GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss, Easyjet and Geneva airport all showed traffic up in 2012, figures published Thursday 10 January show. Swiss in 2012 carried 16.8 million passengers, a 2.5 percent increase and a record number for the airline, owned by Lufthansa, the parent company said in a statement. The Swiss seat load factor, at 82.4 […]
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Airline losses will be lower than forecast
Worldwide improvement is concentrated in Asia, Latin America Brands, not flags, must guide the industry to profitability, says Iata head Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The airline industry is expected to have an overall loss of $9.4 billion for 2009, according to Iata, the Geneva-based air transport industry organization, which released new figures Thursday 11 March. […]
Airlines could ease liquids rules in 2 years
See all of GenevaLunch’s articles on the annual airline industry Iata meeting in Geneva 15 December Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The ban on liquids carried onto airplanes could end, but probably not sooner than in two years, says Ken Dunlap, director of security for North America at Iata (International Air Transport Association). Dunlap was talking […]
Costs to air passengers in holding pattern in 2009
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – “In 2009 we’ve not seen big tax increases coming through,” says Jeff Poole, director of airport and industry charges and taxation at IATA (International Air Transport Association) in Geneva. Poole says the big worry now is the Copenhagen climate change conference, with the likelihood that with attention focused on the environment, […]
Boarding a plane – take your mobile!
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The hottest change in the airline industry is the rapid move to BCBP, bar code boarding passes, whose use has nearly doubled in the past year. By the end of 2010 airports should have 100 percent BCBP coverage, meaning that airlines should be able to adopt this service if they want […]