IATA and other groups express disappointment over Changi airports new fees
Fees are always a hot topic in the airline world. Singapore’s Changi Airport is currently taking some heat for its decision to impose a new levy on passengers. The airport is using the levy to help fund the planned development of Changi East and Terminal 5. The new departure charges will total S$47.30 – an […]
Port authority chief vows New York-area airports will improve
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey hasn’t always been up to the task in its management of LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark airports, said Huntley Lawrence, the agency’s aviation director. But that will change, starting now, he promised. «Every day more and more customers arrive and every day those same customers tell us […]
Star Alliance wants to add budget carriers as members airlines
Star Alliance is seeking to expand its network. The global partnership of airlines would like to add more low-cost budget carriers to the mix. The move would reflect the growing trend among airline customers to choose low-cost carriers when booking tickets. Star Alliance would be in a position to provide budget travelers with more benefits […]
Challenges the Aviation Industry Faces
The global aviation industry’s problem is clear. Infrastructure is not being built fast enough. As demand grows in many key places, the lack of supply is causing significant challenges. "All the optimism supporting strong aircraft orders will mean nothing if we don"™t have the capability to manage traffic in the air and at airports," Alexandre […]
IATA call for Attention to Address Infrastructure Crisis to Secure Aviation"™s Future
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling for urgent attention to address infrastructure challenges in order to secure the industry"™s future. «Having the infrastructure to grow is vital to our industry"™s future. But in many key places, it is not being built fast enough to meet growing demand. And there are worrying trends which […]
Corporación America Airports S.A. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Corporación América Airports S.A. (NYSE: CAAP) ("Corporación América Airport" or the "Company"), a global airport operator, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 28,571,429 common shares of the Company at $17.00 per common share. The Company is selling 11,904,762 shares and the selling shareholder is selling 16,666,667 shares. In addition, the underwriters […]
British Airways adds lounge access to more destinations
British Airway"™ customers travelling from Innsbruck, Ibiza and Seville from today will benefit from access to new lounges. The use of the partner* lounges, exclusively for the airline"™s customers travelling in Club Europe and eligible cardholders, is part of the airlines multi-million pound investment to offer access to more lounges across the globe. After customers […]
Ecuador"™s aviation market has shrunk 27% since 2013, reaching a decade low last year; Condor and Spirit Airlines planning to shake things up
Ecuador, home to just under 16.39 million inhabitants, is South America"™s sixth largest aviation market with regards to seat capacity, offering 13.52 million seats in 2017, behind Peru in fifth (39.16 million seats last year) but ahead of Venezuela in seventh (11.08 million). The nation is served by nine airports which offered over 50,000 departing […]
SLC airport set another record for passengers in 2017
Salt Lake City International Airport set another record for passengers last year, logging more than 24 million passengers for the first time. The airport reported Monday that the total number of passengers that passed through it in 2017 was 24,196,816, up by 4.5 percent. The vast majority of those were domestic passengers: 23.29 million, up […]
ALTA/IATA fuel committee
Established in 2005, the ALTA/IATA Fuel Committee works together with local boards of airline representatives (BARs) to identify areas of opportunity to reduce and avoid unjustified costs and charges related to fuel supply in the region. In addition, the fuel committee is reinvigorating its focus on improving the fuel infrastructure in the region by working […]
