Tag: Demand

Panama-based Copa Holdings reported a first-quarter 2018 net profit of $136.5 million, up 35.1% over net income of $101 million in the 2017 March quarter, as strong demand overcame rising fuel prices. "Copa Holding"™ first-quarter results reflect a healthy demand...

Canada"™s airline profitability, which reached a 20-year high last year, is expected to soften due to higher fuel and labour costs, according to a Conference Board of Canada report. Airline pre-tax profits are forecast to drop 27 per cent to...

San Diego, San Jose, Mexico City and Montreal are among the destinations that Raleigh-Durham International Airport hopes Triangle travelers will be able to reach with nonstop flights in the coming years. On Thursday, RDU’s vice president for community affairs, Kristie...

Ground handler Swissport saw cargo demand increase in line with market growth last year. The handler registered an 8.4% year-on-year increase in cargo volumes to 4.7m tonnes in 2017. Revenues for the cargo segment in 2017 were up 9.2% to...

Volaris, the Mexican ultra-low-cost airline that once thrilled investors with a model that focused on persuading passengers to switch from buses to planes, has no plans to change its core strategy, even though its stock has lost more than 60...

"All-time best ever" was the catchphrase of the day in Airlines for America"™s 2017 Review & Spring 2018 Air Travel Forecast teleconference. A4A, the trade group representing most US major airlines, presented a litany of records from 2017: the lowest...

Airfreight"™s dramatic upswing in 2017 makes the year a tough act to follow, and industry data reported by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) indicates 2018 is unlikely to outshine the volume growth of the past year. IATA reported a...

African carrier"™ posted the fastest growth in year-on-year freight volumes, up 15.6% in December 2017 and a capacity increase of 7.9% boosted by strong growth in Africa-Asia trade, latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows. This contributed...

Airbus further consolidated its market lead in Asia-Pacific in 2017, delivering 367 new aircraft to 50 operators across the region, either directly to airlines or via lessors. This accounted for over half of Airbu"™ total deliveries worldwide (718 aircraft) during...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Tuesday that 75 percent of airlines surveyed early in January indicated an improvement in year-on-year profitability in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with the same period in 2016. In its latest business...