Efficiency has always been a factor

One of the idiosyncrasies of the aviation sector is efficiency.

Optimisation is the key factor in planning for an airline’s network: where to fly to, which planes to use, how often, and even what time of day to leave and/or arrive. And then there’s the aspect of “distressed inventory”- seats “expire” when the flight takes [...]

Airline chief warns governments not to squander opportunity for a global sectoral solution for aviation

This week saw the Greener Skies 2009 conference being held in Hong Kong, where airlines came together to discuss the ways forward for the aviation industry in tackling climate change and policies on carbon emissions.

General sentiment is that while on the surface it appears logical that respective nations’ governments should be imposing their own policies [...]