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 [...]

Source: Frontier Airlines New Service Underscores Airline's Rapid Expansion and Investment at ATL The airline's first route to the Central American country of Honduras began with the launch of service to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport in San Pedro Sula (SAP) Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines has launched six new routes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the latest in its rapid growth at the airport. The airline's first route to the Central American country of Honduras began with the launch of service to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport in San Pedro Sula (SAP). Nonstop routes to Jacksonville International Airport (JAX), Southwest Florida International Airport in Ft. Myers (RSW), and St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) were also established. In [...]