Closes its Aviation Borders: Affected Airlines will Find Alternatives

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Top Five Travel Technology Trends to Watch: Solving Staff Shortages & More

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London Heathrow and the Problem of Not Being Able To Move

It’s been a very tough few years for the whole aviation industry and much of ...

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Major European Markets Double in Size as Storm Eunice Hits

The last two years have challenged the airline industry in so many different ...

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Low-Cost Carriers in Pole Position - How Adversity Has Led to Opportunity

One of the lessons from the global pandemic was never to miss an opportunity in ...

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Frontier & Spirit Airlines Proposed Merger Makes Them A Top 10 Carrier

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Changing the Rules - Stringency Index Highlights Impact on Air Travel

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Olympian Capacity Recovery in China Takes Gold

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Which Part of a Flight Uses the Most Fuel?

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Ryanair and EasyJet Bring Back Significant Capacity in Europe

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Why Flight Emissions Data Is Key To Achieving Sustainable Air Travel

Carbon emissions from flight operations have become a key metric for those who ...

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Jet Fuel Price Pressure as Sustainable Aviation Fuel Levy Takes Off

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Two Years On: Hope Is Omicron Impact Has Bottomed Out, as Brighter April Looms

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The Price of On-time Performance, Are We Willing To Pay the Price?

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33 Million Seats Dropped in Two Weeks

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January Aftershock: Airline Market Continues to Weather Omicron

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The Data Factory: The Key to Developing a Successful Data Enterprise

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2021 Global Airline Capacity Finished at 5.7 Billion, 35% Down on Pre-COVID Levels

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Airport Hubs On Their Way Back

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US Market Recovery Edging Closer

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Passenger Bookings & Load Factors: Every Summer has a Story

Seats are not the same as passengers and just because aircraft fly, doesn’t ...

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Capacity Grows Again this Week as a Final Present for the Year and Quarter One 2022 is not Looking too Bad… Yet!

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Top 5 Travel Tech Headlines to Watch in 2022, Including Facial Recognition for Boarding Passes

2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the future of travel technology. ...

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The 2021 Product Round-Up & What to Expect in 2022

Welcome to the 2021 OAG Product Round-Up. As the year draws to a close and we ...

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Skift Recovery Tracker: November 2021

The Skift Recovery Index provides a monthly update of travel performance in 22 ...

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Mixed Messages Ahead of the Seasonal Holidays

On the face of it, the data looks slightly positive this week with capacity ...

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The Art of Virtual Interlining: Rebooting the Self-Connection Model

Airlines and passengers crave connectivity now more than ever. As the industry ...

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The Vaccine Gap: Will Unvaccinated Population Reduce Potential for Aviation Recovery?

What we mean by an Aviation Recovery As we get towards the end of 2021 and ...

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5 Travel Technology Headlines To Watch This Month, Including The Possibility Of Guilt-Free Flying

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Airline Capacity Remains Stable as Omicron Provokes Hasty Responses From Governments

Despite the best attempts of the latest Covid-19 variant 'Omicron', and a ...

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U.S Airlines Recovery – the highs & lows of meeting demand

Does Network Stability Equal Network Profitability? Covid-19 has stretched the ...

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Can Test & Go Reboot Thailand's Tourism?

There’s no doubt that Thailand’s tourism industry has suffered as a result of ...

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No Significant Impact From Omicron Variant on Scheduled Flights To Report...

Network Planning as Usual for Airlines ... At Least for Now It was always going ...

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New Covid Variant 'Omicron': Airline Stocks Impacted but no Need for Panic

The overnight news of a new covid variant of concern, Omicron, discovered by ...

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China’s US$20 Billion Hold on Asian Aviation - Continued Lockdowns Now Stalling Any Recovery

The great aviation recovery is underway, or more precisely - airline capacity ...

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Can Flying Ever Be Green? Towards Sustainability in Aviation

Aviation’s contribution to global emissions Aviation contributes to climate ...

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Understanding the Slow Aviation Recovery in South East Asia

Moving Backwards? Travel restrictions put in place to protect citizens in many ...

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Global Airline Capacity Becomes Becalmed Ahead of Thanksgiving

If last week was busy with IATA Slot, the Dubai Air Show and new aircraft ...

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Q&A: Uber on How it is Making Airport Trips Less Chaotic for Travelers and Drivers

Rob Mitchell is Uber’s Head of Business Development for Airports, Events, and ...

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Big on Ambition: COP26, Aviation and Climate Change | OAG

Commitments, Challenges and Contradictions The COP26 climate negotiations ...

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New Aircraft Orders and Borders Reopening, But Global Airline Capacity Remains Flat, At Least For Now...

A busy week for the aviation industry sees the good and great meeting at the ...

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Thanksgiving Gifts as Airline Recovery Continues

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Escaping the Scandinavian Winter: Hotspots and Future Travel Bookings

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Introducing Flight Info Direct

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The World’s Richest Market Finally Reopens!

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OAG joins the Snowflake Data Marketplace

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Delta’s Bigger Planes: Chasing Consumer Taste for More Space

Over the past six months there have been numerous articles extolling the ...

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Winter Brings Good News With Markets Reopening and New Routes Starting!

As the IATA Winter Season starts there is plenty of good news around the globe ...

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Tracking the Aviation Recovery: Summer Is Over and the Winter Looks Much Better

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Top Travel Technology Headlines this Month: From AI to Tourist Tracking

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Is China’s Zero-Covid Strategy Sustainable? Airline Capacity Falls by 800,000 Seats

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Positivity Soars as Travel Markets Reopen but Airlines Remain Cautious

It seems that everything is positive for the aviation industry this week as ...

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U.S. Holiday Travel Outlook: Vaccine Passports and Limited Capacity

It’s no doubt that holiday and winter travel will look different this year. But ...

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Increasing Positivity Around the Globe as Key Indicators Improve

The last seven days have felt like things are beginning to get back to some ...

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Airline Schedule Volatility in Europe: Finally Some Stability

At the very start of the global pandemic airlines had to make rapid - and major ...

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Airline Capacity Grows to Year End as Confidence Rebuilds

As the IAGA AGM commences today, there is an increasing feeling that the global ...

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Russian Recovery: What is Driving the Rise in Russian Air Travel?

For ten of the past thirteen weeks, scheduled airline capacity from Russian ...

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Scheduled Airlines Respond to the Reopening of the Transatlantic Market

The Transatlantic Aviation Market Reopens in November and Scheduled Airlines ...

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New Emissions Data: Test and Learn in Partnership with Our Latest POC

Through OAG Labs, we continue to run ongoing experiments to help us launch data ...

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British Airways Abandons Short Haul Hopes at London Gatwick

Common Sense Prevails in London...at Last! No, not the reopening of the US ...

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Christmas Comes Early for Airline CEOs

Finally, good news for every scheduled airline CEO in Europe and the United ...

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Business Air Travel Remains the Key Factor to the Year End

Airline Capacity Continues Towards a Soft Landing The slow, but now steady, ...

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Excelling with Snowflake: Mainstay spreadsheet program still offers familiarity and comfort in the world of big data

The age of big data and the emergence of the data cloud inevitably saw the ...

