Air Travel Demand Stays Strong in May

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing demand growth of 6.2% compared to May 2013. While this represented a deceleration compared to April year-over-year traffic growth of 7.6%, the performance is indicative of improving demand drivers. May capacity rose 5.2% and load factor climbed 0.7 percentage points to […]

IATA AGM 2014: Breaking Travel News 2013 round-up

With the 70th International Air Transport Association Annual General Meeting now just days away, Breaking Travel News here takes a look back at the 2013 event in Cape Town. Top of the agenda last year were concerns about emissions, with the IATA AGM unanimously backing a call for an emissions market to offset growth in […]

Demand for Air Travel Decelerates in March

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March showing a moderation of the pace of growth in demand. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) increased 3.1% compared to March 2013. Although this represented a slowdown in comparison to the February year-over-year traffic increase of 5.6% , cumulative traffic growth for the […]

Solid Demand for Air Travel Continues

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing demand growth of 5.4% compared to February 2013. Although this represented a slowdown compared to the January traffic increase of 8.2%, cumulative traffic growth for the first two months of 2014 was 6.9%, which compares favorably with the 5.2% overall growth […]

European Travel Commission y Amadeus firman un acuerdo de colaboración estratégica para promover Europa como destino turístico

Amadeus, proveedor tecnológico de referencia para la industria mundial del viaje, y la European Travel Commission (ETC, por sus siglas en inglés) firman ayer una alianza estratégica para promover Europa como destino turístico. Este acuerdo de colaboración forma parte de la estrategia Destination Europe 2020, una iniciativa conjunta entre la Comisión Europea y la ETC […]

European Travel Commission y Amadeus firman un acuerdo de colaboración estratégica para promover Europa como destino turístico

Amadeus, proveedor tecnológico de referencia para la industria mundial del viaje, y la European Travel Commission (ETC, por sus siglas en inglés) firman hoy una alianza estratégica para promover Europa como destino turístico. Este acuerdo de colaboración forma parte de la estrategia Destination Europe 2020, una iniciativa conjunta entre la Comisión Europea y la ETC […]

Air Travel Maintains Strong Growth

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for October showing a moderate acceleration of the robust demand trend of the last few months. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.6% compared to October 2012, an improvement over the September increase of 5.2%. A capacity increase of 6.5% meant that load factor […]

Delta gana la encuesta Business Travel News por tercer año consecutivo

Gerentes de viajes corporativos ranquearon a Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) en el primer puesto en la encuesta anual de Business Travel News, por tercer año consecutivo. La aerolínea ocupó el primer lugar entre todas las operadoras en nueve de las 10 categorías, logrando puntuaciones especialmente altas en áreas clave de la encuesta incluyendo: Calidad […]

Air Travel Demand Continues To Improve

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for September showing a continuation of the strong demand trend despite a slight slowdown from August. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 5.5% compared to September 2012. Capacity increased at a slightly lower pace at 5.3% over the same period. The load factor in […]