Surging oil prices to hurt airlines’ profits: IATA

Surging oil prices are forecast to dent airlines’ profits and could significantly hurt their bottom lines next year, the boss of airline industry group IATA warned Thursday. Oil has been trading at 3.5-year highs recently amid concerns about supply disruptions caused by the United States’ decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal and unrest in […]

Strengthen Economic Regulation of Australia"™s Airports

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for economic regulation of airports in Australia to be strengthened. «At a time when we have an infrastructure crisis globally, Australia has a good story to tell. The plans for a new airport at Badgerys Creek are encouraging, as are efforts for cooperation between civil and military […]

Passengers say they love these 10 U.S. airlines the most

Customer satisfaction with air travel increased 6 points in 2018, according to a study released this week from global market research company J.D. Power. The increase comes after nearly every airline has added improvements in the past year after a spate of public relations disasters, said Brian Sumers, airline reporter for travel industry site Skift. […]

Latam Airlines mantiene en el 84% la ocupación de sus aviones

Latam Airlines mantiene en los cuatro primeros meses de este 2018 el porcentaje de sillas ocupadas de sus aviones comparado con el mismo lapso del año anterior, al situarse de enero a abril de este año en el 84,9 por ciento, frente al 84,5 por ciento del mismo periodo de 2017, según pudo comprobar REPORTUR.co. […]

US Big 3 airlines: Capacity growth despite fuel price volatility

Revenue momentum for the three large global network airlines should continue into 2Q2018 with international entities leading the charge. American, Delta and United all believe their trans-Atlantic entities should be revenue leaders in the quarter, which is the start of the US summer high season. But accompanying the solid unit revenue growth forecasts is a […]

Singapore Airlines gana 590 millones en su año fiscal, más del doble

Singapore Airlines logró un beneficio neto atribuido de 937,8 millones de dólares de Singapur (590,9 millones de euros) al cierre de su año fiscal, finalizado el pasado 31 de marzo, lo que supone multiplicar por dos sus ganancias del ejercicio anterior, informó el grupo aéreo. El volumen de negocio aumentó un 6,3%, hasta los 15.806,1 […]

Copa Airlines oficializa apertura de nuevo vuelo directo a Barbados

Copa Airlines, subsidiaria de Copa Holdings, S. A, {NYSE: CPA} y miembro de la red global de aerolíneas Star Alliance, junto a la Oficina de Turismo de Barbados,oficializó el inicio de operaciones a partir del 17 de julio de este año hacia la isla de Barbados.De esta manera, la Aerolínea consolida su liderazgo en la […]

Copa Holdings’ Growth Soars as Fleet Expansion Continues

Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE:CPA) continues to be a star in the airline industry, riding a wave of growth in Latin America. The company is growing revenue and earnings at double-digit rates and has even more aircraft entering the fleet later this year. Here’s a look at the key highlights from the first-quarter 2018 earnings report. […]