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Future Travel Bookings: What is in Store for Caribbean Destinations this Winter?

Is there a Pattern to Island Recovery? For those of us in Europe it may feel ...

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Global Airline Capacity Expected to Increase by Less Than 15% in 2021

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Asian Dominance Slips from World's Busiest International Routes

Changing Patterns of Travel Reflect Increase in Quasi Domestic and Migrant Work ...

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Airline Capacity Softens Around the World

Africa’s ‘Lego’ Airline Proves Unbreakable It is only September, but the ...

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How to Combat Extreme Market Disruption With Tech, Talent and Data

Covid-19 wreaked havoc on the air travel market. Seating capacity fell roughly ...

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Cloud Technology: How to Derive Maximum Value from Vendors

More organizations are realizing the benefits they can gain from cloud tools ...

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Airlines Hopes of US$160 Billion Revenue Injection Lost in August

Peeking over the wall to the end of the year tells you all you need to know ...

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Is there a Link Between Vaccination Rates and Opening Up International Air Travel?

For a while I imagine many of us assumed this would be so: The more people were ...

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Airlines Expectations for any Recovery in 2021 are Fading

Modest Weekly Growth Hides Longer-Term Trends The ups and downs of aviation’s ...

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US Airlines Steal An Advantage Over Competitors

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Ripples and surges in China as the latest wave hits: how will Asia respond?

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People and Process: How to Build World-Class Tech and Engineering Teams

Technology companies that push the boundaries of product innovation — like ...

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Aviation’s Recovery Stutters Once Again

Capacity Remains Trapped As Major Markets Remain Closed.

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Fresh Mint from JetBlue: Expect Disruption to Transatlantic Flying

21 year old JetBlue starts its much heralded service between New York and ...

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Airlines Are Heading for a US $48 Billion Loss or Worse This Year

Global Capacity Gets Flushed Away…Again Last week’s marginal reductions in ...

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Greece - A Summer of Love

It’s a summer of love for Greece as the masses head back to the one European ...

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Flight Info API ticks all the boxes for Air Black Box

In our latest customer story find out how early adopter Air Black Box is ...

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Global Aviation Stuck in Suspended Animation

Will Hero Joe Come to the Rescue? Marginal reductions in global capacity this ...

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Airlines Likely to Lose Over US$8 Billion Of Transatlantic Revenues

Global Capacity Descends Again… Global capacity once again slipped back week on ...

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North American Fleet Orders - Marginal Gains For Long Term Revenues

The aviation recovery is underway, well it is in some parts of the world and ...

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Airlines Break Through 80 Million Seats A Week

Olympics 2021 Lead To A Sprint In Japanese Airline Capacity This is ...

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Global Airline Capacity Fails To Break The 80 Million Mark

Capacity settles at 79.8 million, a slight increase on last week of 1.5% with ...

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Why Are Airlines Offering Flights to Nowhere?

Keeping the Brand Alive Sometimes called ‘boomerang flights’, a number of well ...

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COVID’s Impact on Flight Punctuality

As the long journey towards an aviation recovery begins, it’s a good time to ...

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An Encouraging Week for Many Airlines - Then A Bubble Burst and an Outbreak Occurs

This week’s data highlights once again just how frustrating and different every ...

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Airlines Add Back Another 3.1 Million Seats This Week

The challenges of the airline industry are captured in this week’s data; ...

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Airline Capacity Continues to Grow In the Short Term

But 21.4 Million More Seats Removed From June to September Inventory Rather ...

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Valuing Duty Free - the key to boosting Asia’s domestic air travel?

Hainan Island in China, along with its airports, has seen a duty free shopping ...

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Capacity Grows But Airlines Fail Over The Weekend

Industry Breaks Through 70 million Capacity Per Week The airline industry has ...

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Enter OAG Labs - Our World of Data Science

In the backdrop of a tumultuous year, we have been on an interesting journey, ...

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Transatlantic Travel Trauma

US$ 5.4 Billion Of Revenue Risk For Major Airlines In a normal year, this is ...

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Airline Capacity Steadies Before Another Likely Tumble

Since last week saw some of the fastest capacity growth since January 2020, we ...

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What are Codeshare Flights & what are they used for?

The need for schedule synchronisation The airline industry has witnessed ...

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Airline Capacity Bounces Back In Europe & The United States Reclaims First Position

Following last week’s lack of activity, airlines have been adding capacity back ...

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Managing Fleet Recoveries in a Pandemic, Ryanair Wins Again!

We all want to get back to normal, business travellers flying around the globe ...

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Airline Capacity Stalls As We Head Into The Summer Season

80% of the World’s Largest International Markets Remain at Less Than 10% of ...

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Airlines Flying Close to the Sun

Domestic Airline Capacity Heats Up This Summer As The Market Changes It is an ...

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It's Green for Go! UK Reopens for International Flights but to Where?

The UK’s Green List for Travel Polite words and phrases such as “a step in the ...

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Is this the Beginning of the Aviation Recovery?

Ryanair announces a US$989 million loss and apparently, things are getting ...

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Network Experimentation: Why new airline routes in Europe are hitting an all-time high

Over 1,400 new air routes have been scheduled to operate in 2021, the highest ...

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Slim Pickings for European Travel as Loosening Restrictions Fail to Deliver for Airlines

Although global capacity remains broadly flat week-on-week with some 62.1 ...

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A Scilly Story - the UK's busiest flight route in April 2021

UK's Busiest Route in April 2021 is Isles of Scilly to Land's End The fact that ...

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Following the Paper Trail to Ticketless Travel and Travel Technology

It is the most important part of travel, but probably the only thing that you ...

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Airlines Eagerly Await Traffic Light Travel Announcement

Airlines Eagerly Awaiting Traffic Lights to Arrive, Will This Be The ...

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Is the US Aviation Market In Recovery? Airlines Experiment with New Network Strategies

Domestic airline capacity, and TSA volumes, a proxy for flight demand have ...

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Airlines Add More Capacity This Week & Capacity is Much Stronger Than This Time Last Year

The headline numbers suggest that global airline capacity has seen a slight ...

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Australian Outbound: Tasman Travel Bubble and Beyond

This week the Tasman Travel Bubble takes effect, allowing scheduled air travel ...

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New data model delivers most accurate view of seats in Flight Info API & Direct

OAG’s dedicated data science team, OAG Labs, has created a model to ensure ...

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Game Changing Technology Platform | OAG Metis

Today saw the announcement of OAG Metis, our new technology platform. Powered ...

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Aviation Hops Towards A Recovery in Some Places But Global Airline Capacity Falls Again

It's only 40,000 seats in each direction, or just 0.065% of global airline ...

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Prospects for Long Haul Travel: When Family Ties Count and Predicting Which Markets Will Come Back First

At OAG we’ve spent a year trying to understand how air travel will evolve ...

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Aviation’s Maddest Week of News - Airline Capacity Shrinks Too

Even by aviation’s normal standards, it has been a strange week. At the same ...

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Domestic Markets Diverging: Tracking the Way Back for 5 Key Markets

In a previous blog on domestic market recovery , we focused on the biggest ...

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Airlines Continue to Add Back Capacity - Eight Consecutive Weeks of Capacity Growth

The eighth consecutive week of capacity growth takes us to 63.2 million seats a ...

