Air Travel Maintains Strong Growth
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for October showing a moderate acceleration of the robust demand trend of the last few months. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.6% compared to October 2012, an improvement over the September increase of 5.2%. A capacity increase of 6.5% meant that load factor […]
Panalpina pulls ahead in race for paperless air freight
At 05:49 local time on November 19, 2013, flight 5Y607 departed from Huntsville airport in Alabama, U.S. What appeared to be just another routine Panalpina flight to Luxembourg was in fact the inaugural flight of the world"™s first paperless round-trip route for general air freight. More than 7,800 tons of paperwork travels through the sky […]
Pullmantur Air y Nautalia, hasta el rabo todo es toro
Los dueños de Nautalia y Pullmantur Air tienen firmado un preacuerdo con la sociedad que representa Javier Díaz por el cual este se hace con las dos empresas de Royal Caribbean. Pero la operación aún no está del todo cerrada ya que uno de los grupos interesados no da su brazo a torcer y además, […]
Iran Air tiene el mejor logo entre compañías aéreas
En un estudio realizado por la agencia noticiera especializada en transporte y viajes "skift", sobre el logotipo de todas las aerolíneas pertenecientes a la Asociación Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (IATA, por sus siglas en inglés), el logo de Iran Air fue elegido como el mejor. En el logotipo de la compañía persa, se han considerado […]
Paraguay: Aerolíneas aumentan frecuencia de vuelos para la temporada alta
Nuevas conexiones. BQB ofrecerá a los pasajeros vuelos directos desde Asunción a la ciudad de Santiago de Chile. La alta demanda de viajes en épocas de verano acrecienta el interés de las compañías aéreas, que aumentan su frecuencia de vuelos y ofrecen nuevos destinos desde la capital del país. BQB se adelanta a las demás […]
Air Travel Demand Continues To Improve
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for September showing a continuation of the strong demand trend despite a slight slowdown from August. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 5.5% compared to September 2012. Capacity increased at a slightly lower pace at 5.3% over the same period. The load factor in […]
Delivering More Value to Air Travelers Distribution, Airport Experience Provide Opportunities to Boost Value
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on all partners and stakeholders involved in passenger travel to work together to deliver greater value to passengers. «Aviation makes possible $2.2 trillion worth of economic activity and supports some 57 million jobs around the globe. Every day more than 8 million passengers take advantage of the safety, […]
Partnership to Revitalize Air Cargo Quality, Efficiency and Security Top Issues
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on all participants in the air cargo value chain to work together towards the common goals of improved quality, increased efficiency through e-AWB and e-freight and more effective security. Combined, these measures will improve air cargo"™s competitiveness in the face of stagnant demand growth and unfavorable market developments. […]
Air Cargo Continues Low Gear Acceleration
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported a continued modest improvement in air cargo markets in August. August air freight demand was up 3.6% on the previous year. That is considerably better than year-to-date performance of a 0.7% expansion. Demand for air freight began increasing slowly from April, in line with strengthening business confidence, as […]
High Expectations for ICAO Assembly
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed high expectations for the decisions that states will make at the 38th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). "Climate change will be at the top of the Assembly"™s agenda. We will be looking to states to make decisions that will enable the industry to meet its […]
