All Latin America articles – Page 28
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A year after spin-off, Embraer’s Eve on track for 2026 launch
As Embraer’s Eve celebrates its first birthday, the company says its on track to launch urban air mobility operations by 2026
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Airline Business
Airline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: October 2021 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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Gol foresees 50% drop in third-quarter revenue versus 2019 level
Brazilian low-cost carrier Gol expects to report third-quarter net operating revenue down 50% from the same period of pre-pandemic 2019.
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Airline Business
How IATA thinks airlines could reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050
For some airlines, the net-zero target was nothing new. But for all carriers, the important task is working out how to get there – and then implementing that plan.
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Airline Business
World Airline Rankings: No region left unscathed by crisis
While some Asia-Pacific operators benefited from access to large domestic markets and strong freight activity, international operators in the region were among the hardest hit in terms of reduced passenger traffic.
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Airline Business
Airline industry comes back fighting under IATA chief Walsh
The IATA AGM marked by a shift away from the harmonious front seen in parts of the commercial air transport industry at the height of the pandemic.
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Chief of low-cost airline Pegasus to chair IATA board after 2022 AGM
The transition will continue a period during which the role has been taken by the chief executive of an airline outside the group of network carriers that are traditionally the high-profile core of IATA’s membership.
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Latin airlines to lag North American recovery as restructuring costs bite: IATA
IATA expects the “entire Americas continent” to be open for air travel from November, but foresees a north-south divide in the financial recovery story.
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‘Distorted and flawed’: airport bodies hit back at IATA claims on airline charges
Global airports association ACI World and its European unit have hit back at claims from IATA chief Willie Walsh regarding rising charges for airlines in a sign that the industry’s unity in the face of the pandemic is fracturing.
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Embraer’s Eve clinches 100-aircraft order from Brazil’s Avantto
Embraer’s urban air mobility unit Eve has clinched a 100-aircraft order from Brazilian aircraft sharing firm Aviation Management Services (Avantto), with deliveries expected to start in 2026.
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IATA chief cites 9/11 lessons as he calls for travel restrictions to end as soon as possible
IATA director general Willie Walsh has cited lessons from 9/11 as he called on governments and regulators to adopt “risk-based measures” for Covid-related travel restrictions – and to drop them as soon as the health situation allows.
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‘This must stop’: IATA chief slams increases in ANSP and airport charges
The IATA director general Willie Walsh has criticised the airline industry’s “so-called partners” for planning to increase charges during the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.
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Airlines to lose over $200bn between 2020-22 as IATA flags deeper Covid hit
Airlines are now expected to lose $51.8 billion this year, remain in the red as an industry next year and rack up collective losses of over $200 million between 2020 and 2022, IATA’s latest economic forecast shows.
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Walsh insists Shanghai is right for next IATA AGM despite China border restrictions
Next year’s IATA AGM will be held in Shanghai, the airline association announced today at this year’s gathering in Boston.
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All member airlines commit to net-zero CO2 by 2050 under IATA resolution
All members of IATA have committed to reaching net-zero C02 emissions by 2050 under a resolution agreed at the association’s AGM in Boston today.
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Interview
IATA diversity chief on why the airline industry needs more female role models
The Diversity and Inclusion Awards has become one of the key events at the IATA AGM gathering, as the industry seeks to highlight its progress on the issue.
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News
Aeromexico files restructuring plan with US bankruptcy court
Grupo Aeromexico, the parent company of Mexico’s legacy carrier, has filed a restructuring plan with a US court as it works through bankruptcy proceedings. The Mexico City-based carrier said on 2 October that the filing of the plan, to the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York, is ...
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Airline Business
Airline Strategy Awards signal return of international airline events
As Covid-19 travel restrictions are relaxed in some key airlines markets, the return of international in-person events is a growing trend – and an important one for an industry that would struggle if Zoom became the default setting for business networking.
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Airline Business
Can airlines overcome supply-chain challenges to meet strong air cargo demand?
The surge in demand for air cargo and attractive yields do not come without complications. Crucially, the sector is unavoidably part of the wider supply-chain issues that have been reported around the world in recent weeks.
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LATAM to equip A320s with fuel-saving engine-idle descent function
Chile’s LATAM Airlines will equip its fleet of Airbus A320-family narrowbodies with an Airbus-supplied system that reduces fuel burn by automating an “optimal” engines-at-idle descent.