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28 January 2020
Coronavirus crisis threatens to hit tourism and airport retail sales
Global airport retail sales are forecast to reach $48.2bn in 2020, up 6.1% on 2019, but the escalation of the severity of coronavirus could now have a detrimental impact on...
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27 January 2020
Consolidation in the European airline industry may be imminent
The big only get bigger and the small eventually disappear; air travel fares may be set to increase due to consolidation. With the recent news of Flybe’s near-collapse, the European...
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16 January 2020
UK Government’s rescue plan for Flybe may pose more risk than reward
Public outrage may be sparked in the future, matching private sector outrage, if the airline eventually falls into administration Ministers have agreed to work with Flybe to devise a repayment...
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8 January 2020
Tensions in Iran could have lasting impact on Middle Eastern tourism
A sharp increase in oil prices, plus tensions in Iran and key airport hubs could long-lasting impact on airlines. On the 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful army...
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10 December 2019
A new opening date might not be the end of troubles for Berlin’s cursed BER airport
Launched in 2006, this project was supposed to be completed in 2011 within a EUR1.7bn ($1.88bn) budget.
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15 November 2019
Putting Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh back on the tourist map will require clever marketing
Sharm El Sheikh aerial view from the air.
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30 September 2019
Suspected drone activity shuts down Dubai airport
Suspected drone activity closed Dubai International airport for 15 minutes on 22 September and forced two inbound Emirates Airline flights to land at nearby airports.
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28 August 2019
Clarity needed over Thomas Cook rescue deal amid reports of ‘difficulties’
Chinese tourism group Fosun has been in negotiations with Thomas Cook over the acquisition of a controlling stake for some time. Just a few weeks ago, the deal seemed a...
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26 July 2019
Oman to get world’s first airport drone detection system
Drone detection system at Muscat International is a first for a major commercial airport.
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22 July 2019
Flight cancellations at American Airlines go beyond the issue of Boeing’s Max 737 groundings
According to AirHelp Global Airline rankings for 2019 - which ranks airlines in terms of service quality, flight timeliness and customer complaints handling - American Airlines, currently ranks second in...