Air Berlin has reported an increase in its revenue per available seat kilometre (yield per ASK) for February 2009, with revenue rising by 12% to 5.28 eurocents from 4.71 eurocents in February last year.
Passengers carried decreased by 8.5 % from 1,874,177 in February 2008 to 1,714,240 in February 2009, in part due to a capacity reduction of 6.3%.
For the same period, fleet capacity utilisation decreased by 1.7 percentage points from 72.5% to 70.8%, one reason for which was an extra day in February 2008.
Despite the additional funding promised this week, the UK armed forces still look set to face cutbacks, and maintaining international commitments to AUKUS and GCAP may limit the options for other programmes.
This week on the Shephard Defence Podcast, senior naval reporter Harry Lye and military training & simulation reporter Norbert Neumann chat with Professor John Louth.
Although the Pentagon claims that current systems can detect this type of threat, it has confirmed that measures will be taken in order to maintain the US's edge over its adversaries.
The UK and France aim to deliver a new cruise missile in 2030 as part of the MBDA-led Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) project.
China's Multi-Domain Precision Warfare project is aiming to disrupt US networks, and could outpace the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative. A retired US Army general explains what the Pentagon is doing about it.
Although AI provides several operational benefits in the defence arena, it can also put armed forces in risky situations.
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