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The Complexity of Making an Airline Route Fuel Efficient

Does it matter when airlines operate different aircraft types on a route? In ...

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Product Show & Tell - Flight Info Direct

Last week we had our very first Product Show & Tell Webinar to showcase our ...

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Summer Travel Airline Capacity Bounces Back

Summer Season Travel Airline Capacity Begins to Bounce Back & US Airlines ...

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Summer Holidays in Spain: Should we be Relying on Vaccines?

The annual surge in summer visitors to Spain pre-COVID may have resulted in ...

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Mixed Messages in A Week of Capacity Changes and United Airlines Make Dramatic Transatlantic Capacity Cuts for Q3

It feels like it has been a busy week in terms of airline activity. Capacity ...

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Return of the MAX – Back in the Air

After a long hiatus, the B737MAX is finally back in the air again. Approval was ...

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Airline Capacity Continues to Climb Like An A340…Slowly But Surely US Capacity Races Ahead of TSA Checkpoint Volumes

Another one million additional seats added back week-on-week, carry on at this ...

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The Power of Connecting Passengers - Later Guest Arrivals to Become The New Normal

If you have ever sat on a plane wondering where the person sitting next to you ...

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Confidence Continues to Build as Weekly Capacity Increases

Optimism continues to build in the recovery with weekly capacity increasing ...

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Is There Such a Thing as a Green Airline?

Helping Passengers Make Greener Choices A year ago OAG published its first ...

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Finding New Air Service Opportunities – Four Best Practice Approaches

Although air travel markets have undergone unprecedented disruption in 2020, ...

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Optimism Breaks Out Around the World, Very Large Airline Capacity Increases Shaping Up from May

Optimism breaks out around the world as the capacity recovery is underway! Four ...

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Fleet Changes with COVID-19: Time for the New

This month global scheduled airline capacity (seats) is down by 47% compared to ...

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OAG and IATA Strengthen Data Partnership

As part of a wider partnership, OAG will now supply IATA with reference and ...

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Joining The Dots But Missing The “T’s” Socially Distancing Whilst Connecting, A Complex Issue

There is growing optimism around an aviation recovery; in the UK it’s almost ...

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Network Planners Take A Well-Deserved Break

It has been a very quiet week for global flight capacity with one of the ...

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It's official! We have been awarded Microsoft IP Co-Sell Status

OAG, has been awarded Microsoft IP Co-Sell status. Through the Microsoft ...

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Predicting Travel Trends with Historical Flight Data – In Good Times and Bad

It may seem obvious that we can use past travel trends and travel patterns to ...

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China Springs Back and American Airlines are Back at Number One

It was only ever likely to be for a week, but China has snatched back the title ...

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Weathering the storm: How domestic air travel has provided refuge for airlines

This week, we’re taking a look at some of the biggest domestic markets and how ...

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Chinese Domestic Capacity Collapses with Record Reductions

Wow, where did that come from! A near 27% reduction in capacity and the loss of ...

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Industry Heads For Half A Billion Fewer Seats in Quarter One

Finally it’s over, we mean January not Covid-19 and the airline industry can ...

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Will China's Annual Mass Migration Happen in 2021

Often referred to as the world’s largest mass migration, Chunyun, or the Spring ...

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easyJet and Ryanair Share The Capacity Pain While China and The United States Lead The World

Another dire week for global aviation with more lockdowns, sudden suspensions ...

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Does the Tokyo Olympics Need Aviation to be Back?

Will they? Won’t they? The Tokyo Olympics didn’t happen in 2020 and now the ...

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Twelve Months on and it's Getting Worse

Fifty-two weeks ago, we wrote a short blog highlighting some of the regional ...

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Europe's Low-Cost Carriers Summer Shuffle

Fed up with looking back at 2020 data we’ve sneaked a peek forward at how some ...

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Global Capacity Likely to Be Cut by Around 350 Million in Next Few Weeks

Plus it's carnage in Europe as one quarter of capacity lost in a week. It is ...

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2021 Capacity Starts Slowly - Can We Close Our Eyes For A Few Months Please

The flattest seasonal holiday season has been reflected in the latest global ...

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2021 Aviation’s Year of Recovery- Get Ready To Enjoy A Remarkable Year of Growth

Despite everything that has been thrown at the aviation industry in 2020 there ...

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So Nearly Sixty One Million…But Probably Not for Long

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Nine: Nearly breaking through sixty-one ...

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Wow, Where Did That Come From? Early Seasonal Capacity Gifts Around the World

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Eight: Second guessing global capacity ...

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OAG's Megahubs - Where are they now?

Our annual review of the Most Connected Airports in the World – Megahubs has ...

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Steady At 55 - Aviation Breaks Through 2.5 Billion “Lost” Seats This Week

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Seven: Whilst seasonal decorations ...

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Beijing Bounces Back to Growth

It’s hard to believe that Beijing’s newest airport has been open for a year ...

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Cruising At 55 Million and Going Nowhere

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Six: It’s been a very quiet week on the ...

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US Airlines Take Different Approaches to Thanksgiving

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Consolidation Starts in South Korea When Two Become Won…..

It’s big news in Asia but hasn’t really grabbed as many column inches in the ...

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Global Capacity Stabilises At Least For One Week

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Four: But capacity falls below June ...

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The State of the States

US Aviation swings to the positive as international capacity steps up This week ...

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Global Capacity Trending Down to Less Than 50 Million By Year End

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Three: The worrying and steady weekly ...

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UK Aviation's Three Wise Men Come to The Rescue

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Two: Early Saturday evening and there ...

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China Southern Airlines Becomes the World's Largest Airline Again

Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty One: The last week has probably been one ...

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Regional Risks

Hard times for regional airlines but not without opportunities News broke this ...

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Small is Beautiful : Pockets of Good News and Positive Signs

Coronavirus Capacity Update: For the last forty weeks we have analysed the data ...

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Insight behind the World’s Top 20 Airlines – new rankings released

OAG’s latest review of the World’s Top 20 Airlines – Take Off provides ...

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Southwest Strategic Opportunity

The Perfect Moment For Disruption If you have over 100 aircraft scheduled for ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Thirty-Nine Delta Air Lines Becomes The World’s Largest Carrier...At Least For This Week

Traditionally the next week is one of the most impressive displays of the ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-Eight 32,000 Professionals Furloughed As Capacity Stabilises

In the week that some 32,000 aviation professionals’ careers were placed at ...

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Transatlantic Turmoil Potential US$10 Billion Risk Looming

At this time of year many scheduled airlines are normally smiling. The Summer ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-Seven Signs of a Golden Week For Aviation Although We’ve Broken The Billion Lost Seats Mark

This is the week when the one billion mark occurred; since the 20th January we ...

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US Majors Heading for a Thanksgiving Roasting

Throughout 2020 scheduled airlines have been looking for glimmers of hope in a ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-Six When Everyone Went Nowhere

In the week that Qantas introduced flights to nowhere that sold out in ten ...

