Adjusted EBIT of EUR 2.4 billion for the first nine months 2018 slightly below record prior-year level Strong core Network Airlines business fully offsets substantial rise in fuel costs and achieves nine-month Adjusted EBIT above prior year High…
United launches the only nonstop service to the Islands of Tahiti by a U.S. carrier from the mainland United States United Airlines today started the only nonstop service by a U.S. carrier to the Islands of Tahiti. The airline…
LATAM Airlines Group’s chief executive Enrique Cueto has warned of challenging macroeconomic conditions for the region’s airlines in 2019, even as he is cautiously optimistic that a change of government in Brazil could benefit the country’s businesses. «The Brazil…
The presidential election in Brazil today is an «important step» for the proposed commercial aircraft joint venture between Boeing and Embraer. The runoff election pits far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro against leftist candidate Fernando Haddad of the ruling Workers’ Party,…
JetBlue Airways will debut a nonstop flight from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) in Guayaquil, Ecuardor. The new service will begin Feb. 28, 2019. It will mark the New York-based airline’s…
IATA urges governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to maximize the economic and social benefits of aviation The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to maximize the economic and social benefits…
Argentina’s transport minister Guillermo Dietrich believes that ongoing weakness in international travel demand from Argentina is «transitory», as he reiterates the South American country’s commitment in liberalising the aviation sector. «We might not have international passenger traffic growing at…
Latin American and Caribbean airline leaders meeting at the annual ALTA forum in Panama City Oct. 29 emphasized a coordinated and vigorous approach to digital modernization, decreased regulation and infrastructure improvements as vital to meeting the demands of a…
After a significant 12 months in which it opened new headquarters in Panama and overhauled the organisation, ALTA executive director Luis Felipe de Oliveira believes the association has rediscovered its focus. «I think we were able to make ALTA…
Iberia increases frequencies to six Latin American destinations Spanish flag carrier Iberia is boosting services from its Madrid Barajas hub to Latin America, and introducing additional Airbus A350 XWB routes to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (Argentina) and Chicago O’Hare (Illinois)…
