Anti-Uber protest blocks access to Chile"™s main airport

An anti-Uber protest by taxi drivers caused a huge traffic jam that blocked the main road to the airport in Chile"™s capital, forcing passengers to walk several miles along the highway. Cabbies protesting Monday said the ride-hailing app puts their livelihoods at risk. TV images showed cranes removing taxis while people walked with their luggage […]

Ryanair joins UK airline trade group over concerns of Brexit impact

Ryanair has joined a UK airline trade body because of concerns about the impact of Brexit on the aviation industry, the airline announced. The Dublin-based carrier signed up with Airlines UK as an international airline member, a new tier of membership allowing non-UK carriers to join. Michael O’Leary, Ryanair chief executive, said: » We remain […]

All-cargo airline TACA Peru lands at Miami International Airport

A new all-cargo airline has touched down at Miami International Airport as the airport. TACA Peru on Aug. 16 began operating four weekly scheduled freighter flights on A330-200F aircraft between Miami and Lima, Santiago, Bogota, Medellin and Buenos Aires. The carrier arrives as MIA is increasing its freight tonnage. Miami-Dade Aviation Director Emilio T. González. […]

Lufthansa Cargo increases freighter services to India

Close on the heels of announcing fairly positive financial numbers for the first half of 2017, Lufthansa Cargo chief executive and chairman of the executive board Peter Gerber held a press conference in Mumbai to formally announce the launch of additional freighter services to Mumbai. Since July, the airline operates four instead of three freighter […]

ALTA traffic report june 2017

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 13 million passengers in June, up 5.5% from the previous year, excluding domestic traffic in Brazil, marking the 70th consecutive month of passenger traffic growth for Latin America and Caribbean airlines. Traffic (RPK) grew 8.7% and capacity […]

Strong Demand Growth Continues in June

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for June showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 7.8% compared to the year-ago period. This was in line with the 7.7% growth recorded in May. All regions reported growth. June capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased […]

IATA: Airlines to report higher Q2 profits

More than three-quarters of airline chief financial officers and heads of cargo indicated that profitability increased in the second quarter of 2017 versus a year earlier, according to a quarterly airline business confidence index survey conducted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Seventy-seven per cent of respondents reported that profitability increased year-on-year in the […]

Vegas Airport 500K Ahead of Half-Year 2016 Passenger Tally

McCarran International Airport is reporting that it handled 500,000 more passengers in the first half of 2017 than the first six months last year. Clark County aviation officials reported Wednesday that the Las Vegas airport logged just under 4.2 million arriving and departing people in June. That was up 1.5 percent compared with June 2016, […]

Aeroflot Officially Returns to the Global Aviation Elite by Passenger Traffic

Aeroflot has achieved a key strategic milestone and has once again occupied a spot among the world’s top 20 leading airlines by passenger traffic, returning to this group for the first time in nearly thirty years. According to data compiled by Flight Airline Business, an authoritative aviation publication, Aeroflot Group in 2016 ranked 18th among […]