29 OCTOBER, 2018 SOURCE: FLIGHT DASHBOARD BY: GHIM-LAY YEO PANAMA CITY Chile’s Sky Airline plans to launch a request for proposal by year-end to lease another 12 Airbus A320neos, as the low-cost carrier progresses towards its goal to become…
Avianca’s entire Boeing 787 fleet is back in service, although the aircraft are operating with some restrictions after a «very painful» period of grounding, says Avianca chief executive Hernan Rincon. The Star Alliance’s 12-aircraft 787 fleet was back to…
United Airlines this weekend inaugurated year-round, daily nonstop service between Chicago O’Hare and León, Guanajuato, Mexico. United is the only U.S. carrier to offer nonstop service between Chicago and León, providing convenient one-stop service for business and leisure customers…
Latin American airlines are pressing for greater involvement in shaping the future of the region’s airports, as infrastructure congestion and operating costs remain a perennial concern for carriers. «Our number one headache is the state of airports in Latin…
Embraer demoed its E190-E2 for Latin American carriers and media ahead of a regional aviation summit in Panama in hopes of landing more orders from the region. Executives from at least 15 airlines, including Chile’s Sky Airline and Surinam…
Macroeconomic conditions in Latin America of late have been challenging, but ALTA executive committee president Hernan Rincon believes that the region still holds significant promise. «Airlines continue working to overcome this turbulence, and we do it convinced that the…
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its group of member airlines continues to expand and strengthen with the arrival of the Lufthansa Group: an aviation group with operations throughout the world and strong relations…
Delta Air Lines’ fleet now features the state-of-the-art and experience-rich Airbus A220-100, slated to debut on scheduled flights in January. At a ceremony in Mirabel, Quebec earlier today, Delta became the first North American operator of the A220, continuing…
United Airlines is expanding its flight service to the island of Bermuda. The carrier will resume its daily flights from Newark to Bermuda six weeks earlier than last year, with the nonstop daily flights to begin April 29, 2019….
Airbus today welcomed Delta Air Lines as the first U.S. carrier to take delivery of the Airbus A220 aircraft. On hand for the delivery ceremony at the aircraft’s assembly line in Mirabel were members of the A220 team as…