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London’s Airports Battle for Premier League Positions

Changing Strategies for the New Normal World There are few cities in the world ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-Five Waving Goodbye to The Recovery

The increasing fear, or indeed reality of a second wave of Covid-19 in the last ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-Four Probably 15 Million Seats to Be Cut Before Month End

The first full week of September capacity follows the recent trend and we are ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-Three Summer Continues to Slip Away

There is an autumnal feel to the weather in Northern Europe at the moment and ...

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Jet Fuel Uncertainty

While the past four or five months have been tough times for airlines and ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-Two - A Worrying Trend Developing

It was the peak! This week’s latest scheduled capacity data shows a further ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update - Week Thirty-One Airline Network Planners Take a Holiday

Network planners are on holiday this week. With only a 67,000 change in global ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Thirty Have We Just Peaked?

We may not have realised it at the time and it certainly didn’t feel that ...

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Covid Turbulence – how countries got cancellations under control

The past 30 weeks have seen the number of cancelled flights go through the roof ...

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Who Flies Where? Understanding Air Passenger flow

Understanding how passengers flow around the global airline network is vital ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty-Nine Sixty Million Mark Reached, Halfway Back - But Only Just

With one of the world’s largest airlines making nearly 800 schedule changes in ...

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The Strategic Use Of Cancellations: How Airlines Managed Schedules During Covid

“Unprecedented” is a word we’ve heard a lot over the past 5 months. It’s a term ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty-Eight - UK Holidaymakers Stranded In Spain As Global Capacity Grows

Global capacity continues to creep forward was this week’s planned headline; ...

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Queen of the Skies: End of an era for British Airways and 747

British Airways Follows Others Iconic, much loved, instantly recognised, the ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty-Seven Steady As She Goes But Worrying Early Winter Indicators

A steady 3.5% growth in capacity takes us to just under 56 million seats this ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty Six - Halfway There - 50 Million Breakthrough Moment

Last week we were very close, this week we have broken through the 50 million ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty Five Capacity Edges Forward Towards 50 Million

One thing COVID-19 has taught us is not to be greedy, an industry virtually ...

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Routes at Risk

The Long-Haul Routes Which European Secondary Airports Could Lose 40%. 50%. ...

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Transatlantic Traumas

The $40 Billion Market That Remains Bugged For many airlines the Europe to ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty Four The Fastest Week of Recovery as Airlines Prepare for Summer

The first official week of Summer has resulted in the largest week on week ...

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Shake Up In South America

No part of the world is immune from the impact of COVID-19. Aviation in South ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty Three Beijing Spike Neutralises Growth Elsewhere

Week twenty-three of the Covid-19 crisis and the lowest week on week change in ...

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Vietnam’s First Mover Opportunity

Early COVID-19 Action Appears to Pay Dividends

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty Two The United Kingdom’s Aviation Dream Is Over…

It’s over. The UK’s aviation dream was broken this morning when U2 883 departed ...

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When Will You Fly? Early Signs Reveal Mixed Messages

Consumers fearful while industry insiders more confident about travel ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty One Look to the SouthWest For Capacity Growth

During two weeks in March, global capacity was falling at around three million ...

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Mind The Gap: Are Airline Schedules Over-Optimistic?

In the last week alone round 50 million seats were removed from OAG’s airline ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Twenty Nearly Sixty Airlines Relaunch Services This Week

It’s been a good week for scheduled airline capacity with nearly sixty airlines ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Nineteen Everyone Is Waiting for June

At last a quiet week in terms of capacity changes; at least at the headline ...

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Brave, Careless Or Confident? Getting Back In The Air

One of the questions during last weeks’ OAG webinars was from a New York-based ...

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Travel Bubbles, Corridors & Air Bridges: Opening Up International Air Travel

As aviation starts what increasingly looks like a long and slow recovery ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Eighteen Weekly Capacity Grows At One Of The Fastest Rates Ever

Its been a record breaking positive week for weekly capacity growth; we have ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Seventeen Looks Like We’ve Bottomed Out!

In some countries the number 111 is believed to bring bad luck. In cricket it ...

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MCTs: Longer Connecting Times Could Reduce Connectivity By Nearly 20%

Measures taken by airlines and airports to reduce the likelihood of ...

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Covid-19 and Air Travel – Impact on Airports

Research and Insight from OAG’s latest webinar As we move from crisis mode to ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – More Capacity Cuts but Also Growth in More Markets

Tracking the impact of COVID-19 suddenly got a lot harder this week, if it ...

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The Empty Middle Seat: The Stuff of Dreams

There have been few pleasurable moments around a low-cost airline experience, ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Fifteen Capacity Starting To Rebuild, Have We Reached The Bottom?

Whisper it quietly but we may have reached the bottom. Scheduled airline ...

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Busiest Routes 2020

When we started preparing the data for the 2020 version of OAG’s Busiest Routes ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Fourteen Capacity Cuts Slow But Now Below 30 Million Seats Per Week

“Just” two and a half million fewer scheduled seats this week compared to the ...

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Caring for Aviation The CARES Act, A Watershed Moment

The Coronavirus Air, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed on the ...

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How low can we go? Degrees of pain and government support strategies

How low can we go? Which airlines will fare better? What is appropriate ...

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OAG Coronavirus Update – Week Thirteen Chinese Domestic Capacity Grows Again but Global Capacity Falls

Some five million more scheduled seats were removed by airlines around the ...

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Coronavirus Update Week Twelve - Below Forty Million and Counting

A further 11.1 Million seats were removed from the OAG database this week by ...

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WEBINAR | COVID-19 and Air Travel – What we Learned

Last week we launched a webinar series looking at the impact of COVID-19 on the ...

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Coronavirus Update Week Eleven- 30% of Global Capacity Wiped Out in One Week

In the last seven days just over 20 million scheduled seats have been removed ...

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Where do OTAs Stand in the Covid-19 Era?

Covid-19 (coronavirus disease/2019-nCoV) has impacted the airline and the ...

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Coronavirus Update Week Ten- Single Largest Ever Capacity Reductions in One Week

As airlines seek to work their way through the COVID-19 both adhering to travel ...

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OAG | COVID-19 a message from our CEO, Phil Callow

Dear Customer, Like you I am acutely aware of the challenging and uncertain ...

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Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Nine The Changes Keep on Coming

The weekend has once again been dominated by airlines making dramatic capacity ...

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The Scale of the Schengen - US Travel Ban

11% OF US INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS AFFECTED BY SCHENGEN BAN On Wednesday 11th ...

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Alitalia Leads The Way...Lost Revenue in Western Europe

Are you ready for some big numbers? In a normal week there are some ninety-five ...

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Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Eight

Airlines Adjusting Schedules Every Day | South Korea Sees 30% Capacity ...

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COVID19 Increases US Domestic Capacity

One of the beautiful things about aeroplanes is that they can broadly fly ...

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Chinese Capacity Recovers…Global Capacity Remains Stable

The welcomed addition of another 2.9 million scheduled seats (18,200 flights) ...

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U.S. Unserved Routes: Is there room for Breeze Airways on the runway?

It’s unusual for the announcement of a new airline to be greeted with as much ...

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Coronavirus Week Six - Capacity Recovers Slightly...Or Does It?

If you believe the data, then this week sees the first signs of a recovery in ...

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How Green Is Your Airline?

