Condor, Eurowings fill Düsseldorf gaps with new Caribbean flights

Condor and Eurowings are launching new flights from Düsseldorf to fill gaps left by Air Berlin"™s cancellation of flights to the Caribbean. The insolvent German airline has cancelled nearly all of its long-haul flights from Düsseldorf and Cologne operated by its fleet of 17 leased A330s from late September. Leasing firm Aer-Cap has demanded the […]

ALTA TRAFFIC REPORT FEBRUARY 2017

"‹"‹ "‹ The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 12 million passengers in February, up 8.2% from the previous year, excluding domestic traffic in Brazil, marking the 66th consecutive month of passenger traffic growth for Latin America and Caribbean airlines. Traffic (RPK) grew 8.4% […]

E-gates go live as Curaçao Airport plans for future growth

New automated border control e-gates are now live at Curaçao International Airport in both the arrivals and departures terminals at the Caribbean airport. The airport is planning to expand its overall capacity from 1.6 million to 2.5 million passengers a year, and partnered with Vision-Box to help speed up and secure the border control process. […]

JetBlue’s Mint service coming to more Caribbean destinations

JetBlue is expanding its Mint premium-cabin service to flights from New York to St. Lucia and St. Maarten as well as from Boston to Aruba, effective Nov. 5 through spring 2017. The flights will operate weekly, but will increase to a daily roundtrip to each destination in peak holiday periods. Customers flying the Mint service, […]

Una nueva forma de volar a Cuba, desde Providenciales, Islas Turcos y Caicos

En este diciembre tiene lugar el lanzamiento de una nueva ruta a la isla de Cuba desde Providenciales (PLS), Islas Turcos y Caicos. Los vuelos a Santiago de Cuba (SCU) comienzan el 10 de diciembre de 2015. Con este nuevo servicio a Santiago desde Providenciales, los visitantes a las Islas Turcos y Caicos podrán disfrutar […]

LATAM Airlines Group to introduce SITA"™s baggage services across 12 airports

LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America"™s largest airline group, is introducing a new baggage system that will give real-time status reports on passenger"™ baggage across 12 airports. The airline handles more than 30 million bags a year and the new technology, provided by global air transport technology specialist SITA, will be instrumental in reducing the number […]

Dimite el director general de la aerolínea Caribbean Airlines

El director general de la aerolínea Caribbean Airlines, Michael DiLollo, dimitió hoy (ayer) de su cargo de «manera inmediata» por motivos personales, decisión que fue aceptada por la junta directiva de la compañía. La aerolínea con sede en Puerto España, capital de Trinidad y Tobago, informó a través de un comunicado de que Tyrone Tang, […]