IdeaWorksCompany Article In this article I write about my favorite section of the Yearbook: Interesting Items in This Yearbook. It’s a compilation of more than 40 specific ancillary revenue disclosures made by airlines. These are rarely exposed facts that describe products and revenue statistics, some of which you may find bizarre and amusing. I invite
View from the Wing easyJet’s vacation business generated £250 million in pretax profit last year. That’s nearly 38% of the airline group’s earnings. Selling customers the rest of their trip has become a huge part of what makes the airline profitable. Southwest wants some of that business, too. They’ll even give you back two free
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FVW Travel Talk The revenue from additional offers already makes up a large part of the sales cake for many airlines. Ethiopian Airlines now also wants to benefit from this – and is now arranging offers from Get Your Guide. According to a regular study by Idea Works Company on the additional revenues of airlines,
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Advice to Airline Managers – Don’t be Paralyzed by the 2022 Consumer Challenge is sponsored by global travel tech provider CarTrawler and was released today. The report includes a chart listing the Covid era change and cancellation policies for 25 leading global network and low cost carriers. The 14-page report by IdeaWorksCompany is a call
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CarTrawler-sponsored analysis describes how the airline industry must move past being a “deer in the headlights” and accept that the business of travel has changed. “I remain quite optimistic for the summer of 2022,” is a quote you will likely hear from dozens of airline CEOs this winter. It’s human nature to hope for the