The global air travel map is being redrawn as new markets evolve, traditional markets decline and the airline industry reshapes itself to house changing conditions, in line with Etihad Airways’ president James Hogan. Speaking in Abu Dhabi today on the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit, Hogan told greater than 800 senior travel executives that legacy airlines were unlikely to progress unless they radically changed the best way they did business. In addition to the continuing challenges of commercial instability and uncertainty surrounding fuel prices and provide, Hogan said the rapid growth of air travel in markets along with India, Africa and the center East meant airlines would have to reshape their networks to house changing traffic flows. He explained among the many fastest-growing regions was the center East,...
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