Last week a British Airways Boeing 747 beat the record for a subsonic ...

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Lessons From Flybe - European Regional Airline Networks And Hub Access

One of the repeated comments regarding the recent near demise of UK regional ...

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Coronavirus Continues Damaging China Capacity

Five weeks ago, China was the third largest international aviation market in ...

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Coronavirus Kills International Capacity

Last week we reported on probably the most dramatic reduction in capacity we ...

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Coronavirus: Resilience of air travel means recovery will come in time

In the middle of a crisis it’s often hard to see beyond it, and to imagine life ...

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Are Flight Cancellations Running Ahead Of Coronovirus Spread?

Between February 2nd and February 3rd 2020, the daily World Health Organization ...

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Coronavirus Strikes Chinese Aviation

One in Four Seats Cancelled The last week has seen unprecedented levels of ...

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Vienna’s Changing Market

Ultra-Low-Cost Creates Legacy Implications The battle amongst Europe’s low-cost ...

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Start-Ups and Entrepreneurs in air travel – who to watch in the 2020s

What Lies Ahead? Travel Technology Trends and Companies to Watch out for in the ...

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Coronavirus - Tracking Down the Bug

It’s the first quarter of the new decade and we have the first medical alert as ...

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Climate Change and the US addiction to flying: Is rail revival the answer?

As environmental concerns gather momentum, the focus on air travel’s ...

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FlyBe - Can Regional Be Too Regional

It’s tough being a regional airline in the UK as BmiRegional, and others will ...

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Punctuality League 2020

Punctuality - Not about size. Not about congestion. Once again, the OAG ...

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Decade Delights: Ten Years of Aviation Development

Incredibly it’s nearly the end of the decade! Ten years of amazing aviation, ...

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Top Travel Technology Trends for 2020

Technology has come a long way since commercial aircraft first carried ...

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The A220, Versatile Performer….Flexible Friend

It’s challenging introducing any new aircraft type as most aircraft ...

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City Twins: an exclusive club?

With the opening of Daxing Airport in November 2019, Beijing takes a step ...

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High Speed Rail Vs Air: Eurostar at 25, The Story So Far

This month Eurostar, the iconic high-speed rail service between London and ...

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Thanksgiving Travel 2019: How to avoid the crowds

How to avoid the crowds and plan for potential interruptions This year’s ...

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LATAM’s Attraction: Deal of the Decade

Deal of the Decade With the dust only just settling on Delta Air Lines ...

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The World’s Longest Unserved Routes

Qantas may have recently operated a test flight between New York and Sydney but ...

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Great Circle Routes & Flight Paths

Great Circle Routes are fundamental to understanding how airplanes fly between ...

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Spanish Conquerors for Air Europa: Consolidation Continues

The challenges of being a mid-size carrier in a market seeking consolidation ...

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The rise and rise of the Indian OTA market

As things stand today, India is among the most attractive aviation markets. In ...

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Winter Is Not All Gloomy

Changes in Capacity Growth Rankings Suggest Early evenings, winter weather, ...

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Fashionably Late – Is It Time To Update What We Mean By ‘Late’?

Fashion is all about keeping up with the new and, for some, taking the lead ...

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Turbulent Times for Europe

Yet more stormy times ahead for European carriers? In recent years there seems ...

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Spirit Airlines – Playing Around

In July 2019, Spirit Airlines issued an Investor Update which explained how ...

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What is Wet Leasing?

Wet leasing – also known as ACMI - is a term peculiar to the aviation industry ...

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Going South: Norwegian's flight plans

From its origins as a Scandinavian low-cost carrier more than 10 years ago, ...

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Thomas Cook: Heritage Brand. Business Hole.

Amidst the sadness this week at the loss of a heritage brand from the UK plc ...

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London Heathrow retains title as world’s most connected airport

Once again, London’s Heathrow Airport has come out ahead of its rivals for the ...

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Japan’s Rugby World Cup: Fans Get into Position

At their training camps across Japan, the 20 national teams waiting for the ...

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How Many Ways To Get To Adelaide

Adelaide Airport has reinforced its position as one of Australia’s fastest ...

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Can A Westjet/Delta Tie-Up Attract Sixth Freedom Traffic?

In June, Westjet and Delta came one step closer to creating a joint venture ...

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Trade Disputes Damages Travel: Japan & South Korea Capacity Suffering

We know that aviation is frequently a catalyst for economic activity and that ...

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Boston’s Aviation Party

There are few airports in North America that can look forward with as much ...

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A340 and A380 - Retirements All Around

Virgin Atlantic have confirmed that they will be retiring their remaining fleet ...

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Is The India-Australia Relationship Hotting Up?

Until June 2019, the Indian cricket team had only beaten Australia in a 50 Over ...

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Roots & Resilience – How Chinese Communities Are Supporting U.S. Services to China

Half of all Chinese who live in the US reside in either California or New York, ...

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Billion Dollar Route - Jewels in The Network

Airline networks, a mix of destinations, some routes operating with high daily ...

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B737 Max – Maximum Aviation Xpense

The grounding of the B737Max continues and the commercial damage for airline ...

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Schools out – UK summer flight market continues to surprise

Commentators would have you believe that the market is soft this summer as ...

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US Majors – Summer Matters

Last December, United announced its biggest ever international network ...

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No time to wait: European delays getting worse

The conventional measure for understanding punctuality in the aviation industry ...

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Painting the Town Red - How Air Transat Fits with Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge

Having looked like a certainty, and then not, by the end of June the ...

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The Pursuit of Punctuality

The availability of more data than ever before has given the aviation industry ...

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Forget robots (for now): Travelers want simplicity and humans at the airport

The best ways to delight today’s travelers and grow revenue may surprise you. ...

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SWOOP – Making Waves at Airports

The biggest airports often get the most attention but, as our recent North ...

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Florida’s Fastest Growing

Seven airports in Florida are amongst the fastest growing in North America. ...

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A Smashing Summer Coming Up

The Cricket World Cup starts this week in England, with 48 matches planned over ...

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Memorable Data for a Memorial Day Weekend

The last weekend in May brings a major public holiday in the United States with ...

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India’s Domestic Aviation Policy – UDAN Delivers

It’s a wonderful idea, to create an aviation objective of “letting the common ...

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Football’s Challenging Journeys

Four teams from the same country contesting the finals of Europe’s top ...

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Europe Slows for Summer

Too much capacity too quickly. A common complaint from airlines when demand ...

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Africa's Liberalisation Slows

Much has been made of the Single African Air Transport Market Agreement (SAATM) ...

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Long-Haul Low-Cost...Not as Disruptive as You may think?

Long-haul low-cost, one of the most talked about subjects in the aviation ...

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The World’s Busiest Routes Uncovered

At OAG, we’re fascinated by data and what insights it can provide. We’ve taken ...

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China’s Largest Opportunity – The World's Next Mega Carrier?

Management changes in any business create a period of uncertainty, and in most ...

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Chinese travel to the heart of Game of Thrones

Croatia. Northern Ireland. Iceland. Morocco. What do each of these destinations ...

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Joining Up the Americas – The Rewards of Joint Ventures

Chile’s anti-trust approval of the American Airlines-LATAM Group joint venture ...

