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Overall 🌎Global bizjet activity was flat in week 22 as it was for the month of May, and is trailing 2023 by just 1%, which very much reflects the mood at EBACE, tending towards normalisation after the turbulence of the post-Covid years. Europe 🇪🇺 activity Week 22 +7% vs '19 +6% vs week 21 +2% vs week 22 '23 demand still hot in the Mediterranean, but tapering well below 2019 levels in Central Europe   ⚽On June 1st Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final of the UEFA Champions League. Almost 200 additional bizjet arrivals were recorded into London airports across the Friday – Sunday weekend (31st May – June 2nd) compared to the previous weekend (24th – 26th May). Biggin Hill appeared to benefit significantly from Champions League related traffic; during the weekend of the final an additional 68 bizjet arrivals were recorded compared to the previous weekend (in contrast London Luton saw just 6 extra arrivals). Most arrivals into Biggin Hill during the Champions League final weekend came from France. In addition to the global audience, evidence of home support from Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund fans was evidenced at Biggin Hill: 19 Arrivals were recorded from Spain, up from 7 the previous weekend, 16 arrivals from Germany, up from 3 from the previous weekend. https://lnkd.in/eeDU89-7 #uefa #championsleague #uefachampionsleague #onlynetjets #netjets #businessaviation #privatejet #privatejetcharter #bizav #aviation

As the Paris Olympics comes to an end, Olympic fever has swept through China, igniting national pride and sparking a travel boom among Chinese tourists. 🇫🇷 Ctrip reported a 114% surge in bookings from China to Paris during the Olympics compared to the previous year. ✈ Umetrip noted a 1.1 time year-on-year growth in flight bookings to France, while bookings to Europe rose by about 89%. ⚽ Tongcheng found the Paris Olympics and the UEFA EURO 2024 football championship resulted in France and Germany’s booking volumes from China doubling compared to last year. Want to learn how to capture this surge in demand by engaging Chinese audiences from digital channels? Check out our latest blog 👉 https://lnkd.in/gKAikJWy

Congratulations to Spain for the victory in the UEFA EURO Championships! ⚽🚄 Germany has been buzzing during this month-long festival of football that was filled with passion, colors, and memories with 24 nations taking part. Let’s not forget the role of rail travel and the rail staff and volunteers who helped connect football fans to the 51 matches played across 10 German cities. Even players (not enough in my opinion) were connected via rail with some teams taking trains to games from their training camps. Here the Swiss won the “train-use championships” with five rail journeys in the tournament. Overall, the performance of Deutsche Bahn was very good given the high demand and challenging weather at times, with only three major delay incidents caused mainly by infrastructure issues. Most complaints were actually for regional or local tram services. Still, this shows how crucial the digitalization and renovation of the core network that Deutsche Bahn has initiated is to restrict this in the future. The same is true for local and regional networks where once again digitalization can limit disruption and quicken the service recovery from major incidents. The challenge for such major events is huge with Berlin alone having 1.9 million visitors for the Euros. Deutsche Bahn says six million passengers traveled on ICE and IC trains in the busy first two weeks of the tournament. It added 14 special daily trains for 10,000 additional seats and sold 180,000 fan travel tickets, 60,000 fan BahnCards, and 7,000 EURO Interrail passes before the tournament even began. The marketing drive from DB for the event was “One team. For the climate,” so maybe the environment joins Spain as another winner here! 🏆 #euro2024 #rail #sustainabletravel

How to avoid public transport price hikes during 2024 Olympics. As Paris gets ready to host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, residents face the prospect of significant increases in public transport prices. However, astute commuters can navigate these rises with some clever planning. Options such as the Liberté+ plan offer flexibility and reduced rates for individual journeys, while stocking up on single-use tickets before July 20th can help lessen the impact of price hikes. For frequent travellers, investing in a monthly pass could prove to be a cost-effective solution, especially if you anticipate heavy usage during the Olympic period. By exploring these strategies, you can avoid feeling the squeeze of higher transport costs while embracing the excitement of the games.

