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It’s only March, but attention is already turning to next year for the people working on Project Sunrise - the ambitious Qantas plan for a non-stop flight from Sydney to London and New York operated with A350s in a low-density configuration. New seats have already been publicised, with the now classic private suite concept in the two premium cabins, and Qantas has secured a new lounge facility in Heathrow as their plans for a super luxury product are slowly released. These exciting developments got us thinking about how much the longest non-stop flight has increased in the last twenty years,...

ChatGPT isn’t the only technology that made headlines last month. From continued use of pandemic-era touchless technology to upgrades that are catching the eye of the U.S. Congress, here’s a round-up of the biggest news in travel technology that hit the front page last month. Travelers to Frankfurt will soon have increased access to touchless technology, with biometric solutions being rolled out at all terminals for check-in, security, and boarding as early as spring 2023. As reported by Travel Weekly, the airport has begun working with IT provider SITA and tech integrator NEC to roll out a ‘common use’ biometric...

The global Skift Travel Health Index is 89 points (+4 pp MoM) for the first month of 2023. Discover the latest insights from the Skift team in the Skift Travel Health Index: December 2022 Highlights. As one of Skift’s data partners, we provide flight data (powered by OAG Metis) to enable the reporting of travel performance along with other key data points - together this creates the Skift Travel Health Index, a vital source to track the travel industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.   The year is looking optimistic so far: Growing demand has helped all regions push performance Latin America is out-performing...

This article is the first in a series of monthly posts decoding the fundamental technology transition currently underway in the airline industry. We hope the insights garnered in this series will help industry professionals across the entire airline tech ecosystem, including airline managers, innovation managers at travel IT providers, and startup founders of emerging Travel Tech companies, see the emerging opportunities coming with this exciting shift. In the airline value chain, there is a major transition taking place. At the moment, two systems are running in parallel: One is a historically-grown legacy system that the industry has relied on for decades....

In 2022, we processed 1,156,122,591 flight status updates - that’s around 40 per second. With so many flight status changes happening around the world, answering questions about how best to stay ahead of them, and react proactively when they do occur, is crucial.  Directly fed into our Flight Info Alerts platform, which already provides a continuous stream of flight schedule changes, Flight Status Data can now be accessed, delivering the broadest possible coverage. Customers can now utilize Status and Schedules Data in the most flexible way to expand their view of key elements of a flight. This powerful combination delivers...

OAG's aviation data is updated in real-time, which means we can share data-backed insight into the airline market and the wider travel industry as and when the stories happen. With this constantly-evolving picture, we wouldn't want you to miss anything, so here we've summed up all of this month's must-know information in an easy-to-digest format. Scroll through the infographic slides below and click an image to access full data and in-depth expert analysis.     Now that you're up to date with this month, use the form below to subscribe and receive an update each time we publish an article....

In this article, John Grant discusses the possible sale of ITA Airways and the acquisition of TAP Air Portugal by Lufthansa Group, IAG, or Skyteam Alliance. Given the size of the European airline market, the acquisition of TAP Air Portugal could have far-reaching implications for the industry and the competition authorities around Europe and South America will have to evaluate the situation. Covid-19 may have shaken up the airline industry, but throughout the two-year event there were surprisingly few airline failures; yes, dramatic reductions in network sizes, adjusted schedules and the accelerated withdrawal of some aircraft types - but most...

In the years before the pandemic Australia’s domestic aviation market had remained fairly static at 79 million scheduled airline seats. By 2019, it had almost reached 80 million seats but not quite. This put Australia in eighth place in the world’s largest domestic aviation markets, serving both a population of 25 million and those international passengers who connect onwards once they reach Australia. Whilst many of the other large domestic markets saw a reasonably fast recovery in their domestic markets Australia has taken a bit longer, partly because of state border restrictions on air travel that lasted into 2022. In 2022,...

OAG's monthly aviation data highlights the global markets that are recovering and growing, the airlines leading the way, and the airports welcoming the most passengers. Busiest International Airline Routes In February 2023, the busiest international flight routes for seat capacity are mostly in Pacific Asia and the Middle East, with the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore Changi route out in front with 350, 640 seats, followed by Cairo - Jeddah on 320, 237 seats. Click on the globe to spin and zoom in ⬇ Busiest Domestic Airline Routes Looking at key domestic markets, Beijing – Shanghai is the busiest domestic route in...