World Airline Rankings 2017

26.07.2017

From the Chinese stock market falls that began the year to Donald Trump's election as US president which ended it, 2016 was full of shocks and surprises. Yet global airline fortunes largely remained on course as air travel growth and the industry's new levels of profitability continued. FlightGlobal's World Airline Rankings detail how the industry's leading carriers performed in 2016.
 

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Price Elasticity & Air Fares: Analysing the Low Cost Long Haul Opportunity

18.07.2017

Price on demand (Price Elasticity) has been much debated within the aviation industry. Despite being something of a hot topic, there’s yet to be an agreed understanding of how Price Elasticity can be effectively measured, or how airlines could gain significant commercial value by proactively managing it. This Skyscanner study will give you new interesting insights on this subject.
 

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Mc Kinsey: a better approach to airline costs

14.07.2017

Understanding cost differences is critical for airlines: ticket prices have been falling throughout the entire history of the business, declining on average by 2 percent annually over the past 20 years. Newer technology, larger aircraft, and increasingly efficient operations continually drive down the cost of running an airline. Given these trend lines and the industry’s highly competitive nature, passengers have become used to lower prices. Winning companies must therefore have a granular understanding of cost drivers to keep them low—and constantly falling.
 

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Hamburg Hosting more meetings, incentives, conventions and events

01.09.2017

700,000 additional overnight stays accounting for added value, clear gains

Miniaturwunderland - Germany's most popular tourist attraction

28.08.2017

Survey by German National Tourist Board puts four sights in Hamburg in top 100

International visitors have voted Miniatur Wunderland, the world’s biggest model railway, the number one tourist attraction in Germany for the second consecutive year – a tremendous honour not only for the exhibit but also Hamburg and Germany. Europapark Rust, an adventure park, followed in second place and Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria came third, according to a survey by the German National Tourist Board (GNTB).

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Hamburg more popular than ever

23.08.2017

Elbphilharmonie attracting more tourists to Hamburg - record overnight stays

Tourism in Hamburg rose 5 per cent or by 6.5 million overnight stays (325,000 additional overnight stays) in the first half of 2017 over the same period last year, according to the Northern Statistical Office. The figures reflect Hamburg’s increasing popularity as a destination for both business travellers and leisure seekers. The Elbphilharmonie is proving an important driving force and the new concert hall has attracted people from all over the world in just a few months.

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World Routes

23-26 September, 2017, Barcelona (Spain)
The World Route Development Forum is the largest global event of its kind, determining the future of air services. If you would like to meet us there, please feel free to arrange a meeting via Routes Scheduling.

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IATA Schedules Conference

7-10 November, 2017, Madrid (Spain)
The purpose of this voluntary assembly of both IATA and non-IATA airlines worldwide is to provide a forum for the allocation of slots. Hamburg Airport traditionally has a booth in the exhibition area of this conference. We would be delighted to meet you there. Please use the IATA scheduling tool to arrange a meeting.

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ITB

7-11 March, 2018, Berlin (Germany)
ITB Berlin, the world's leading travel trade show, is THE B2B-Platform for trade visitors is an excellent opportunity to meet business partners and to do business. Visit us at the Hamburg stand in hall 6.2a.

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