Southwest Airlines"™ Digital Transformation Takes Off
Southwest Airline"™ hub in Dallas exists in a world of constant hecticness. Love Field, one of the city"™s two main airports, is as close to a private Southwest airport as you"™re likely to find. On any given day, Southwest operates 180 flights out of the airport; apart from a few Virgin America and Delta flights, […]
Latam Chile iniciará código compartido con JAL Airlines.
Latam Chile iniciará código compartido con la aerolínea japonesa Japan Airlines Corporation, conocida como JAL desde el próximo 1 de abril de 2017. El inicio del código compartido comenzará con la ruta que JAL operará a Nueva York desde Aeropuerto de Haneda, (HND) en Tokio, ruta que abrirá el próximo 1 de abril de 2017 […]
Barclays arranging $3.5bn United facility
United Airlines has engaged Barclays Capital as lead arranger of its planned $3.5 billion credit facility, sources indicate. JP Morgan is the administrative agent, they say. Some of the lenders from the Chicago-based carrier’s 2013 facility that the new debt refinances are expected to participate. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Credit […]
EE.UU: Pelea por rentabilidad el transporte aéreo
Las 10 aerolíneas estadounidenses que cotizan en la bolsa reportaron el año pasado en conjunto un 14.2 por ciento de margen de ganancias combinadas (antes de impuestos), lo que representa una cifra histórica y una hazaña dada la rápida recuperación de la industria desde la última crisis económica del periodo 2007-2009. De acuerdo con un […]
Egyptair chooses SITA airfare insight to manage fare pricing
EGYPTAIR have selected SITA"™s Airfare Insight to provide the airline better visibility of its fares across all markets as well as the ability to deliver the most competitive fares to its passengers. EGYPTAIR is among 19 airlines globally that currently use Airfare Insight, leading the market with the most comprehensive fare management technology available today. […]
LATAM Airlines espera repunte en Brasil en segundo semestre
LATAM Airlines espera que su negocio en Brasil, su principal mercado, repunte en el segundo semestre de este año, mientras se alista para enfrentar en mejor forma la dura competencia de las aerolíneas de bajo costo, dijo el lunes a Reuters su presidente ejecutivo, Enrique Cueto. El conglomerado, que surgió de la fusión de la […]
ALTA & IATA Working together
ALTA and IATA met in Panama. The two industry associations continue working together in the Latin America and Caribbean region to bring the message of aviation value to all social and commercial levels of our countries, and working on technical issues with airlines, civil aviation authorities and governments. Pictured left to right: David Hernández, IATA […]
Grupo LATAM Airlines reporta una mejora de 10,5% en el resultado operacional y una utilidad neta de US$69.2 millones en el 2016
· Grupo LATAM Airlines registró un margen operacional de 7,6% para el cuarto trimestre de 2016, una mejora de 1,4 puntos porcentuales sobre el mismo trimestre de 2015, y una utilidad neta de US$54,3 millones, que mejoró en US$70,6 millones, comparado con el cuarto trimestre de 2015. La mejora en el resultado operacional fue impulsada […]
Lufthansa Group transports 12.4 percent more passengers in February than in previous year
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group transported some 7.8 million passengers in February, 12.4% more than in the same period last year. Total capacity for the month was up 8.5% in available seat-kilometer terms and total traffic volume, measured in revenue passenger-kilometers, increased by 12.6% despite one additional day in February 2016 due to the […]
New South Korean carrier KAIR Airlines orders eight A320s
South Korean start-up carrier KAIR Airlines has announced that it has selected the A320 Family to launch its new low cost operation, with a firm order for eight A320ceo. The new airline will be based in Cheongju in central South Korea and will focus primarily on services to international destinations in North East Asia. "We […]
