Vueling Airlines increased its December load factor by 7.4 percentage points, from 63.6% in 2007 to 71.0% in 2008. The airline adjusted its capacity downwards by 30.7% from 811 million available seat kilometres (ASKs) in December 2007 to 562 million ASKs in December 2008. Revenue passenger kilometres decreased by 22.5% from 515 million to 399 million.
From January to December 2008, Vueling carried 5.9 million passengers.
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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