AirTran Airways has reported record traffic for the month of June 2009 plus the figures for the first half of 2009.
In June the carrier recorded 1,763,002,000 revenue passenger miles (RPMs), down 6.5% from last June's 1,886,053,000. Available seat miles (ASMs) numbered 2,109,181,000, a decrease of 5.3% from 2,226,512,000 in the same month last year.
Passengers carried totalled 2,212,119, a 5.4% drop on the 2,339,430carried in June 2008. The load factor also fell, by 1.1 percentage point (pp) from 84.7% last June to 83.6% this year.
In the first half of 2009 (1H09) RPMs fell by 6.0% to 8,904,609,000 from 9,476,075,000 in 1H08, while ASMs were cut by 7.4% to 11,327,284,000 from 12,228,154,000 for the respective periods.
This brought a load factor increase of 1.1 pp to 78.6% in 1H09 from 77.5% in 1H08. Passengers carried were down 5.7% however, to 11,553,073 from 12,251,746.
The DoD has changed its structures and is been increasing efforts to facilitate access to loans by companies interested in working with artificial intelligence, advanced materials and semiconductors, biotechnology and quantum science.
India has approved millions of dollars in new military purchases, most of which will go to public sector companies.
The main obstacles to overcoming risks in the region are a lack of a strong cybersecurity culture and inadequate funds to invest in this domain given a widespread Chinese presence in the region.
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
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.
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