International Air Transport Association
Regional work needed to further enhance air safety

Friday, May 09, 2008
The 2007 global accident rate of 0.75 hull losses for every million flights by Western-built jet aircraft was slightly higher than the 0.65 rate recorded in 2006 according to the 44th annual Safety Report released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday (8 May). This was largely the result of tragic accidents in Africa, Indonesia and to some extent Brazil. IATA member airlines performed better than the industry average with an accident rate of 0.68 hull losses per million flights... >>>

European Commission
Consumers: 50% of misleading airline websites corrected

Friday, May 09, 2008
EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva published the mid term report on an EU wide enforcement investigation - involving 15 EU national authorities as well as Norway – against misleading advertising and unfair practices on airline ticket selling websites. The report shows that there are "serious and persistent consumer problems" throughout the airline industry as a whole. 1 in 3 websites surveyed (137 out of 386 originally checked by the 13 reporting countries) have had to be followed up with enforcement action over the last 7 months for breaches of... >>>

Sabre Airline Solutions
‘Hybrid’ airlines edging out traditional LCCs

Friday, May 09, 2008
A new breed of “hybrid” carrier is quickly overtaking traditional low-cost carriers (LCCs), according to a study released by Sabre Airline Solutions, which reveals that more passengers travel on a new breed of “hybrid” carrier than on traditional LCCs. The global study of 540 airlines revealed that out of 123 self-nominated LCCs, 59 percent had added enough complexity to their business model in recent years that they had now evolved into a full-service airline (7 percent) or were part of an... >>>