Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific and low-cost carrier HK Express currently operate at just over 80 per cent of their pre-Covid capacity, chief customer and commercial officer Lavinia Lau said this week in an update. In the first five months of the year to 31 May 2024, oneworld member Cathay Pacific and its HK Express subsidiary…
Accor has published new research showing what it says is “the growing importance of guest reviews and ratings when booking a hotel stay”. The group commissioned OnePoll to carry out the research in December 2023, with 5,000 adults surveyed across the UK, Poland, Germany, France and Spain, all of whom had stayed at a hotel…
Iberia continues to grow its Latin American network, and will offer a total of 5.3 million seats to and from the region in 2024. This figure is up 16 per cent on the 4.6 million in 2023, and more than 20 per cent up on pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The carrier will operate more than…
Virgin Atlantic has released the findings from the world’s first commercial transatlantic flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Virgin’s ‘Flight100’ flew from London Heathrow to New York JFK in November 2023, operated by a Boeing 787-9 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines using 100 per cent SAF. The aircraft did not require…
Eurostar has promised to power trains across its five-country network by 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030. The high-speed rail network plans to “become the backbone of sustainable travel in Europe” as it works towards its target of carrying 30 million passengers by the end of the decade (for reference, Eurostar carried 18.6 million passengers…
Rotana’s partnership with intuitive food-waste measurement technology Chef’s Eye has resulted in a 22 per cent reduction in overall production or trim waste, as well as a 15 per cent reduction in food waste from buffet stations, and a 63 per cent reduction in food waste from plated meals. Implemented across Rotana’s properties in the…
Delta will operate 34 peak-day flights to 12 destinations from Miami this summer. The expansion of the Miami space is a continuation of Delta’s programme of upgrading existing facilities and opening new lounges across the US. Last year the carrier unveiled a total of seven new, expanded or reopened Sky Club locations, including a lounge…
London City Airport says queue times at security have been cut by half since the installation of new CT scanners one year ago. London City became the first major airport in the UK to fully deploy next generation CT security scanners in April 2023, allowing passengers to pass through security without removing laptops and liquids…
Gatwick airport has switched its fleet of diesel vehicles to run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), in a move which it says will save 950 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. The London airport had around 300 vehicles including fire engines, airside operations vehicles and snow ploughs which were being powered by diesel. These account…
Dubai-based carrier flydubai has announced a record profit of US$572 million for the year ending 31 December 2023. That figure represents a steep 75 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2022. It reported an annual revenue of US$3 billion, a 23 per cent increase over the US$2.5 billion it reported in 2022….
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