Latam CEO Sees Two More Recovery Years For Latin American Airlines

Latin America’s airlines likely face two more years to return to “total normality,” Roberto Alvo, the CEO of the region’s largest carrier, Latam Airlines, warned Sunday. “The pressures that the industry has to bear … has not yet fully recovered and that means the industry has not yet left this major crisis behind,” he said […]

Uber aprimora experiência de passageiros nos aeroportos

A Uber participou de um painel da 16ª edição do Alta Airline Leaders Forum para falar sobre as estratégias da empresa para acompanhar o crescimento mundial no emissivo e receptivo de passageiros em aeroportos. Segundo o diretor de Desenvolvimento de Negócios da Uber na América Latina, Federico Chester, a companhia, que iniciou seu trabalho há […]

Aviation in Brazil hampered by litigation, taxes, regulation

A litigious culture, high taxes and regulatory issues are the main obstructions to aviation growth in Brazil, South America’s most populous country, and one that is generally considered still severely underserved in terms of air transportation. A panel of two aviation executives, a regulatory official and a government representative speaking at the ALTA Airline Leaders […]

Impulsará Embraer mercado regional

El fabricante brasileño, Embraer, pretende impulsar el crecimiento doméstico de los más de mil 200 mercados existentes en América Latina y el Caribe con sus aviones de entre 50 y 150 asientos. De acuerdo con Reinaldo Krugner, vicepresidente de Ventas y Marketing en América Latina y el Caribe para Embraer, se espera que en la […]

ALTA calls for greater say in airport projects

Latin American airlines are pressing for greater involvement in shaping the future of the region’s airports, as infrastructure congestion and operating costs remain a perennial concern for carriers. «Our number one headache is the state of airports in Latin America,» says ALTA president and Avianca chief executive Hernan Rincon, speaking at the opening press conference […]