CEO: Avianca Colombia to add European routes as demand grows
Bogota-based Avianca—which reported load factors of nearly 90% in the third quarter on hub routes to Europe—plans to add a second daily Bogota-London Heathrow service if slots are available. In addition, Avianca Holdings CEO Hernan Rincon told ATW the carrier is considering Zurich as the next destination in Europe because of its location in central […]
“Spirit of Change” Needed from Governments to Improve European Competitiveness
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for a spirit of change from governments to capture the social and economic benefits of air connectivity, by enabling a more competitive air transport sector. Today 8.5 million flights touch Europe each year. That activity supports 12.2 million jobs and $823 billion of European GDP. Those benefits have […]
EasyJet prepares for no-deal Brexit; converts UK pilot licenses to Austria
EasyJet will shift 1,400 UK pilot licenses to Austrian ones as the UK-based LCC prepares for a no-deal Brexit. “Depending on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, UK-issued pilot licenses after the UK leaves the European Union (EU) could be no longer valid within the EU,” an easyJet spokesperson told ATW. “That’s why we have […]
Europe Lends Aviation Expertise To Latin America
A European Union (EU)-funded initiative—the EU-Latin America Cooperation on Civil Aviation—aims at strengthening ties between the two regions. The four-year, €7 million ($8.2 million) project is managed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and will encourage greater utilization of EU standards in Latin America, increase European market access to the region and bolster the […]
American Airlines Cargo achieves record-setting quarter
Driven by nearly 350 million pounds of freight, up from 318 million the same time last year, American Airlines Cargo achieved record-setting growth in the second quarter, while also posting a record month in June. Several key trends contributed to the record month and quarter. Ecommerce related movements continue to support significant growth across the […]
Delta Air Lines Launches Tampa Bay to Amsterdam Service
Yesterday, Delta Air Lines and Tampa International Airport gathered to announce a new service between Tampa and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, giving Tampa its fifth European destination. The new service will kick off on May 25, 2019 and will fly every day in the summer and four to five times a week during the rest of […]
Lufthansa tops ranking of Europe’s 30 biggest airlines
What are Europe’s biggest airlines? We decided to take a look. There are several data sets that could be used to rank them. Among the options: revenue, fleet size, passengers flown and carrying capacity. We opted for the latter, going with a ranking based on “available seat miles» (ASMs). ASMs are a standard industry measure […]
IATA prepará primera versión de Wings of Change en Europa
Wings of Change, el principal evento de aviación de Latinoamérica y El Caribe organizado por la Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA, por sus siglas en inglés), presentará su primera versión europea. El evento se realizará el 13 y 14 de noviembre, en Madrid y contará con la participación de importantes representantes de la aviación […]
IATA called European policy-makers to take urgent action to ensure Europe avoids infrastructure crisis
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO addressed the 36th Plenary of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) today. Highlights of the speech include the following: Infrastructure De Juniac called on European policy-makers to take urgent action to ensure that Europe avoids an infrastructure crisis by: Addressing the airport capacity crunch Modernizing airspace management […]
IATA and ACI see scope for airport charges arbitrator
IATA DG Alexandre de Juniac and Airports Council International (ACI) DG Angela Gittens see potential for independent oversight of airport charge disputes and for airports to have greater involvement in slot allocations. Speaking at the ACI Europe and World General Assembly in Brussels on June 20, de Juniac and Gittens agreed that regulation "infantilize" both […]
