Source: Flybondi COC Global Enterprise, a U.S. investment fund focused on the technology sector and private aviation, has become the new lead investor in Flybondi, a company that operates in the airline transportation market in Argentina and Brazil. COC is a private equity fund focused on identifying and expanding high potential companies in Latin America and North America. Its arrival at Flybondi marks the beginning of a new phase that includes the continuity of jobs and in which it will seek to consolidate the operation and service and resume growth plans both in Argentina and in the region. COC will lead Flybondi's Board of Directors including the positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman; Cartesian Capital Group will continue to be [...]

Source: Frontier Airlines With this new route, Frontier will serve 24 destinations nonstop from Puerto Rico. Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines further grew its operations at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) with the launch of new nonstop service to Gregorio Luperón International Airport in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (POP). The twice-weekly service unlocks yet another exciting Caribbean destination in Frontier's expanding network, and marks its latest growth in San Juan since the opening of its operational base at SJU last year. "This new route brings yet another convenient and affordable travel option for Dominicans traveling to Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans exploring the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, and tourists looking to soak up the sun in the Caribbean [...]

Source: Air Canada Air Canada is supportive of initiatives to strengthen the Canadian airline industry for the benefit of consumers and all stakeholders. As part of this, we engage regularly with governments and other industry partners. In our submission to the Competition Bureau of Canada for its market study of competition in domestic air passenger services in Canada, we provided contextual information essential for decision makers to better understand the real opportunities for further improving the system. That illustrates some myths and facts about competition and the issues at hand, such as price of air travel.  As Canada's flag carrier and the airline with the largest network and most services in Canada, we have a deep interest in a strong, competitive [...]

Source: ACI Europe Lower air connectivity hampers wider European competitiveness, cohesion and global positioning — pointing to new aviation reality ACI EUROPE has published its 2025 Airport Industry Connectivity Report: the definitive barometer of air connectivity in Europe. Released ahead of the 35th ACI EUROPE Annual Congress & General Assembly, the report is based on the connectivity indexes developed by SEO Amsterdam Economics — the most comprehensive and complete tool for measuring and ranking airport connectivity. The 2025 report reveals that despite increasing by +7% in 2025 over the preceding year, air connectivity (direct + indirect air connectivity) in Europe still remains -9% below pre-pandemic (2019) levels. This stands in stark contrast with passenger volumes which achieved full recovery in [...]

Source: Air Canada Airline wins nine awards, including World's Best Business Class Lounge Dining for the Air Canada Signature Suite in Toronto and Best Cabin Crew in North America Air Canada today was named the Best Airline in North America at the 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Presented at the Paris Air Show, the Skytrax awards, which are based on customer satisfaction surveys of approximately 22 million global travellers, also recognized the Toronto Air Canada Signature Suite as the World's Best Business Class Lounge Dining for the second straight year, as well as its flight attendants as Best Cabin Crew in Canada and North America. Air Canada also took home additional honours for the Best Low-Cost Airline for its Rouge [...]

Source: Copa Copa Holdings, S.A. has released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for May 2025: Copa Holdings (Consolidated) May 2025 May 2024 % Change ASM (mm) (1)  2,655.2 2,480.5 7.0% RPM (mm) (2)  2,327.2 2,165.6 7.5% Load Factor (3)  87.6% 87.3% 0.3p.p. 1. Available seat miles – represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number of miles the seats are flown. 2. Revenue passenger miles – represents the number of miles flown by revenue passengers 3. Load factor – represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is utilized For May 2025, Copa Holdings' capacity (ASMs) increased by 7.0%, while system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased by 7.5% compared to 2024. As a result, the system load factor for the month was 87.6%, 0.3 percentage points [...]