Travel & Transport: the road ahead

Our services in Travel and Transportation range from consulting on asset-based strategy development and business process optimisation through to implementation support in major change initiatives, management of sustainability and safety issues. We operate side by side in our clients' markets and provide in depth analysis.

New sales systems, liberalisation, the emergence of new business models, the integration of supply chains and the formation of alliances are currently the key trends to which companies must respond - these changes mean that corporate strategies must be innovative and pragmatic. Arthur D. Little specialises in [...]

Finding the right track

Strategic challenges for Nordic Public Transport Operators

Public transport in Northern Europe is changing rapidly with increased outsourcing, shifts in the public’s traveling needs and significant regulatory changes. These trends put pressure on traffic operators to not only improve operations but also to rethink [...]

Tourism industry in turbulent times

Identifying ways out of the global economic crisis

The economic crisis’ impact on the tourism industry has become apparent with a delay, but is currently putting existing business models under pressure. The set phrase that travel is the last thing consumers compromise on is no longer valid. Generally declining demand for travel in the leisure and business [...]

Mastering Airport Retail

Roadmap to New Industry Standards

For five years before the crisis occured, there had been a period of strong growth. Today, prospects for airport retail in the mid-term remain positive even if forecasting has been a risky excercise in this current climate. This report forecasts that duty-free sales will be six points above traffic forecasts for the [...]

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Reports04 July 2010

Finding the Right Track

Strategic challenges for Nordic Public Transport Operators

Public transport in Northern Europe is changing rapidly with increased outsourcing, shifts in the public’s travelling needs and significant regulatory changes. These trends put pressure on traffic operators to not only improve operations [...]

Viewpoints20 July 2009

Tourism industry in turbulent times

Identifying ways out of the global economic crisis

The economic crisis’ impact on the tourism industry has become apparent with a delay, but is currently putting existing business models under pressure. The set phrase that travel is the last thing consumers compromise on is no longer [...]

Reports16 April 2009

Mastering Airport Retail

Roadmap to New Industry Standards

In the five years before the crisis, there had been a period of strong growth. Today, prospects for airport retail in the mid-term remain positive even if forecasting has been a risky exercise in this current climate. This report states [...]

Viewpoints20 February 2009

Flying on tracks

Network airlines moving into high speed rail operations

This Arthur D. Little transportation Viewpoint looks at the key implications of airlines moving into high-speed rail. What is the business logic? What are possible characteristics of the competition between airline rail services and [...]

Press Releases10 June 2008

Journey 2.0 in sustainable transport

A new study by Arthur D. Little explores some emerging threats to revenues in the transport sector and investigates potentially significant business opportunities to overcome these. The white paper, “Journey 2.0”, represents the [...]

Press Releases28 August 2007

World airport traffic grew by 5 per cent in 2006, with Europe and Asia accounting for 75 per cent of that growth – new report by Arthur D. Little and ATW Magazine

The "World Airport Report" is based on Arthur D. Little's comprehensive analysis of world airport traffic, which is being presented in cooperation with ATW, the leading monthly magazine covering the global airline industry, for the first [...]