Data of the Month

World’s busiest airports (domestic and interntional passengers combined), July 2026 Source: OAG Internaitonal, July 2026 How confident are you that your organisation could successfully extract you if you were trapped in a country due to a dangerous situation or an emergency? Source: SAP Concur Global Business Traveller Survey of 3300 business travellers in 21 markets, 15 June 2026

Total net profit for global airline industry (US$) Source: International Air Transport Association financial outlook, 7 June 2026 Proportion of total travel spend outside official managed travel programme in 2025 (estimated for their own business by 1700 travel and finance managers in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America) Source: Trip.biz, 15 June 2026

The role played by dynamic rates in negotiated corporate hotel programmes FCM Travel and Flight Centre Travel Group corporate booking data, FCM Consulting Hotel Insights Report 2026, 6 May 2026 Regional trends in business travel hotel bookings processed through HotelHub, Q1 2026 Source: HotelHub by S4BT Index, Q1 2026, 11 May 2026

Which best describes your organisation’s current use of AI in travel management? Source: Survey of 293 travel managers in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific, published 20 April 2026 by Business Travel News. Top 10 most sustainable large airlines worldwide in terms of passenger CO2 footprint per available seat kilometre Source: Flight Emissions Review, Cirium Aviation Analytics/Emerald Sky, April 2026

What travel management companies believe business travellers want (%) Source: Expedia Group survey of 214 TMC senior executives across 10 countries, published March 2026 On-time flight arrivals by region, February 2026 (percentage arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival time) Source: Cirium, March 2026, March 2025

On-time flight arrivals by region, September 2025 (percentage arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival time) Source: Cirium ( www.cirium.com ), October 2025, October 2024 Challenges for 2026 anticipated by 601 global meetings professionals across eight countries (per cent) Source: American Express Global Business Travel 2026 Global Meetings and Events Forecast, 7 October 2025

Top Three Markets for Seat Capacity in the Middle East, September 2025 Global Business Travel Spend