Airlines

Emirates Says Expansion Will Continue

Government-owned Emirates Airline said today the global financial crisis will not curb the airline's expansion plans, reported Reuters. Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum was quoted as saying, 'we have no problem in our aircraft financing,' while he visited the Cityscape property exhibition in Dubai.

Fuel Costs Reach 49% Of RJ Total Operational Costs In August 2008

The number of passengers RJ transported increased from 255.000 in August 2007 to 295.000 in August this year, a 16% increase.

Moreover, the seat factor grew from 81% to 82% for the same month. The number of departures performed by RJ aircraft on its network, which counts 56 destinations, went up by 13%, hence the number of departures increased from 2,976 flights in August 2007 to 3,364 flights last August.

MENA To Bypass Airline Gloom With Low Cost Boom

The emergence of the low cost airline industry as a star industry in its own right, both globally and on the regional level in the Middle East and North Africa region, is the subject of the 'Low Cost Airlines World MENA' conference, taking place 3-5 November in Al Ain, UAE.

Global Passenger Survey Highlights Explosive Growth In Self-Service But Baggage Is Next Challenge

SITA, the specialist provider of IT solutions to airlines and airports, today said there is overwhelming evidence from passengers surveyed at six of the world's busiest airports across five continents, that self-service is fast becoming the norm for passengers from Atlanta to Moscow and that the main challenge to even broader adoption of 'do-it-yourself' travel management is baggage.

The SITA/Air Transport World Passenger Self-Service Survey takes an in-depth look at the attitudes and habits of a representative sample of the 232 million passengers who use the following leading international airports: Hartsfield-Jackson, Atlanta; Mumbai International; Charles de Gaulle, Paris; Moscow Domodedovo; Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil; and Johannesburg. The data is extracted from interviews with 2,143 passengers conducted at the departure gates earlier this year.