All Latin America articles – Page 104

  • A320neo Avianca
    News

    Avianca signs MOU for 100 A320neos

    2015-02-05T17:33:13Z

    ​Latin American airline group Avianca has signed a memorandum of understanding for 100 Airbus A320neos, choosing to remain with the A320 family despite efforts from Boeing to switch the airline to 737s.

  • TransAsia crash
    News

    TransAsia ATR 72 appears stalled before impact

    2015-02-04T15:19:00Z

    The attitude and flight profile of theTransAsia ATR 72 that crashed after take-off from Taipei's Sung Shan airport - shown in high quality video of the aircraft's last few seconds - indicates it was fully stalled.

  • KC-390
    News

    Embraer KC-390 takes maiden flight

    2015-02-03T16:17:05Z

    The KC-390, Embraer’s clean-sheet aerial refueling tanker, flew for the first time on 3 February from an airfield in São José dos Campos, Brazil.

  • News

    ROUTES: Industry pushes for Latin American airport development

    2015-02-02T16:33:29Z

    ​IATA is working with local airline association ALTA and airport grouping ACI on a campaign to highlight airport infrastructure challenges in Latin America.

  • News

    ROUTES: Carriers see little change in course yet from fuel fall

    2015-02-01T22:54:46Z

    Senior network planning executives from a range of North and South American low-cost carriers repeated statements from their leaders that lower fuel prices will not cause them to accelerate their capacity and growth plans, at least for the time being.

  • Northolt
    News

    London's business airports attack RAF Northolt on safety

    2015-01-28T12:08:41Z

    ​Several airports serving the London, UK business aviation community have called for judicial clarification as to whether RAF Northolt, which encourages business flights to use it on a commercial basis, adheres to the aerodrome safety rules civil airports have to follow. The request for judicial review was rejected on a ...

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Lessor ABS deal activity on the rebound in 2015

    2015-01-27T16:40:15Z

    After a tremendous first nine months for lessor deal activity in the public markets, 2014 ended on a somewhat mellow note, with several aircraft financings having to be postponed and a much-anticipated initial public offering pricing lower than expected.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: 2015 sources of aircraft finance

    2015-01-27T14:56:27Z

    This year there is a $124 billion financing requirement for commercial jets, says Boeing Capital, and although almost all indicators are green in the aircraft financing environment, the industry is not immune to external factors.

  • News

    Iberia schedules Cuban return

    2015-01-27T14:21:54Z

    Iberia will resume flights to Cuban capital Havana in June, following a two-year hiatus, and is also set to add two new long-haul destinations in Colombia.

  • News

    Argentina picks Cessnas for army medevac deal

    2015-01-27T13:30:47Z

    ​Cessna has been awarded a contract worth over $10.8 million to supply the Argentinian army with a trio of aircraft adapted for aeromedical evacuation duties.

  • AirAsia wreckage QZ8501
    News

    AirAsia QZ8501 accident may reflect a trend

    2015-01-22T09:41:00Z

    ​Accidents to aircraft cruising through tropical or sub-tropical zones are repeating often enough now for the industry to have cause to refresh its pilots on the risks. There have been three other accidents in similar circumstances during the last ten years.

  • MH17 crash site
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Accidents are not the only threat to safety

    2015-01-21T09:32:00Z

    ​If large numbers of passengers and crew die on a commercial airline flight because of an event that was not an accident, is it valid to exclude it from airline safety statistics? After all, passengers boarding a flight want to be assured their lives are not at risk from any ...

  • News

    Ascend retains appraiser of the year award

    2015-01-20T10:54:12Z

    Flightglobal consultancy Ascend has for the fourth time in five years been named appraiser of the year at the Aviation 100 Awards.

  • Oil Refinery
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Looking beyond the short-term impact of low oil prices

    2015-01-19T17:15:13Z

    Recent and apparently continuing falls in the oil price – with Brent trading below $50 per barrel today – provides further evidence of the difficulties associated with forecasting, writes CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry.

  • MH370 tracking map
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Refining the MH370 search

    2015-01-19T15:05:00Z

    ​Since Capt Simon Hardy revealed in Flightglobal/Flight International his calculations about where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is likely to have come to rest, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau – leading the MH370 search team – has spoken at length to him.

  • Orders-Jan2015
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Fleet Watch - Orders for December 2014

    2015-01-19T15:00:00Z

    Commercial aircraft net orders came in at 647 for December 2014 where 673 new orders were offset by 26 cancellations.

  • A320neo first flight
    News

    13 top-selling narrowbody and widebody types of 2014

    2015-01-16T15:36:00Z

    With the big two manufacturers having released their orders and deliveries figures this week, these are their 13 top-selling narrowbody and widebody types of 2014.

  • P2f historical
    Analysis

    ​ANALYSIS: Narrowbody conversions drive P2F market in 2014

    2015-01-16T00:01:00Z

    The year 2014 saw a 10% increase in global passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions to 70 aircraft, driven by growth in narrowbody conversions, while extreme weakness continued to dog the widebody conversion market.

  • News

    Gol sends 737 to Air France-KLM unit for lease-return check

    2015-01-14T16:17:42Z

    KLM UK Engineering has conducted a lease-return check on a Boeing 737 for Brazilian budget carrier Gol.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Future plans for flight data

    2015-01-13T13:30:00Z

    ​Commercial air transport aircraft will soon be required to equip with deployable flight data recorders, or flight tracking equipment, or both. The only question is how soon.