Los retos y posibilidades de la industria aérea sometidos a análisis en Alemania

Bajo el lema «Innovating Better, Together» la quinta edición del World Passenger Symposium (WPS, por sus siglas en inglés) reunirá a representantes de la industria del 20-22 de octubre en la ciudad alemana de Hamburgo. Aerolíneas, agencias de viajes, aeropuertos, sistemas de reserva, proveedores tecnológicos, fabricantes, entre otros participantes, se darán cita un año más […]

Distinguen a Emirates con siete premios en los «Passenger choise Awards"

Emirates fue la compañía más premiada en los "Passenger Choice Awards 2015" organizados por la Asociación de Pasajeros para la Experiencia en Vuelo (APEX por sus siglas en inglés) que se entregaron recientemente en Portland, Estados Unidos. La aerolínea se alzó con siete premiaciones, ganando en todas las categorías en las que estaba nominada. Los […]

IATA Senior Management Appointments

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced two senior management appointments: "¢ Gilberto Lopez Meyer, Senior Vice President for Safety and Flight Operations "¢ Nick Careen, Senior Vice President for Airport, Passenger, Cargo and Security Safety and Flight Operations (SFO) Gilberto Lopez Meyer will take up his role as Senior Vice President for SFO on […]

Robust Passenger Demand Continues

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for July showing robust demand growth compared to July 2014 for both domestic and international traffic. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 8.2%, which was an improvement on the June year-over-year increase of 5.5%. July capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 6.5%, […]

Tom Windmuller anuncia su retiro de IATA

Tras 25 años trabajando para la Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA por sus siglas en inglés), Thomas Windmuller, Senior Vice President Airport, Passenger, Cargo and Security anunció oficialmente su retiro a partir del lunes 31 de agosto de 2015. Windmuller llegó al mundo de la aviación civil después de una exitosa carrera en el […]

(Volar) Está dentro de las 100 aerolíneas más grandes del mundo

Volaris (VOLAR), celebró que por segundo año consecutivo se posiciona dentro de los 100 primeros lugares del ranking «TOP 150 Passenger Operations» publicado por la prestigiada revista internacional Airline Business. De acuerdo con un comunicado enviado por la aerolínea, se indicó que el análisis elaborado por Flightglobal Insight, arrojó que VOLAR alcanzó en el 2014 […]

Strong Traffic Growth Continues in May

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing strong demand growth compared to May 2014 for both domestic and international traffic. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.9%, which was an improvement on the April year-over-year increase of 5.7%. May capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 6.5%, […]

Healthy April Passenger Demand

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for April showing robust demand growth compared to April 2014. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 5.9%. April capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 6.1%, and load factor slipped 0.1 percentage points to 79.4%. Domestic demand grew by 7.2%, outpacing international demand […]

Service and Hospitality Largely Influence Airline Passenger Satisfaction

New report on airline passenger satisfaction ranks Alaska Airlines as most-preferred traditional carrier and JetBlue Airways as frontrunner for low-cost carriers. What: A new report from J.D. Power and Associates studied passenger satisfaction among business and leisure travelers on traditional and low-cost carriers. The results are based on factors including cost and fees; in-flight services; […]

IATA: Premium traffic growing in line with trend, but developing market indicators a concern

IATA issued (May-2015) its Premium Traffic Monitor for Mar-2015: Passenger travel on international markets rose 4.6% year-on-year, in line with Feb-2015 growth. The growth trend over the past several months, particularly for premium travel, has flattened; There was some positive impact from the Lunar New Year. The holiday provided a boost for leisure travel for […]