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The Norwegian Effect

There can’t be much that rattles British Airways these days, other than the ...

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Cooling Off Period – Mixed messages in the US and China air traffic market

The US-China aviation market has stagnated. For the first time in years growth ...

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Vietnam Goes Mainstream

Stunning aviation growth and visa-free access boost tourism Vietnam has seen ...

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Chinese New Year 2019 - Facts and Figures

Want to know all the top stats around flights, airports and routes in China ...

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Spot The Difference in US Low-Cost Carriers

How differences in route market share translate to yield differences for ...

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Punctuality League 2019 | Global Improvements Despite Increasing Challenges

On-time performance (OPTP) is becoming an increasingly valuable marketing ...

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The Vienna Waltz

Vienna has a reputation as a solid market. Solid in that it ranks among the Top ...

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The Rise and Rise of IndiGo

Traditionally, purple has been a colour associated with kings and in the Indian ...

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Battle for the Bay

Competition is hotting up between airports serving the Greater Bay Area of ...

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From Hassle to Holiday

Want to know when will be the busiest time to travel and which will be the ...

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When Geography Plays A Part: JFK’s Dilemma

It seems that even the most mature markets are capable of a growth spurt. Asset ...

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Winter's North Atlantic Growth Spurt – Cheap Fares For All!

It seems that even the most mature markets are capable of a growth spurt. The ...

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Japan’s Tourism Ambition – Going For Gold

It’s an ambitious target to increase your visitor numbers by some nine million ...

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India on the Move - Infographic

OAG's latest infographic, India on the Move demonstrates the challenges of ...

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HNA Group – Point To Point

With 13 airlines making up the group, and a focus on point-to-point operations ...

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China Eastern - Domestic Dominance

With more Chinese destinations than any other Chinese airline group, the Group ...

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Southern Strength – Aircraft Orderbook Reflects China Southern Ambitions

International capacity at China Southern Group airlines is growing at 12%, and ...

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Air China - China's Most International Airline Group

With 18% of all capacity to and from points beyond China’s border, the Air ...

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Inside China's Airline Families – Eyeing Up The Neighbours

OAG’s latest blog series takes a closer look at each of the China’s airline ...

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London Heathrow is #1 International Megahub

Yet again, London Heathrow is the most internationally connected airport in the ...

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What Will Happen with Heathrow's Approved Runway?

Over fifty years in the making, probably ten more to go and subject to lots of ...

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Summer's Hottest On-Time Performance

A typical Northern Hemisphere summer brings record braking temperatures, yearly ...

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Billion Dollar Route

Distance, time and capacity are only a few ways in which the airline industry ...

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Surprise Winners of Russia 2018

With the largest scheduled aviation database on the planet we’ve combined our ...

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Amazon, Facebook and the Future of Travel Tech Booking

In a March blog post, we discussed the rise of artificial intelligence and ...

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Fast Growing Airports Linked To Southwest Success

Many of the fastest growing airports in the United States can link their ...

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Delhi Delights - A bright future for one of India's oldest cities

The Lonely Planet Guide describes Delhi as a place where time travel is ...

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The World's Top 20 Busiest Routes

The 20 busiest international routes in the world each have an average of more ...

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China Ties Stronger Connections to Thailand

It’s frequently hard to comprehend the rate of capacity growth in China in ...

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The Race for Deliveries – China Trumps United States

Airbus edged out Boeing in the annual aircraft order competition for 2017, but ...

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Predictive Intelligence: The Rising Star in Travel Tech Adoption

With all the disruptive technologies promising to revolutionise the travel ...

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Gearing up for High Tech Growth

Lithuania continues to take advantage of its strong technical talent by ...

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Catching Up At Airports - The Ins and Outs

While airlines might grab the headlines with their 25-minute aircraft ...

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Hong Kong - How To Avoid Being Late

Operating to a schedule becomes increasingly difficult when the sheer volume of ...

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The Secret Weapon for Business Travel Airline Negotiations: Analytics

Market consolidation in the airline industry – paired with a steady influx of ...

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FIFA World Cup Will Add to Russian Aviation Boom

2018 is the year that Russia gets to showcase its footballing prowess and ...

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Adolescent Growing Pains and Transatlantic Renaissance

As part of our latest contribution to a new Market Outlook Report – Ishka ...

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How to Outshine Your Peers - Punctuality League 2018

The moment when we transition from one year to another is always an opportunity ...

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OAG's 8 for 2018

OAG examines industry trends coming up in the following year and makes 8 ...

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Essential Metrics For Global Airlines

Big data has been a buzz phrase for a while now and at OAG we know all about ...

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Following the Leader: Los Angeles – Sydney

It is a long way from Los Angeles to Sydney - 6,510 nautical miles to be ...

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Australia Long-Haul Low-Cost and Lessons for North Atlantic

While legacy airline competitors are keeping an eye on how Norwegian Airlines ...

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Western Australia – A Minefield of Trends and a Glimmer of Hope

The two largest airports in Western Australia, Perth and Broome, have seen ...

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China - Australia, The Skies Just Keep on Opening

It’s quite rare for two countries to completely liberalise their air service ...

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Auf Wiedersehen, Air Berlin

It’s always sad to see an airline cease operations and next week Air Berlin ...

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On-Time Performance Star Ratings for October Revealed!

OAG is proud to award 5-star ratings to 14 airlines and 49 airports in the ...

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A Monarch Dethroned

It is never good news when an airline collapses, especially one with such ...

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OAG Megahubs Index 2017 is here!

This year, in the 2017 edition of the Megahubs series, we turn our attention to ...

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Ryanair Pilots – Two key seats to be filled for all airlines

Ryanair may be making headlines for all the wrong reasons as its handling on a ...

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Argentina - Leaving the Low-Cost Wilderness

Lower South America has had a chequered history of aviation development in ...

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B757s Going Back to the Core

The recent announcement from United Airlines that they would be ceasing ...

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Laptop Losers – Connectivity impact for Europe’s key hubs

The great strength of hub airports is that they connect passengers from one ...

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Dynamics of Connectivity – Bangkok – The Tourism Hub

In the final instalment of our Asian hub connectivity series, we look at ...

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Dynamics of Connectivity – Kuala Lumpur – Leading With Low-Cost

As we continue our Asian hub connectivity series, one airport stands out as ...

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Dynamics of Connectivity – Haneda – Japan’s Beating Heart

Next in OAG’s series on Asian Hub Connectivity, we consider connectivity at ...

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Dynamics of Connectivity – Singapore – Regionally Relevant

OAG takes a deep dive into the traffic flows at Asia’s primary hub airports to ...

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Dynamics of Connectivity – Hong Kong – An International Hub Icon

OAG takes a deep dive into the traffic flows at Asia’s primary hub airports to ...

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Irish Charm, Strategically Applied!

An airline that reports a $1.5 Billion profit, achieves a near 94% passenger ...

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Rwanda: brave and bold moves for the next African hub

The first direct service from Kigali, Rwanda to London starts at the end of May ...

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United States and Cuba: Riding the Wave of Capacity Growth

One of the last major Barack Obama initiatives was the formalisation of ...

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Europe Looking East: The Rise of Three Trending Destinations

In the second collaborative piece, OAG and Skyscanner explore three trending ...

