THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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AIR-PASSENGER DEMAND GROWTH HITS 5-YEAR PEAK 

Global airlines’ RPK (revenue passenger kilometres) rate in January rose by 9.6 per cent year on year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
This was the strongest increase in more than five years. 
Results were positively affected by traffic associated with the Lunar New Year celebrations, which this year occurred in January. In 2016, the festival occurred in February. IATA estimates that holiday-related travel contributed up to one-half a percentage point in passenger-demand growth.
January capacity rose by 8.0 per cent, and load factor climbed 1.2 percentage points to 80.2 per cent.
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s director-general and chief executive officer, said 2017 “is off to a very strong start, with demand at levels not seen since 2011. This is supported by the upturn in the global economic cycle and a return to a more normal environment after the terrorism and political ‘shock’ events seen in early 2016.”

Centara ‘not directly involved 
in Pattaya condo project’
Central Plaza Hotel (Centara) has issued a statement distancing itself from a consumer protest over a condominium project in Pattaya, claiming that although the project bears the name “Centara” under a licensing agreement, Centara “has absolutely nothing to do with the management of the project, either as shareholder or director”.
According to media and online reports, about a hundred buyers of condos in the Centara Grand Residence Pattaya project staged a protest, charging that construction had stopped and demanding their money back.
Centara said in its statement that besides licensing the use of its name, it had only agreed with the actual developer to have a subsidiary manage the condominium project once it is completed.
It said that all advertising and sales materials clearly state: “Centara Grand Residence, Pattaya is being developed and sold by the developer, Tulip Group (Bazis Development Co, Ltd) and not by Central Plaza Hotel Plc or its affiliates (Centara).
“Centara has not confirmed the accuracy of any of the statements of representations made herein, and Centara is not part of or an agent for the developer and has not acted as broker in connection with the sale of Centara Grand Residence, Pattaya.
 
 

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