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aIRPORT PlannIng
12| Airport Expansion: Which way?
The air transport business is expanding globally at an unprecedented
rate. new airlines are springing up by the day, it seems. but is airport
infrastructure equipped to handle the fleets of new planes arriving every
year? We asked the experts – and the answer came back mixed
18 MRO fEaTuRE
18| MRO Asia: On the Up
With air transport operations ballooning throughout asia, it is little wonder
that OEMs and third party providers are expanding MRO facilities across the
region. in fact asia’s MRO market is projected to reach parity with that of the
americas and Europe by 2021. but which are the real growth zones?
InflIghT RETaIl
26| High-level sales
Traditionally, asian carriers have lagged behind other markets when it
comes to in-flight sales. but as one of the world’s fastest-growing travel
markets, with some 620 million passengers travelling the region every
26 revenue opportunities.
year, airlines are realising the need to look at and utilise new and innovative
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