Airline passenger capacity to grow 47 per cent in 2022, data shows Passenger capacity Airline passenger capacity worldwide is expected to pick up in the next few months, as forecasts project a 47 per cent growth in 2022. Data from Cirium’s Airline Insights Review has revealed that capacity could return to 2015 levels by the end of next year, as domestic markets become the main drivers of demand. According [...]
Sunak set to hike long-haul flight costs through air passenger duty Budget ‘overhaul’ Sunak set to hike long-haul flight costs through air passenger duty Budget Chancellor Rishi Sunak is plotting an air passenger duty hike for flights to long-haul destinations like Australia, Japan and South Africa in his Autumn Budget next week, as a penalty for their environmental damage. Passengers flying to such destinations can expect to pay more after the Chancellor has laid out his plans next week for [...]
Goodbye Alitalia: Italy’s new carrier to join airline alliance Goodbye Alitalia: Italy's new carrier to join airline alliance Alitalia’s successor ITA Airways will join the Skyteam alliance from next year, reported Reuters. ITA Airways’ chairman said yesterday that the new-born company aims to renegotiate the place within the Skyteam alliance that once belonged to Alitalia, partnering up with other airlines such as Lufthansa. “ITA has been created to be a strategic element in [...]