Airbus has just announced its biggest commercial plane order ever – worth $50bn
Aerospace giant Airbus has today announced a deal worth nearly $50bn (£37.bn) with private equity firm Indigo Partners, which it hailed as its largest single announcement ever. Airbus shares rose nearly four per cent in early trading on news of the hefty order spanning four airlines. Indigo’s four portfolio airlines, Hungarian carrier Wizz Air, US-based […]
Volaris Commits to 80 A320neo Family Aircraft
Volaris* (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States and Central America, has committed to 80 A320neo Family aircraft to be delivered from 2022 to 2026, as part of Airbu"™ largest single announcement ever. Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indigo Partners for 430 A320neo Family aircraft to be […]
IndiGo to be 5th largest Asian airline with 1,000 daily operations
IndiGo, the country"™s largest airline by market share and also in terms of fleet, will soon be joining the big league of airlines with 1,000 daily departures, becoming the fifth Asian carrier to do so. According to Capa (Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation) data for the week, the top three Asian airlines operating over 1,000 […]
JetSMART será la nueva aerolínea low cost que opere en Perú, ¿qué ofrece?
La línea aérea ha dado inicio al proceso de obtención del Certificado de Operador Aéreo Internacional ante la DGAC. ¿Cuál será su primera ruta? VivaAir Perú no será la única aerolínea low cost en el mercado peruano y es que JetSMART, una línea aérea de capital norteamericano, ingresará al país para poner en marcha su […]
Aerolínea chilena JetSmart estaría interesada en comprar Peruvian
La aerolínea Peruvian Airlines, de capitales peruanos e irlandeses, ha recibido varias propuestas de posibles compradores, pero aún no se ha concretado algún acuerdo, afirmó Alfonso Núñez, sub gerente general de la empresa. Aunque prefirió no revelar nombres, el ejecutivo dijo que se trata de aerolíneas del exterior. Al respecto, fuentes del diario El Comercio […]
"Con JetSmart no queremos quitar clientes a Sky, sino abrir mercado a nuevos pasajeros", William Franke en CAPA
William Franke, fundador y socio director de Indigo Partners -empresa que recientemente apostó por insertarse en el mercado chileno con la nueva aerolínea ultra low cost, JetSmart- habló sobre los planes de la línea aérea durante la Cumbre de Aviación de América Latina-CAPA 2017, indicando: "Queremos sacar a la gente de los buses y subirlas […]
IndiGo reports highest ever quarterly profit: How the airline is changing its fundamentals to stay ahead
India"™s largest airline by passengers and the only one with a consistent track record of profits, IndiGo, has just reported an almost Rs 9 crore daily net profit in the first quarter ending June 30. It has obviously beaten analyst"™ estimates about its profitability by posting the highest ever quarterly profit in this journey. For […]
Latin American aviation revival? Airline chiefs to gather in Cartagena for vital CAPA Summit
Home to some 382 airlines, Latin America is a dynamic aviation region. Its airlines have 2,350 aircraft currently in service (the fourth largest region globally by fleet) and some 845 aircraft are currently on order by Latin America"™s airlines, including 716 narrowbodies. Does the region have the airport infrastructure to cope? There are currently 736 […]
Aviation hits double-digits passenger growth again, Interglobe cruises with 26% growth
Broking and research firm Motilal Oswal has come out with a report on the Indian aviation sector wherein it witnessed double-digits passenger growth for the last 35 months. Domestic passenger growth was at 20.2 percent YoY in June 2017 while the domestic load factor was at 86 percent. Interglobe Aviation’s (IndiGo) domestic available seat kilometer […]
Arriba a Chile Jetsmart, nueva aerolínea "Ultra" low cost que promete revolucionar el mercado nacional (Galería)
Jetsmart, aerolínea de «ultra» bajo costo, marcó su llegada a Chile con el arribo de su nueva aeronave Airbus A320, la cual fue presentada ayer al público en una ceremonia realizada en instalaciones de Aerocardal en Santiago de Chile. Al evento asistieron autoridades como el consejero económico de la Embajada de Estados Unidos, Patrick Ventrell; […]