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Goldilocks and on-time performance

As airports and airspace become more crowded, the way operations are managed ...

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Lesson in Long-Haul, Low-Cost

Legacy carriers are right to be jittery about the competitive threat from ...

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Who Is The Biggest of Them All...?

It’s a discussion that has raged since the first commercial air services. Who ...

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How Millennials and the Sharing Economy are Driving a new Travel Tech Landscape in the U.S.

New players are becoming a driving force in the travel tech industry, as ...

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Eyeing the prize – opportunities for more direct India-UK air services

It should have been no surprise given the UK’s need to foster international ...

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A Japanese Gem: Uncovering the Aviation Potential of Okinawa

In the first of a series of collaborative pieces – OAG has teamed up with ...

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The American Way – Long-distance relationships

Relationships which cross continents are rarely easy. This is as true for ...

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The American Way – Cheap Dates

If you can’t beat them, join them. Or so the motto goes. Having spent years ...

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The American Way – Sweet Nothings

Having gone through a period of intense consolidation, the US now has three ...

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The American Way – Labours of love

The three largest US airlines are all the result of mergers in recent years. ...

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The American Way – What seven year itch?

It’s now seven years since Delta Air Lines and Northwest completed their ...

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Japan January – Keeping up with Bakugai

With a love of shopping, a desire for Japanese products and becoming ...

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Japan January - Domestic Japan – still all about JAL and ANA

Earlier in our blog series this week we looked at how the low-cost sector is ...

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Japan January - Low cost finally makes its mark in Japan

There’s been a low-cost carrier (LCC) presence in Japan for many years but for ...

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Japan January - The Haneda Story

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) is Japan’s largest airport and has succeeded in ...

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Japan January – On-time performance – Japan shows how it’s done

For as long as OAG has been tracking on-time performance (OTP), Japan’s ...

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Iceland – Seriously Cool

Travel search engine Skyscanner recently announced that Reykjavik in Iceland ...

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Airport and airline winners of OAG's Punctuality League 2016 announced

Having just finished our New Year festivities here at OAG HQ, we’re in the mood ...

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Transatlantic Attraction - The Story Continues

It’s a frequent story seeing double-digit frequency growth over a few years in ...

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The world's most connected airports of 2016

Which airports are the most connected in the world? Find out in the 2016 ...

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US Big Three Results Drive Punctuality Improvements

It’s been a good year for the Big Three. Strong profits, new aircraft ...

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Incredible India - Friend or Foe?

With India Tourism the premier partner for World Travel Market this week, OAG ...

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Incredible India - Connections in Big Cities

With India Tourism the premier partner for World Travel Market this week, OAG ...

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Incredible India - Legacy Fightback

With India Tourism the premier partner for World Travel Market this week, OAG ...

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Incredible India - Capacity Crunch

With India Tourism the premier partner for World Travel Market this week, OAG ...

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Incredible India - Two Versions of Regional Connectivity

With India Tourism the premier partner for World Travel Market this week, OAG ...

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Investing Wisely with Aviation Data

Aviation is a risky business from many perspectives; the returns for airlines ...

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Morocco - Doing West Africa Proud

Quietly on the West Coast of Africa things are happening. A new hub airport is ...

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Rebooting South America’s Hubs

With tech hubs springing up in the likes of Santiago and Medellin, there are ...

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China’s Outbound Love Story

As World Routes heads to Chengdu in September, OAG takes a timely look at where ...

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The Developing Transatlantic Low-Cost Battle

Emergent markets, new airlines, burgeoning low cost sector, new alliances, ...

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Sofia - The Latest Aviation Battleground

Aviation is full of great iconic airline battles, it’s what makes the industry ...

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The long and the short of the 787 at All Nippon

It’s only a week ago since All Nippon Airways took delivery of its 50th ...

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From Australia to the UK; an Ambitious Journey

It’s been an iconic ambition to secure non-stop services from Australia to the ...

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Busiest day of the year meltdown: The Atlanta Blues

Traditionally on the busiest week of the year, Delta Air Lines had been struck ...

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United States – Mexico: Opening the Skies Further…

It may prove to be one of the last changes to US aviation policy under the ...

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The Slot Machine

With the expectation that a decision on where London’s next runway capacity ...

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Phoenix to Orlando – whatever next in the US one-stop shop?

Geography can be challenging, especially when you are located on the East or ...

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Finders Keepers

Air services between China and Europe are growing rapidly. In July 2016, there ...

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Underserved Routes from A to B, via C

We all like to travel as directly as possible from one destination to the next ...

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Joining Up The Dots - Asia's Megacities

Imagine two cities with populations of 31 million and 25 million, respectively. ...

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Changi - A case of prudent planning?

Singapore’s Changi Airport has always been good at building ahead of the demand ...

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2015 Trends - 18 Months On

In December 2014, OAG published its 2015 Trends report. At the time the world ...

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Some habits need to be broken

In some parts of the world it’s ‘cool to queue’. But when you are waiting in a ...

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Airbnb and Low-Cost Airlines - Creating New Trends?

Airbnb’s latest top destinations are located at airports where low-cost ...

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Aruban Air Service Development – No Caribbean Holiday

With approval granted for numerous new air services to Havana, airports and ...

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Top 10 unserved routes from key Eastern Europe markets

Using OAG data, we reveal the top 10 unserved routes in key Eastern Europe ...

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Airline passengers embrace self-connection

According to OAG’s most recent report, “Self-Connection: The Rise and ...

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Alaska Airlines consolidates West Coast position

The announcement that Alaska Airlines is acquiring Virgin America surprised ...

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A ‘blank canvas’ look at US-Tokyo flights

US regulators have indicated their intention to use the availability of slots ...

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Seattle’s 1,000km advantage

With the arrival of the new and more efficient breed of long range aircraft, ...

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Low Cost: The new norm in Eastern Europe

In our latest report, OAG explores drivers of growth in Eastern Europe.

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The Pandemic Cycle

For many years the fortunes of the aviation industry were a reflection of ...

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All-new Global Monthly OTP Reports for Airlines and Airports

Find out which airlines and airports got their on-time performance off to a ...

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The first (and hopefully the worst and last) of 2016’s Winter Storms

As airports across the East Coast of the United States clear up after the ...

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Iran - plenty of potential on paper (at least)

On paper, at least, prospects for Iranian aviation are looking good.

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Well done to our Punctuality League winners!

Once again we’ve had a busy first week back in the office at OAG HQ; with no ...

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Christmas Wishes from OAG

At OAG we track every scheduled flight around the planet on a daily basis. With ...

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Royal Air Maroc helps reconnect West Africa aviation

The first confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa were reported in ...

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Which markets are driving China’s international capacity growth?

In contrast to news reports of weakness in the Chinese economy, there is no ...

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The Truth About Padding - Lifting the Lid on Airline OTP

How OTP is measured has recently come into question with the suggestion that ...

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Thanksgiving Getaways from OAG

In preparation for Thanksgiving this year, OAG uses data from Schedules ...

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Ryanair – a late arrival to the Israel-EU market

In the first couple of weeks of November, Ryanair will be launching three new ...

