LATAM es reconocida como la aerolínea de Sudamérica con la mejor experiencia global de pasajeros
LATAM Airlines Group ha sido elegida como la aerolínea de Sudamérica con la Mejor Experiencia Global de Pasajeros (Best Overall Passenger Experience Global Airline) por los Premios 2018 APEX Passenger Choice. Las puntuaciones APEX sobre aerolíneas clasifican la experiencia a bordo basándose en comentarios de miles de pasajeros evaluados de forma independiente con criterios que […]
Spohr: Lufthansa "˜in contact"™ with Norwegian
Norwegian"™s shares rose as much as 12% after Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said his airline was "in contact" with the LCC. Spohr cautioned that any deal would depend on price, strategic merits and approvals by competition authorities, but investors clearly hoped the comments could revitalize the idea of a takeover of Norwegian by a larger […]
Etihad Airways passes the biennial IATA Operational Safety Audit
Etihad Airways has successfully passed the biennial IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). The Abu Dhabi-based airline met all required standards "“ with the highest possible result of zero findings and zero observations "“ after the IOSA team examined more than 800 of the airline"™s safety procedures and processes in detail. IOSA seeks to ensure that […]
Airlines ‘determined’ to end human trafficking
IATA members voted unanimously to approve a resolution denouncing trafficking and committed to tackling the issue by improving practices. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its members are "˜determined"™ to help put an end to human trafficking, said Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac. Speaking at IATA"™s 74th Annual General Meeting in Sydney, […]
Air France suspends negotiations pending new management structure
Air France has urged unions to call off planned strikes as it promised measures to improve the daily lives of its staff, but warned no new pay negotiations would take place while it is still run by an interim management team. Air France-KLM is in the thick of a labor conflict over pay that so […]
Barbados welcomes IATA Aviation Day Caribbean in two weeks!
IATA, ALTA & The Caribbean Development Bank have joined forces to host an Aviation Day for the Caribbean in Barbados. The goal of the event is to bring together industry experts, senior airline and airport executives, and government authorities to discuss aviation"™s largest opportunities and key challenges across the Caribbean region. IATA"™s global Aviation Days […]
Avianca Holdings and CAE establish joint venture to offer airline pilot training in Colombia
Avianca Holdings S.A. and CAE announced today that they have signed an agreement to create a joint venture specializing in the provision of training services, including full-flight simulator training for commercial aviation pilots in Colombia. In addition, as part of a 15-year exclusive training agreement, Avianca will conduct all its pilot training at the Avianca-CAE […]
ICAO Adopts Standards For Electronic Recordkeeping
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is exploring new ways to simplify the airline business. Its Paperless Aircraft Operations (PAO) initiative faces the daunting task of rethinking the way companies document maintenance activity. The group envisions a paperless environment and global regulatory acceptance of a single e-record system. The three-year-old project is modeled after IATA"™s […]
Spirit Airlines offering new flights from North Carolina to Florida
Spirit Airlines will be offering new flights from North Carolina to Florida in September. Spirit plans to offer flights three times a week between Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro and Orlando International Airport starting Sept. 7. The Miramar, Florida-based airline will also offer flights twice a week from the Greensboro-area airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood […]
Global airline share prices up 2.1% y-o-y in May, says IATA
Airline financial data continue to show that industry profitability improved in Q1 2018 relative to the same period a year ago, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). However, it said global airline share prices fell by a further 2.8% in May "“ the fourth monthly decline in a row "“ to leave them […]