You've probably seen this (presumably) quickly knocked up Irish Olympic medals chart from the Irish Times which is being used as an example of how not to do data visualisation. Rightly so - it doesn't visualise the "Ireland is getting more successful at the Olympics" story which they presumably want to tell (charts which go down inherently suggest something getting worse rather than better) plus it would be better as a bar chart as it's not a continuous time series plus it's boring etc. But it's worse than that. As well as being a bad visualisation, it's also wrong. Ireland were 19th in the medal table this year, not 14th. The chart shows they were also 56th in Athens in 2004. Ireland didn't win any medals in 2004, which would have made them joint 72nd with everyone else. They were 61st in Beijing (not 63rd) and 62nd in Rio (not 63rd again...). Bad visualisation is unfortunate, but bad data is unforgivable.

The Olympics are known for three big things: great sport, big budget, and shiny new structures. However, this year’s Olympics, held in Paris, France, were set to change this up a bit. Reutilisation and reflection were concepts applied to pretty much every aspect of the event, but what does this mean? Learn in our new article: https://lnkd.in/dauQZ7bf

BizAv 2024 UEFA EUROs tournament: airports near the 10 host cities saw +16% rise in arrivals compared to the same dates last year. Germany’s bizjet market has benefited from hosting the tournament Country wide the tournament lifted German arrivals by +9% compared to the same dates last year, for context, bizjet arrivals into Germany have been in YOY decline from January through May. Almost a third of arrivals into host city airports came from other German airports, top international connections were the UK, France and Italy. Between them, Aircraft Management and Branded Charter fleets accounted for nearly two thirds of all arrivals into host city airports. Over the weekend (July 12th – 14th) there was an influx of bizjet arrivals from the UK into Berlin Brandenburg airport where the tournament final was played on Sunday 14th. UK bizjet arrivals accounted for 20% of arrivals into EDDB on the weekend of the final, London Luton the busiest origin airport. Chart: Bizjet arrivals into airports near UEFA EUROS football tournament stadia, 14th June – 14th July 2024 https://lnkd.in/eXEJpxfQ #onlynetjets #netjets #businessaviation #privatejet #privatejetcharter #bizav #aviation #UEFA #UEFAEURO2024 #EURO2024

How Is Delta Air Lines Getting Ready for the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Did you know that the European Golf Association was founded in 1937? 87 years ago, representatives from 11 countries came together to found the EGA which has grown to 50 member federations today. The first members of the association were: - Austria - Belgium - Czechoslovakia - Germany - England - France - Hungary - Italy - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Switzerland Read more about the EGA's early years below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ef2C7izm #golf #golfbusiness #europeangolf #golfnews #golfhistory

🏆 From Euros to Olympics: 26 Days and Counting! 🥇 Hey folks, while we’re all buzzing with excitement over the Euros – the nail-biting matches, the last-minute goals, the sheer magic of it all – here’s a little something to tickle your sporting taste buds. In just 26 days, the grand spectacle of the Olympics kicks off! Yep, you heard it right, only 26 days until we switch from the beautiful game to the ultimate global sports showdown. As we’re glued to our screens, soaking up every moment of the Euros, let’s not forget the incredible athletes who’ve been sweating buckets in training, all gearing up for Paris. Team GB has a knack for striking gold – remember Rio? Remember London? Yeah, we’re kind of a big deal at this. With the countdown clock ticking, the excitement is ramping up. Our athletes are raring to go, and I’ve got a sneaky feeling (well, more than a feeling) that Team GB is going to bag loads of gold medals. It’s in our DNA. It’s what we do. That's how we feel at Crossflight, its in our DNA to deliver a gold medal service every day. So, enjoy the Euros, get pumped for the Olympics, and remember – gold is definitely on the cards for Team GB. Just saying! 😉 #Euros2024 #Olympics2024 #TeamGB #Crossflightgoingforgold #Doingthethingsotherswont Joseph Corbin Gary Amor Phil Williams