Sunshine Coast Airport CEO Update

Sunshine Coast Airport passenger traffic surged by 13% in the fiscal year ending Jun-2016 to nearly 1 million passengers. Growth was driven by Qantas’ resumption of services at Sunshine Coast and more capacity from Auckland on Air New Zealand, the … Read More

Sydney Airport Update

Sydney Airport’s international traffic was up 10% in the first seven months of 2016, representing a significant acceleration over the 4% growth rate from 2015. Over the last year Sydney Airport attracted seven new airlines with new international routes. Sydney Airport executive … Read More

Queensland Airports CEO Update

Queensland Airports CEO Chris Mills discusses the growth it is experiencing across its portfolio of four airports. A major expansion project at Gold Coast is underway to cope with the rapid growth as well as smaller projects at Townsville and … Read More

PNG Air CEO Update

PNG Air, formerly known as Airlines PNG, completed a rebranding exercise in late 2015 coinciding with the delivery of its first ATR 72-600. PNG Air CEO Muralee Siva explains what the rebranding has achieved and how passengers have responded to … Read More

Houston Airport System Update

Mario Diaz, director of aviation for the Houston Airport System discusses how the diversity of airlines serving the Houston metro region have helped to offset weakness in corporate travel due to the oil sector slump. Ten new international airlines have … Read More

Winnipeg Airports Authority CEO Update

Winnipeg Airports Authority President and CEO Barry Rempel discusses new service from Canadian ULCC NewLeaf Travel, the debut of WestJet’s flights to London Gatwick and the airport’s aspirations for additional long haul service.

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Tigerair Australia CEO Update

Tigerair Australia CEO Rob Sharp discusses how the LCC’s first international routes have performed since it entered the Bali market in Mar-2016. He also talks about the plans for transitioning Tigerair Australia’s fleet from A320s to 737-800s and where Tigerair … Read More

Nok Air CEO Update

Nok Air CEO Patee Sarasin discusses plans for expanding the international network, including in China, India and Myanmar. He also talks about the new 737 MAX 8 fleet, which Nok is slated to start receiving in 2018. In the meantime … Read More

AirAsia X Update

AirAsia X is launching several new destinations in 2016 and adding capacity to several existing destinations. AirAsia X Head of Commercial Arik De discusses how some of the new markets are performing, including Auckland and Tehran. He also talks about … Read More

The Qantas Keynote

Qantas Airways, CEO, Alan Joyce

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