Smaller airlines are absorbing lessons from the grown-ups, adopting the revenue management practices of larger carriers to compete more effectively, writes Murray Smyth of Transport Tehnology Consulting
Originally developed in the 1980s by pioneering major US carriers and a few specialist service providers, airline revenue management has been widely adopted throughout the industry. […]

In response to Peter Conway’s Cargo Crisis feature which ran in our October edition, Hugh Doyle questions whether a shift in the perception of the air cargo industry would help fix its woes
It is disappointing that we still refer to air cargo as though it was a homogenous industry. It no longer is […]

His name is synonymous with African air transport but, after a decade as secretary general of the African Airlines Association, Christian Folly-Kossi is preparing to step down in November. After 10 years in the role has he achieved all he set out to do?
When Christian Folly-Kossi was elected as AFRAA secretary general at […]

Some frequent flyer programmes are profitable, but most are not. Ravindra Bhagwanani of loyalty specialist Global Flight explores whether there is a roadmap to making money out of FFPs
Airlines may manage their loyalty schemes differently, but few disagree that they are even more important in the current climate than in the good times. This […]