Source: ICAO ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano told Latin American civil aviation leaders today that the sector should expect to encounter a range of challenges as air travel begins its return to normal. The President’s comments were part of the Keynote remarks he provided to the Hermes Air Transport event on ‘Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation’ in the post-COVID era for Latin American aviation. “We are back to 2003 levels in terms of global seat capacity,” President Sciacchitano commented, explaining that ICAO is projecting an overall global reduction in passengers of between forty-one and fifty percent for 2021, compared to the sixty per cent reduction it monitored for 2020. “The significant downturns being withstood in global and regional [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Airports Council International – Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) announces that Diego Aracena Airport in Iquique and Andres Sabella Airport in Antofagasta, both operated by APORT, received the certification of the Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) program, which evaluates how aligned they are with the health protocols proposed by the ACI Business Restart and Recover guidelines and that they are aligned with the recommendations of the Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). APORT, since the beginning of the pandemic, has developed innovative measures for the safety of passengers, workers, and the general public. It has maintained continuous improvement processes and implementations to strengthen sanitary measures. Technological equipment has been incorporated to reduce [...]

The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation Hermes - Air Transport Organisation co-organises with Aeronautica Civil de Colombia a zoom event on Monday 19 April 2021 entitled: "The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation”. Join Zoom Meeting https://aegean-gr.zoom.us/j/97050675228   The Program   Monday 19 April 2021   Bogota time   The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation    10:00 Welcome Addresses  Juan Carlos Salazar, Director General, Aeronautica Civil de Colombia Dr Kostas Iatrou, Director General, Hermes - Air Transport Organisation    10:10 Keynote Addresses Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the [...]

Source: ACI-LAC. The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown air transport into the biggest crisis of its history. In Latin America and the Caribbean alone, more than 700 million passengers were lost in 2020, a 61% drop from 2019. However, this dramatic reduction in air traffic presents a unique opportunity for many airports that need to expand their capacity. Although it will take several years to reach the total traffic volume of 2019, the peak hour demand at many airports could recover much sooner. This is critical for infrastructure planning purposes, as peak hour demand is crucial in determining airport capacity. The size of air terminals, as well as the capacity of runways, taxiways and aircraft parking aprons, is determined by peak [...]

Hermes - Air Transport Organisation co-organises with Aeronautica Civil de Colombia a zoom event on Monday 19 April 2021 entitled: "The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation”. Join Zoom Meeting https://aegean-gr.zoom.us/j/97050675228     Monday 19 April 2021 Bogota time The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation  10:00 Welcome Addresses  Juan Carlos Salazar, Director General, Aeronautica Civil de Colombia Dr Kostas Iatrou, Director General, Hermes - Air Transport Organisation  10:10 Keynote Addresses Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the Council, ICAO  Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI 10:30 Leaders Panel Moderator: Jeff Poole, President, Hermes - Air Transport Organisation Panellists:  -Juan Carlos [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Airports Council International for Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) announces today the appointment of two new members to the ACI-LAC Board of Directors, Mr. Lorenzo Di Loreto, Vice President Business Development & Sales Delivery at Munich International Airport GmbH and Mr. Michael Tubridy, Associate Vice President at Landrum & Brown, both as Advisors. “I would like to welcome Mike and Lorenzo as part of our team in ACI-LAC. Their combined experience in the airport industry will be extremely beneficial for the implementation and development of ACI´s key initiatives in different airport management areas.  ACI-LAC office is honored to have these professionals join the team and contribute with their unique talents, expertise, perspectives and passion for aviation. We [...]