Azul is selected as the best airline in Latin America by TripAdvisor
Chosen by millions of travelers, Azul is a winner in multiple categories in the 2018 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards. In addition to winning the best airline in Latin America, Azul was also selected as having the best Business class and the best Economy class in Latin America. Finally, Azul was the only airline in Latin […]
LATAM Airlines Group reports preliminary monthly statistics for March 2018
LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its subsidiaries, («LATAM Airlines Group» or «the Company») (NYSE: LTM / IPSA: LTM), the leading airline group in Latin America, today reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for March 2018 compared to March 2017. System passenger traffic increased 4.4%, while capacity rose by 2.8%. As a result, the Company’s load […]
Iata warns of slowing growth after February rebound
Global airline passenger traffic results for February showed a rebound in growth following slower demand seen in the previous month. However, Iata warned that continued growth will be "tempered" for the rest of the year. Latest figures from the airline trade body show 7.6% growth in February, up from 4.6% year-on-year in January, based on […]
Delta Celebrates 20 Years Serving Central America
Over the past two decades, Delta Air Lines has transported nearly 11 million passengers to and from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. The airline, which began flying to Central America in 1998, is now celebrating its 20th anniversary of providing service to the region. The region has grown to be one of Delta"™s […]
Venezuela suspends ties with Panama airline, risking deeper isolation
Venezuela on Thursday risked worsening its travel isolation by declaring a suspension of commercial ties with Panama"™s main airline Copa after Panama put President Nicolas Maduro and his top officials on a list of possible money launderers. The state-run Venezuela News Agency (AVN) said Caracas had "suspended for 90 days economic and financial relations with […]
Delta rolls out biometric fingerprint entry at US member lounges
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines rolled out new fingerprint biometric check-in devices at all 50 of its US Delta Sky Club locations last week; it is available free for Delta Sky Club members who are US citizens or permanent residents, and who have registered with Delta"™s biometrics program. Delta partnered with US biometrics developer Clear in […]
The airline that eliminated 195,000 tonnes of Carbon Emissions
Etihad Airways successfully eliminated around 195,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2017, thanks to a wide range of fuel-saving initiatives across its network. Following a number of improvements aimed at enhancing operational efficiencies, Etihad was able to reduce the amount of fuel consumed by its aircraft by over 62,000 tonnes of fuel. The result […]
The trends in airline privatisation around the world
The Indian government has decided to sell 76% stake in Air India. This is hardly the first time a government has sold a stake in a national airline and all the government has to do is learn from best practices. There"™s no need to reinvent the wheel here. The chart, extracted from an article on […]
Lufthansa Inaugurates Direct Flight Between San Jose, Costa Rica and Frankfurt, Germany
As it was announced in July 2017, airline Lufthansa will inaugurate this Thursday, March 29, 2018 its non-stop flight between Frankfurt, Germany and San Jose, Costa Rica. Back when the announcement was made, Tamur Goudarzi-Pour, vice-president of Sales for the Americas of Lufthansa had stated: "Beyond tourism, the Lufthansa Group offers a world of travel […]
Copa Airways to expand TT, Caribbean service
Trinidad has been good to Copa Airways over the last decade. The "airline of the Americas," based out of Tocumen Airport, on the outskirts of Panama City started servicing the Trinidad-Panama route ten years ago this past week, and, as the airline"™s vice president for sales Christophe Didier describes it, the relationship has been "win-win." […]
