Source: ACI-LAC The Airports Council International Latin America and Caribbean 2023 | ACI-LAC Annual Assembly Conference & Exhibition 2023 ended on Tuesday (7) with the Latin American and Caribbean airport industry calling on the region's governments to implement urgent measures to ensure the full liberalization of air transport. During the conference, the Miami Declaration was launched, which, among other points, suggests a "liberalized (up to the 7th freedom for passenger and cargo services), flexible and transparent regulatory framework for international air services, with the aim of promoting global competitiveness in LAC".   In the panel "Liberalization of Air Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean", the participants highlighted the need to reduce bureaucracy and tax burdens on air transport, as [...]

Source: ACI-LAC On Monday afternoon (6), during the ACI-LAC Annual Assembly, Conference & Exhibition 2023 in Miami, the Airports Council for Latin America and the Caribbean celebrated the commitment of airports in the region to developing and implementing innovative projects in two key areas for the airport industry: decarbonization and improving the passenger experience. The Green Airport Recognition aims to promote initiatives by airports in Latin America and the Caribbean in various areas of airport environmental management, such as waste management, energy efficiency, carbon emissions management and adaptation to climate change. This year's Green Airport Recognition has the support of ACI-LAC's business partner (WBP) TAV Technologies, one of the main technology providers in the airport market. Fourteen initiatives from airport [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Airports are natural engines of socio-economic and tourism development around the world, triggering net economic benefits for surrounding communities, providing air connectivity to shippers, travelers, and businesses, and ultimately enhancing the competitiveness of countries, regions, and cities. We believe that the aviation ecosystem in the Latin American and the Caribbean region has much to gain from a liberalized framework that provides airlines the freedom to operate international air services without being burdened by market access restrictions. To achieve this vision, it is necessary to deploy greater efforts towards the achievement of a fully liberalized framework and a competitive business environment that fosters greater air connectivity in the LAC region and provides airports the tools to further enhance current [...]

Source: US DOT The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ September 2023 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.518 billion gallons of fuel, 9.2% less fuel than in August 2023 (1.672 billion gallons) and 2.8% more than in pre-pandemic September 2019. The cost per gallon of fuel in September 2023 ($3.14) was up 32 cents (11.4%) from August 2023 ($2.82) and up $1.19 (60.6%) from September 2019. Total September 2023 fuel expenditure ($4.77B) was up 1.1% from August 2023 ($4.72B) and up 65.1% from pre-pandemic September 2019. Year-over-year changes in fuel consumption and cost for September 2023 include 6.0% increase in domestic fuel consumption, 4.2% decrease in domestic fuel [...]