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Airlines are stopping frequent flyer status extensions, which will result in 15 million downgrades of ‘elite’ status members in H1 2023 alone, warns Mark Ross-Smith, CEO of StatusMatch. Such travellers represent roughly 30% of all ticket sales, and almost 90% of them will actively consider switching airlines, creating a USD$55 billion opportunity

2018 FIFA World Cup

World Cup fever has begun, with flight bookings to Qatar from the 31 countries competing in the football tournament, and from the UAE, where many fans are basing themselves, currently 10-times the volume of pre-pandemic levels