Argentina autoriza a Sky Airline operar la ruta Santiago de Chile-Rosario
Este martes la Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil (ANAC) de Argentina publicó la Resolución 304 mediante la cual autoriza a la compañía chilena Sky Airline a explotar servicios regulares entre el Aeropuerto de Santiago de Chile y el Aeropuerto Internacional Islas Malvinas de Rosario. Recientemente ANAC también le aprobó a LATAM Airlines la operación de […]
United and American Lead Airline Shares to Two-Month High
U.S. airlines climbed to a two-month high after beleaguered United Continental Holdings Inc. won support from one of its biggest shareholders and American Airlines Group Inc. signaled that it"™s gaining additional control over fares. United shares could jump to $135 by 2020, or even higher under certain circumstances, said Brad Gerstner, chief executive officer of […]
Peru’s first low-cost airline starts flights; challenge to LATAM Air
Viva Air became the first low-cost airline to enter Peru’s domestic market on Tuesday, posing a challenge to Santiago-based LATAM Airlines, which has long dominated the market. Viva – a unit of Irelandia Aviation, which is led by Ryanair founder Declan Ryan – will operate 11 domestic routes with a fleet of two Airbus A320 […]
Airline CEO gets pied in the face during speech
An airline boss was pied in the face with lemon meringue in front of hundreds of people "” in what some flyers might see as a case of "just dessert" amid rising anger over the industry. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce was giving a talk to a crowd of 500 business leaders in Perth, Australia, […]
IAG Cargo expands wide body offering into Latin America and North America through level
IAG Cargo today announces that IAG"™s new long-haul low cost airline brand LEVEL will join its cargo operations from June 2017. LEVEL was launched in March of this year and will be the fifth airline brand to join IAG Cargo, alongside British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling. LEVEL will open up a new long-haul, […]
Former Irish Army officer Gammell in command at Etihad
Former Irish Army officer Ray Gammell has been appointed interim CEO of Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways – one of the most senior jobs in the sector worldwide. He’ll take over immediately from Australian James Hogan, current president and group CEO who will leave the company on July 1 following a handover period. Mr Gammell was […]
IATA: Confident Businesses, Travelers Drive Airline Demand
Global air travel demand is more robust than expected so far in 2017 because of growing business and consumer confidence, according to IATA chief economist Brian Pearce. Speaking at the IATA Wings of Change conference in Miami, Pearce said the passenger traffic demand outlook looks strong for the remainder of the year, though he cautioned […]
Sabre designa nuevos ejecutivos para liderar los negocios Travel Network y Airline Solutions
Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) designó recientemente a Wade Jones como vicepresidente ejecutivo y presidente de Sabre Travel Network, y también suma a sus filas de senior management a Dave Shirk como vicepresidente ejecutivo y presidente de Sabre Airline Solutions. Previo a este anuncio Jones ocupó el cargo de presidente interino de Travel Network, el sistema […]
Airbus, Boeing Support New Standards for GADSS
During the opening joint session of the 2017 Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) and Avionics Maintenance Committee (AMC) general session, representatives from the world"™s two biggest commercial airplane manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing, provided an overview of the work they feel is necessary to standardize onboard aircraft hardware necessary to support the International Civil Aviation Org.’s […]
TRU Simulation + Training Qualifies Second Boeing 737 MAX Full Flight Simulator
TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has completed ICAO 9625 Edition 4 Interim Type VII qualification of the Boeing 737 MAX Full Flight Simulator (FFS) by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) at the Boeing Training Campus in Singapore. The device received qualification on March 30, 2017. […]
