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for new types of holiday. We’ll look at new kinds of travel experiences. Are we set up to deliver on personalisation and customised itineraries? We can’t be complacent that we will be the people to take advantage of these opportunities. There is an urgency to this. “More people are competing
for data. Everyone wants access to it. At the same time, we have the GDPR and calls for the break- up of the big tech monopolies. In China, they are introducing a social-credit system where people will be given points for life. We could be tracked throughout our lives. This is on our doorstep now. “We’ll have speakers from
inside and outside the industry talking about the cutting edge of technology and climate change.” He added: “We’ll look at the challenges. Our own research suggests people expect holiday providers to address sustainability. “As an industry and as a
society we have to find ways of minimising climate change and the use of plastics. “Overcrowding is becoming
more of an issue. We need dispersal strategies so that we don’t degrade people’s experience or places. We have to show we’re minimising our environmental footprint, partly because there will be an increasing reaction against tourism if we’re not seen to address this.” Tanzer insisted: “There is a
lot in Brave New World – the challenge but also the risk. It does require bravery to embrace the challenges. It’s part of our intention to throw down a gauntlet to the industry.” He added: “Japan is an extraor- dinary society. I hope people will take the time to explore.”
The Travel Convention 2019 October 7-9, Tokyo
thetravelconvention.com Media partner: Travel Weekly
Airline leaders tip more ‘weak’ carriers to collapse
Ian Taylor
Airlines for Europe Summit 2019, Brussels
Leading airline bosses forecast more of Europe’s carriers will fail following a recent spate of collapses by smaller airlines.
Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary,
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh and Lufthansa Group chief Carsten Spohr told the Airlines for Europe (A4E) Summit in Brussels they expect further failures. O’Leary went so far as to name
Norwegian Air as at risk, saying: “Norwegian will be the first when it runs out of $350 million come October or November. They may not fail then, but in 2020.” Norwegian aims to raise
$350 million by diluting its shares through a rights issue this month. O’Leary said: “There are people
out there operating weaker models. The industry is moving inexorably towards five airline groups controlling 80% of traffic in Europe – IAG, Lufthansa, Air France-KLM, Ryanair and easyJet –
Flight delays this summer ‘likely to be as bad as last’
Flight delays across Europe will be as bad this summer as last, airline bosses warned as they hit out at failures by air traffic control. Last year saw a record number of
delays – most caused by air traffic control in Germany and France. International Airlines Group
chief executive Willie Walsh told the A4E Summit in Brussels: “2018 was one of the worst years ever. This summer is likely to be just as bad. It’s completely unacceptable.
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SPOHR: ‘To lose as many airlines as in the last months shows there’s an unhealthy element in Europe’s airlines’
Lufthansa Group chief executive $350m
Sum Norwegian aims to raise via rights issue
and that will be good.” Walsh said: “There are airlines in a very weak position and they will struggle.” EasyJet chief executive Johan
Lundgren agreed, saying: “There are a number of inefficient models out there. When the fuel price goes up, they will be in trouble.”
“Flights in European airspace
increased by 3.8% last year. Delays increased by 115% and 61% of delays were caused by air traffic control staff shortages, with 9% caused by strikes.” Walsh led A4E leaders, including the heads of Ryanair, easyJet, KLM and Lufthansa Group in slamming air navigation service providers (ANSPs) in Germany and France. He said: “Karlsruhe in Germany is one of the bottlenecks of Europe. [German ANSP] DFS should be ashamed.” Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
“It will be worse this summer.” The airline bosses are demanding a raft of measures to reduce delays,
Carsten Spohr said: “To lose as many airlines as in the last months shows there is an unhealthy element in Europe’s airlines.” He argued EU rules on air passenger compensation were partly to blame for the failures of Germania in Germany, Flybmi in the UK, Cobalt Air of Cyprus, Primera Air of Denmark and Small Planet Airlines of Lithuania. Speaking outside the summit, O’Leary described Norwegian’s low-cost long-haul business model as “one that is going to fail, particularly with high oil prices”.
O’LEARY: Demanding action to curb flight delays
including limiting the impact of air traffic control strikes by allowing overflights’ of countries hit by industrial action.
PICTURES: TELLING PHOTOGRAPHY; SHUTTERSTOCK; MESSE BERLIN/JORG CARSTENSEN
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