Aviation Wrap-up November 2024: Air Travel Trends
November has unveiled fascinating air travel trends reshaping the aviation industry. From Gen Z’s tech-driven demands to breakthroughs in sustainability like hydrogen-powered aircraft, the future of air travel is evolving rapidly. Dive into our monthly wrap-up to explore these developments, plus the latest punctuality rankings.
4 Strategies for Airport Security During Thanksgiving Travel Rush
With Thanksgiving travel set to break records, airports face major challenges in managing security checkpoints. Discover the strategies and technologies that can streamline the process, reduce delays, and help travelers enjoy a smoother, safer holiday journey.
Aircraft De-Icing at Regional Airports: Tackling the Challenges
De-icing at regional airports is challenging due to constraints in staff and equipment, extreme weather conditions, and fluid supply issues. How can crews effectively tackle these obstacles? In this article, we explore advanced solutions and strategies to enhance de-icing operations and keep flights safe and on schedule.
Aviation in 2024: What Awaits our Industry?
The aviation industry continues to evolve, driven by technological developments, changing travel preferences, and a global commitment to sustainability. From increased passenger volumes and fuller flights, to further leveraging artificial for more innovative passenger experiences, here are some of the most significant trends shaping the industry in 2024.
Decoding the Importance of On-Time Performance for Airports
Despite common perception, on-time performance (OTP) has far-reaching impacts on the entire air travel ecosystem. While airlines are certainly one of the primary beneficiaries of a good OTP, airports also hinge their success and reputation on it. Read here why on-time performance for airports matters.
3 Strategies to Address Aviation´s Ground Handling Labor Shortage
Across the industry and around the world, ground handling service providers are faced with several challenges. It’s not just about the operations, with teams out on the apron working in a complex environment, under time pressure to get aircraft departing on time. The sector continues to struggle with the loss of qualified manpower. What can be done to address this problem especially amid the summer season? Read in our blog post strategies to address aviation´s ground handling labor shortages.
Airlines Take the Initiative to Green-up Their In-Flight Services
While sustainability has become a major focus for airlines, the emphasis has largely been on areas such as fuel alternatives. In-flight services have not been that much of a focal point. That is now beginning to change. Not only are airlines recognizing the opportunities to develop more eco-friendly in-flight services, but they are also seeing the potential savings to be gained. Read here some of the initiatives that carriers are already taking.
Business travel to Denmark: My Experience
When the pandemic halted travel worldwide, corporate travelers had to pivot quickly from in-person meetings and events to virtual ones. Now with vaccination rates increasing, the reactivation of business travel is slowly beginning to resume. In this article, INFORM´s Inside Sales Manager Mojca Ferlic shares her latest experience on a business trip to Denmark.
Aviation Wrap-Up September 2021
What were some of the most relevant aviation news in September? This month we heard that 60 prominent companies in the World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition announced a major milestone in the mission to achieve net-zero emission by 2050. Also good news came from the air cargo sector, since airfreight demand is set to significantly increase as we approach the end of the year. However, new capacity challenges urge immediate action. For more, check out our monthly wrap-up.
Airline punctuality in the COVID-19 Era
Queues at airports, congested taxiways, and bursting airspaces – this was the reality before the Coronavirus outbreak. With the pandemic, carriers experienced a significant reduction in their flights and thus an apparent improvement in their on-time performance. However, as increasing vaccinations generate greater confidence to travel again, 2022 is expected to be a crucial year for aviation to rebound. How may higher traffic and increased journey times due to COVID-19 measures affect airline punctuality?