This year`s IATA Corporate Air Travel Survey 2001 spans a period of rapid change in international corporate travel, from the deepening economic concerns of mid 2001 to the effects of the terrorist events of September 11th…
This year`s
Survey 2001 covers business traveller opinions on a wide range of key issues influencing corporate travel decisions, including travel budgets and patterns, airline choice, alliances, aircraft types, the influence of new technology, entertainment & communications and the importance of Frequent Flyer Programmes.
Over 1,000 regular long haul corporate travellers from Europe, North America and Asia/Pacific were personally interviewed. For this edition, a special `post September 11th` supplementary survey was carried out with a sample of the same respondents, using the Internet.
The pre-and post September 11th responses to questions relating to company travel budgets showed a significant shift in respondent opinions.
For year 2000, the 45% answered that budget will increase, while 7% answered that it will decrease. In July 2001, the percentage was 32% that it will increase, while 9% that it will decrease. In September 2001, the first percentage decreases to only 10%, while the second increases to 36%!
However – respondents to the supplementary survey were optimistic about the rebound of the corporate travel market: 57 percent said they expected normality to return within 6 months; 26 percent expected a return in 12 months; 14 percent expected it would take 2 years or more; only 3 percent said business travel would never be the same.
The 2001 Corporate Air Travel Survey offers a range of reports tailored to users` needs and providing an impartial insight into this key group of long haul business travellers and their company policies. A range of additional report Modules are offered covering the In-flight Experience, Choice of Airline or Use of New Technology. The Modules are available with the Core Report.
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