Delta Air Lines anuncia resultados financieros para el trimestre de junio 2015
Delta Air Lines reportó hoy los resultados financieros del trimestre de junio de 2015, incluyendo un ingreso neto por $1,0 mil millones de dólares o $1,27 por acción diluida, un 22 por ciento más que en el trimestre de junio de 2014. «Los resultados récord de Delta han permitido a la empresa invertir en sus […]
Havana Air ofrecerá vuelos directos semanales de Houston a La Habana
Las compañías aéreas Havana Air Charters y Eastern Airlines Group anunciaron hoy una asociación para ofrecer a partir de agosto próximo vuelos directos semanales entre Houston, Estados Unidos, y La Habana, Cuba. «Estamos muy contentos de abrir el mercado de Houston a Cuba con nuestro valioso socio Eastern Airlines», aseguró Mark Elías, presidente de HavanaAir, […]
Help Airlines Do Business in India
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for the development of a comprehensive policy for aviation aligned with the Indian Government"™s stated intention to make it easier to do business in India. The objective is to allow India to derive maximum social and economic benefits as its aviation market grows to become the third […]
ICAO council adopts core principles on consumer protection and new long-term vision for air transport liberalization
The governing Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has established new global core principles on air transport consumer protection. The principles cover three phases of a customer"™s experience: before, during and after travel, and will now be considered by ICAO"™s 191 Member States when they develop or review their applicable national regimes. Prior […]
Securing Sluggish Air Cargo Growth Continues
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that growth continued to slow in May. Compared to May 2014, growth in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) was 2.1%, the slowest rate this year and outpaced by a capacity expansion of 4.3%. On a year-to-date basis, freight volumes are up 4% […]
IATA: Russian passport is one of strongest in the world
Russian passport is placed 35th among 199 possible in the rating of passports, which enable their holders to visit other countries with no visa. The Russian passport enables its holder to visit 98 countries without a visa. The Canadian experts made up a rating of passports of the world, comprising the data of the International […]
Royal Air Maroc recibe su cuarta estrella de SKYTRAX
Coincidiendo con el Salón Aeronáutico de París, Royal Air Maroc ha sido galardonada con el premio Cuatro Estrellas de Skytrax, la organización reconocida a nivel mundial por sus auditorías y evaluaciones del nivel de servicios en diferentes profesiones relacionadas con la aviación. El premio ha sido entregado al presidente de la compañía nacional, Driss Benhima, […]
Akbar al-Baker re-elected to IATA Board of Governors
Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar al-Baker has been re-elected into the Board of Governors of International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global aviation industry body. The prestigious appointment, for a term of three more years until the conclusion of IATA"™s 74th AGM in 2018, took place at this month"™s 71st IATA AGM in Miami, […]
ICAO confirms new e-cigarette restrictions
The International Civil Aviation Organization has amended the 2015-2016 edition of its Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Doc 9284), prohibiting passengers and crew from carrying e-cigarettes and other battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices in checked baggage. The amendment also prohibits recharging the devices in aircraft cabins. "Several incidents […]
Preliminary First Quarter Safety Performance
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released preliminary first quarter 2015 (January 1- March 31) commercial aviation safety performance data. The preliminary results are subject to revision based on the determination of the Accident Classification Task Force. "¢ The first quarter 2015 preliminary global jet accident rate (measured in hull losses per 1 million flights) […]
