Earlier this week, United Airlines launched a new route: non-stop from Los Angeles to Singapore. The flight covers nearly 9,000 miles and takes almost 18 hours in the direction from Los Angeles to Singapore, making it one of the…
Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for ten E175 jets. American Airlines is exercising its purchase rights from its original contract with Embraer signed in 2013. This new order is in addition to the one placed…
IAG"™s testing of the low-cost, long-haul market with a virtual airline seems to have paid off. Its success shows that the model is here to stay. We"™ll be keeping a close eye on how this affects the legacy carriers,…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in September 2017 showing that demand (measured in freight tonne kilometers or FTKs), rose 9.2% compared to the same month in 2016. This was the slowest…
Embraer and Austral Líneas Aéreas, Aerolíneas Argentina"™s domestic airline, have extended their Flight Hour Pool Program agreement until 2021 to continue providing repairable component support for the carrier"™s fleet of 26 E190 jet aircraft. The announcement was made during…
The world"™s best airline for 2018 has been announced "“ and the winner is no stranger to the accolade, picking up the top gong for the fifth time in a row. Air New Zealand is the recipient of the…
Airlines need a clear view of how Britain"™s exit from the European Union (EU) will affect aviation by October next year at the latest, the head of a leading airline industry body said. "Brexit is not good news for…
The Chilean low-cost carrier Sky Airline is nowadays seeking financial options to fit their investments needs in the near future. For that purpose, top management has embarked in a non-deal roadshow with local and international investment banks in Santiago,…
Mexico City-based ultra LCC Volaris posted its first quarterly profit of 2017, reporting MXN731 million ($40.2 million) in third-quarter net income, down 27.6% from MXN1 billion in 3Q 2016. "Demand and traffic patterns, despite a competitive fare environment, had…
Juan Carlos Liscano has been named the new American Airlines Managing Director for the airline"™s Latin America operations. Liscano"™s new occupation will require him to oversee operations for "American"™s largest international region covering 50 destinations in Mexico and Central…
