Airlines Financial Monitor fairly positive - Airline shares gained 6% in January compared to December, outperforming the broader market which fell 4%, buoyed by solid financial performance and lower fuel prices. Q4 financial results show improvement in profits, driven by performance of US airlines. Jet fuel prices ease... more

Moderate growth for Air Cargo in 2013 - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released figures showing a 1.4% expansion of global freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) in 2013 when compared to 2012. Cargo markets made very slow progress during the first half of the year. Acceleration in the trend took root i... more

Yields fall across European property markets - Falling yields across all property sectors and a further increase in rental values provides evidence of momentum in European commercial real estate markets, according to the latest research from CBRE. CBRE’s Q4 2013 survey shows strengthening investment markets across the reg... more

Italian Real Estate is back - Italian CRE investments sharply recovered in 2013 compared to the lowest peak in 2012. It outperformed 2012 results with an yearly increase of over 80%. The massive amount of capital globally available has injected new lifeblood for real estate investments also in the peripher... more

Batman scandal fails to curb pensions - Almost €20 million paid out in one year in Lazio It took two months of letter and reminder writing. Two months during which Five Star MoVement (M5S) councillors seeking to obtain the full list of pensions were even told the information was confidential. But in the end, the li... more

Highest european quarterly investment since 2007 - Commercial property investment saw strongest quarter since 2007. Total European commercial real estate reached € 53 billion in Q4 2013, 46% on Q3 2013 and 19% on Q4 2012.  The year 2013 saw investment activity totalling € 154 billion – a 21% improvement on 2012, but still ... more

Italy not on NY Times "52 Places to go in 2014". Who's to blame? - For some reason Italy, to many known as the greatest open air musuem on earth, is not on the priority list of the New York Times. This may say a lot. Apparently the Italians took a wrong exit somewhere. Is it the political chaos? What else is new. Could it be the, very partia... more

Alitalia CEO 'optimistic' over possible Etihad deal - Italian carrier still on brink of collapse after State bailout Alitalia CEO Gabriele Del Torchio on Monday said he is upbeat about a possible deal with United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways. "We are in the exploratory phase, but if well begun is half done, then I am ... more

The unequalled importance of Air transport - $6.4 trillion of goods travel by air – that’s 35% of all world trade by value. Aviation delivers. Aviation will cut carbon emissions 50% by 2050 (compared to 2005). Flying is sustainable. 57 million livelihoods are supported by air transport. Aviation generates jobs. Airlin... more

Schiphol welcomed more than 52.5 million passengers in 2013 - Global network of direct destinations rises from 317 to 323 Schiphol Amsterdam Airport saw, a rise of 3 per cent compared to 2012 and a new record. Cargo saw growth from August onwards and reached more than 1.5 million tonnes, an increase of 3.5 per cent.  The number of ai... more