• A new survey of global travel industry experts, conducted by Collinson and CAPA – Centre for Aviation (CAPA), shows an increase in expectation of travel resumption to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, versus expectations from five months ago.
• The impact of travel on mental and physical wellbeing, as well as fears around fraudulent travel and testing documents, are expected to remain key traveller concerns.
• Business and long-haul travel to remain the slowest-recovering travel segments in 2022, while short-haul leisure travel sees the beginnings of a revival in certain locations.
• Optimism is subdued in the Asia Pacific region, as senior aviation and travel experts remain more cautious than their global counterparts.

As the travel ecosystem continues to adapt to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a newly launched second edition of the ‘Asia Pacific Travel Recovery Report’ from Collinson, a global end-to-end travel experiences, airport services and travel medical company, and CAPA – Centre for Aviation (CAPA), showcases the latest travel industry recovery predictions – including traveller expectations – for the coming year and beyond.

The extensive survey of more than 400 C-Suite and senior managerial level travel industry experts from leading global travel brands reveals that while 37% of respondents are now expecting a ‘full recovery’ to 2019 pre-pandemic levels in 2023 – compared to 35% in the April 2021 survey – optimism that herd immunity would be reached in the US, UK and a few other developed countries has slipped from 33% to 24%. Additionally, concerns around quarantine and fraudulent Covid-19 test results remain a worry for respondents.

The survey was carried out in September 2021 by Collinson in partnership with CAPA – one of the world’s most trusted sources of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry – to continue the study of the industry’s recovery and predict the new traveller experience.

• CAPA and Envest Global explore the impact on airlines of the transition to net zero.
• Airlines are under pressure to accelerate the pace of emissions reductions.
• Companies are increasingly choosing airlines with strong sustainability credentials.
• Investors want transparency on carbon reduction strategies and proof of results.
• Airline failures are likely as the transition to a low carbon economy accelerates.

CAPA – Centre for Aviation (CAPA), the world’s most trusted source of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry, part of the Aviation Week Network (AWN), together with carbon reduction strategists, Envest Global are pioneering the effective evaluation of airline carbon emissions in a new report released today.

CAPA – Centre for Aviation (CAPA), the world’s most trusted source of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry, is pleased to announce the return of the in-person CAPA Americas Aviation & LCCs Summit, hosted by Puerto Rico Tourism Company, 25/26-May-2022.

After more than two years since the last regional Americas summit, the event is expected to attract hundreds of senior aviation and transport executives, airports, political leaders, industry experts and suppliers to the sunny shores of San Juan, Puerto Rico next year.

The two-day Summit will tap into the post COVID-19 aviation industry across the Americas to address the latest developments, challenges and strategic issues, plus include a new injection of stimulating discussion on the evolving LCC market.

CAPA - Centre for Aviation (CAPA), one of the world’s most trusted sources of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry, today released a new research report revealing potential airport merger and acquisition opportunities for the second half of 2021 and beyond.  

Researched and produced by leading CAPA Analysts and backed by industry data, the report lists airports and airport groups that could be attractive to investors and identifies other airports that may be a target for mergers or acquisitions. The report features a case study on the move from the Hungarian government to enact a sort of partial reverse privatisation by acquiring the equity of the majority shareholder, AviAlliance, in Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Finally, the report concludes with pinpointing the operators and investors to watch, based partly on their participation in the sector already and partly on their level of activity before the pandemic.

Can the industry survive the wait?

• A new Collinson and CAPA – Centre for Aviation (CAPA) survey of C-Suite travel industry insiders says a return to ‘normal’ is unlikely before 2023.
• Over half of travel experts surveyed (51%) expect that robust testing protocols will remain key to reopening global borders until end of 2022.
• Widespread fears of fraudulent tests and vaccine passports may undermine use.

Aviation Week Network’s CAPA – Centre for Aviation, one of the world’s trusted and comprehensive sources of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry, has announced its new monthly digital series - CAPA Live, commencing 14-Oct-2020 and continuing throughout 2020 and 2021.  

A leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence with significant expansion of its intelligence, data and event capabilities

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 14 September - Aviation Week Network’s CAPA – Centre for Aviation, one of the world’s trusted and comprehensive sources of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry, celebrates its 30th birthday.

Established in 1990 by aviation lawyer, consultant and commentator, Peter Harbison, the organisation, originally named Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, has grown to become a leading provider of B2B commercial aviation information, analysis and data.

CAPA – Centre for Aviation, the world’s most trusted and comprehensive source of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry, is pleased to announce the launch of its aircraft Interiors Database.

Fully integrated with the existing CAPA Fleet Database, and with more than 43,000 aircraft listings for more than 600 airlines worldwide, the new and unique resource encompasses the most extensive global commercial fleet interiors records, adding access to rich and unrivalled insights. 

Encapsulating the most visible aspects of this fast growing sector, the database includes seat models, dimensions and manufacturers, inflight entertainment (IFE), wireless inflight entertainment (W-IFE) and inflight connectivity (IFC).

The database also includes a dedicated focus on personal electronic device (PED) transformations – information which is imperative to the ongoing discussion and to the future decisions on touchless interactions post-COVID-19.

CAPA – Centre for Aviation (CAPA) the world’s most trusted source of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry, is delighted to announce the return of its cornerstone CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit as a hybrid event to take place on 5-6 August 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. This will be the region’s first aviation event since the onset of COVID-19.

The hybrid Summit will encompass a main live component taking place at the Adelaide Convention Centre and a new virtual component beaming in local and high level speakers from all corners of the globe, in addition to on-site speakers. Delegates can optionally participate in person in Adelaide, or virtually.

Demonstrating its unrivalled aptitude to attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers, CAPA has confirmed an unmissable speaker line-up including, Virgin Australia CEO & MD Paul Scurrah, Tourism Australia MD Phillipa Harrison and Australian Chamber – Tourism Executive Chair John Hart to present live in Adelaide, accompanied by international guests Scoot CEO Campbell Wilson, Japan Airlines Vice Chairman Tadashi Fujita; many more are to be announced shortly.

SYDNEY (11-June-2020) - CAPA – Centre for Aviation, leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence, has launched a series of interactive data models designed to build and interpret projections of air capacity in key markets.

The CAPA Air Capacity Projection Model provide an effective breakdown of each nation’s domestic and international outlook for seat capacity, supported by OAG – as well as each city and route pair – based on the 2019 actuals.

Combined with government statements, airline network announcements and capacity projections and an array of current data, the Model provides a robust and granular guide for future air capacity projection.