Brazil lower house approves Open Skies deal with U.S.

The lower house of Brazil"™s Congress on Tuesday approved an Open Skies agreement between Brazil and the United States that clears the way for a partnership between American Airlines Group Inc and LATAM Airlines Group SA . The Open Skies treaty, which needs Senate approval for final ratification, was signed in 2011 but faced opposition […]

Las Vegas to Welcome Nonstop Service from Brazil with LATAM Airlines Group

LATAM Airlines Group, the leading airline group in South America, on Dec. 18, announced that its Brazilian affiliate, LATAM Airlines Brazil, will begin nonstop seasonal service to Las Vegas in June 2018, marking the first scheduled nonstop flight to Las Vegas from Brazil. Beginning June 21, the route will depart Sao Paulo every Monday, Thursday […]

Sky Airline sets off from Santiago on three international sectors

Sky Airline now serves Brazil once again from its home base of Santiago (SCL), with the carrier this week beginning flights to Florianopolis (FLN) and Rio de Janeiro Galeao (GIG). The former, which will be flown three times weekly, launched on 13 December, while flights to Galeao, to be flown twice-weekly (Thursdays and Saturdays), commenced […]

Uptick in Latin American cargo traffic

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) has reported that its member airlines flew 439.6m freight tonne-kilometres (FTKs) in October, up by 0.7% over the same month of 2016. At 130.9m FTKs, intra-Latin American cargo traffic was down by 2.2% year-on-year, but at 308.8m FTKs extra-Latin American freight traffic was up by 2% […]

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay make further advances in regional ansp integration and cooperation

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay today reaffirmed their commitment to continue working together toward higher operational safety, quality and efficiency standards in their air navigation services. Representatives from the four countrie"™ Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) gathered in Buenos Aires to hold the Second Regional Integration and Cooperation ANSP Meeting, within the framework of the […]

Gol CFO talks roadshow after lengthy restructuring

Gol could print between $350m and $550m in fresh seven-year debt to fund a liability management exercise and increase the portfolio of its debt profile, the Brazilian airline’s CFO told LatinFinance on Monday. «We want to take advantage of market conditions, increase the profile of our debt portfolio and advance our deleveraging story that we […]

LATAM adjusts fleet commitments in line with demand

LATAM Airlines Group has grown its fleet commitments for 2018 and 2019, responding to an improving demand environment. The Santiago-based airline group now expects fleet commitments of $716 million in 2018 and $1.19 billion in 2019, up from $701 million and $1.14 billion previously. LATAM plans to add 14 aircraft and remove 10 in 2018, […]

American Airlines purchases ten more E 175 from Embraer Brazil

Brazil’s Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for ten E175 jets. American Airlines is exercising its purchase rights from its original contract with Embraer signed in 2013. This new order is in addition to the one placed in April for four aircraft; is valued at US$ 457 million, based on current list […]

Azul Reports Record Third Quarter Results

Azul S.A., "Azul" (B3:AZUL4) (NYSE:AZUL) the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities and departures, announces today its results for the third quarter of 2017 ("3Q17"). The following financial information, unless stated otherwise, is presented in Brazilian reais and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Financial and Operating Highlights for 3Q17 Operating […]

Air Europa adds new Brazil route

Air Europa has added Recife in Brazil to its network, as part of a strategy to have 25 destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean by the end of next year. London Gatwick-Recife via Madrid will launch on December 20 as a twice-a-week service, making the carrier"™s third destination in Brazil, and 21st in the […]