AirTran Airways has reported traffic for March 2009, featuring a new all-time company record load factor for the month of March.
Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) totalled 1,586,579,000, down 7.2% from March 2008's figure of 1,709,125,000. Capacity, in available seat miles (ASMs), was cut by 8.4% from 2,146,593,000 in March 2008 to 1,966,714,000 this year. This resulted in March 2009's load factor of 80.7%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from last year's 79.6%.
The total passengers carried for the month was 2,050,161, a fall of 6.7% from 2,198,395 embarkations in March 2008.
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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