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Phoenix, the Megahub for both legacy and long-haul

To be the base airport for a major airline is a dream and to be a hub facility ...

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OAG reveals Top 50 World’s Most Connected Airports

It’s aspirational, ambitious, complex and frequently reliant on believing one ...

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Iran - Do Changes to its Aviation Landscape Beckon?

It has for many years been a market of restricted access and trade activity but ...

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The Big Five - Challenging Times

It's one of the largest continents on the planet with over 15% of the worlds ...

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Flying Through the Years of the Rugby World Cup

With the Rugby World Cup kicking off tonight, OAG looks back on the prestigious ...

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Aeroflot to the Rescue

The announcement of a merger between two of the largest Russian airlines, ...

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Alaska Airlines Strengthens Relationship With American

Alaska Airlines Strengthens Relationship with American With the news last week ...

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SG50 Singapore's Aviation Evolution

With Singapore set to celebrate 50 years of independence this weekend we take a ...

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Flights Over Beijing To Be Restricted As China Holds V-day Parade

With Beijing airspace set to be closed for 3 hours next month as part of the ...

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Your Most Powerful Aviation Data Set

Your Most Powerful Aviation Data Set It’s probably one of the most powerful ...

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Analysing Delta Air Lines' role at Dallas

Analysing Delta Air Lines' role at Dallas Southwest has given Delta Air Lines a ...

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Delivering Passengers: Gulf Carriers Importance for US Airlines

What The Gulf Carriers Mean for US Airline Networks The recent complaint from ...

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The End of an Era - Airbus & Boeing Aircrafts

Airbus called a halt to production of its four-engine wide-body A340 towards ...

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The Fight For Global Markets

In March 2015, US carriers presented a case for unfair competition from some of ...

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Japan-Taiwan Air Services – Benefitting from Open Skies

This summer marks the fourth summer since Japan and the Republic of China ...

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The Danger of Trend Analysis

In 2011 there were 241 airlines registered and operating scheduled services ...

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Scottish APD: More of the same or are we at the beginning of the end?

With election fever about to take over the UK in the coming weeks, there is a ...

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Bangalore – A Microcosm of Indian Aviation?

OAG’s on-time performance data for February 2015 at Bangalore’s Kempegowda ...

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1501 miles and counting

It's amazing how much difference one mile can make in aviation! Today scheduled ...

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Good enough?

At the start of 2015 four out of five flights leaving from and arriving at the ...

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OAG at the movies

It's award season, so in honor of this year's Oscars, OAG's rolling out the red ...

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Chinese New Year Infographic - Year of the Goat

Holiday periods are often busy times in terms of air travel and Chinese New ...

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Survive or Thrive? European legacy carriers battle competition and costs

Talk of Europe’s biggest airline groups, IAG, Air-France KLM and Deutsche ...

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Low cost – every little helps…

Think of an industry that for the last three decades has been dominated by ...

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IAG and Aer Lingus – all about the slots?

It seems that the possibilities of an IAG acquisition of Aer Lingus are ...

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How big a hole will Cyprus Airways' suspension leave?

How big a hole does the suspension of Cyprus Airways leave in the air transport ...

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Who are the best-performing airlines and airports?

Congratulations to our Punctuality League winners! It’s been a busy week here ...

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Top 5 aviation trends to look out for in 2015

As 2014 draws to a close we look into the new year and use our extensive ...

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How does the future look for the A350?

Like many currently eagerly anticipating what Christmas might bring, this week ...

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Impact of London airspace closure (infographic)

Last Friday a power failure at NATS caused London airspace to shut down - at ...

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Nats power failure affects London airspace and flights

Friday evenings are notorious on the M25 around London but this week it’s the ...

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'Tis the season...to travel

OAG welcomes Christmas with this festive infographic showing the top 10 ...

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“Thainess” Tourism Year - what does the data hold for 2015?

A recent article by

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Scottish APD - how devolution could affect the aviation industry

Earlier today a decision was made to give the Scottish Parliament control over ...

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CAPA World Aviation Summit 2014 round-up

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A sobering thought: OAG analysis of delay compensation data

This commentary was first revealed as part of a talk from OAG's EVP John Grant ...

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Big in Japan: Are LCCs on the verge of making it?

With the news earlier this summer that AirAsia plans a return to the Japanese ...

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Where will the largest airports be in 2017?

At the end of last month we ran a story on IATA’s 20 year forecast and ...

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The Consequence of Falling Oil Prices

Falling oil prices have been receiving lots of coverage recently. Over the last ...

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China vs the US - Aviation Today

This week IATA published its first 20 year air passenger forecast. One of the ...

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When slots are not enough

Last week Virgin Atlantic confirmed that it will be closing its Little Red ...

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How will Ebola affect the aviation industry?

This week the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has had news pundits speculating on ...

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Have the DOJ's plans for opening up the domestic market succeeded this summer?

It’s the summer and peak season for the US holiday market. Well most holiday ...

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Can long haul low cost work in Europe?

Earlier this month we published a report on long haul low cost, investigating ...

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European airports see an improvement in on-time performance - June 2014

Deirdre Fulton & Becca Rowland Many of the interesting on-time performance ...

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Day at the races

For the second year running the OAG team went to Ladies Day at Sandown Race ...

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What are Emirates doing with their A350s?

When we heard that Emirates were cancelling an order of 70 A350s last month we ...

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OAG June FACTS

The latest OAG FACTS report is out now! With the news that Air India’s long ...

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OAG's monthly on-time performance review for April 2014

Deirdre Fulton & Becca Rowland There are some mixed results this month ...

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OAG May FACTS

Who will be taking Europeans on holiday this summer, and where? We take a look ...

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OAG's monthly on-time performance review for March 2014

Deirdre Fulton & Becca Rowland Our report this month reveals that across ...

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OAG April FACTS

This month we take a look at some of Western Europe’s key domestic routes. ...

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OAG's monthly on-time performance review for February 2014

Deirdre Fulton & Becca Rowland Some pockets of great OTP performance are ...

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OAG March FACTS

The FIFA World Cup is just a few months away, and with the decision not to base ...

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OAG's monthly on-time performance review for January 2014

Deirdre Fulton & Becca Rowland The start of the year has been one of stark ...

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OAG February FACTS

With the news recently that American Airlines and US Airways have started their ...

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OAG December FACTS

The latest OAG FACTS report is out now! In December 2013 the UK Airports ...

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OAG's monthly on-time performance review for October 2013

Deirdre Fulton & Becca Rowland Our regular monthly look back at on-time ...

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OAG's John Grant: Heathrow's fall from grace will impact us all

John Grant - Executive Vice President at OAG 11 November 2013 - TTG Digital Sir ...

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OAG November FACTS

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Traffic Analyser is live!

Beta testing was completed in August and we are pleased to announce that ...

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Global Airline Alliances Insight

Love on the Rocks? What does the future hold.....? "If the founding or ...

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OAG October FACTS

The OAG October FACTS report examines the trends and evolving structure of the ...

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Does Oneworld have the edge in South America?

Love on the Rocks continued …..

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Traffic Analyser News

We are now going through a detailed process of testing and quality checking to ...

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Love on the Rocks

The first chapter in a series of Insight reports from OAG covering topical ...