From Jumbo crabs to jumbo jet: The aircraft that changed travel and shrank the world
Last night, I headed to Jumbo at the East Coast Seafood Centre to have chilli crabs. It’s not a place I frequent often because well, as locals, we usually avoid places that are popular with tourists and having not had many visitors the last couple of years, I had almost forgotten it was there.
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Many governments still playing science politics as passenger recovery continues in November, reports IATA
“Traffic results in November reinforce that consumers are thoroughly enjoying the freedom to travel.”
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently announced that the air travel recovery continued through November 2022. IATA represents some 300 airlines comprising 83% of global ai [...]
The Malaysian aviation scene is changing, as MYAirline’s maiden flight takes off
THE MYAirline headquarters was abuzz with palpable energy on Wednesday, November 30. It was a cocktail of excitement, anticipation, and hints of warranted nervousness. After all, they were less than 24 hours away from their maiden flight, scheduled for the morning of December 1.
I was invited to [...]
“Will watch ads and trade alcohol for good Wi-Fi”, say APAC passengers in new survey
THE recently published Inmarsat APAC Passenger Experience Survey 2022 highlights some interesting changes in consumer behaviour when it comes to staying connected while flying. The research was conducted by Censuswide (on behalf of Inmarsat) between August and September 2022. It surveyed a total of [...]
Amadeus: Biometrics payments, luggage-lite trips, and the metaverse will drive travel trends in 2023
As the year draws to a close, key players are mapping, based on their respective research and data, what 2023 will be like for travel, tourism, and hospitality. As such, travel-tech company, Amadeus, has released its annual trends, highlighting a few prime areas that will see significant changes in [...]
Doing the right thing a must-have to win customers and talent: Wizz Air’s Varadi
Investments against the odds paying off for Hungary-based low-cost airline
Whether you are running an airline, a hotel or a tour operator, doing the right thing in business is now a must-have. “If we don’t do it, we are out of business,” said Jozsef Varadi, CEO of Wizz Air, as he accepted CAP [...]
Atlas launches ATRIP to bring data-led decision-making to travel
SINGAPORE-based low cost flight platform, Atlas, has released its next-generation Air Travel Retailing and Information Platform (ATRIP), which it says bypasses legacy systems to bring on a new age of data-led decision-making to travel.
Founder Mary Li's vision is to enable more people to travel [...]
Tech in Travel: When airports need more business, who are they going to call? Skyscanner, maybe
SKYSCANNER will harness the power from data accumulated from its 90-plus million monthly users worldwide to help airports explore route development opportunities.
As flight activity picks up and pandemic fears recede, airports are keen to offer compelling business cases that will attract new airl [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 04: India On The Rise, Web3 Disrupts Businesses, Lessons For Airlines
On “Top Of The WiT”, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter.
This week, we're talking about India as the world's fifth largest economy and what that mea [...]
Cost, talent, and tourism: Making sense of the airline industry in the “new world”
IF you've travelled internationally in the last year or so, chances are you've stared – wide-eyed and jaw open – at the price of flight tickets. Before everyone's least favourite microbe rocked our world, low-cost airlines used to be able to offer truly low-cost fares. Even regular airlines were [...]
