Source: ACI-LAC The concession Aeropuertos de Oriente S.A.S., responsible for the airport management of six Colombian airports (three international and three domestic) located in the north and east of the country, becomes a member of ACI-LAC, strengthening its commitment to the progress of the airport sector and as a managing operator in Colombia. “We are very pleased to welcome Aeropuertos del Oriente as a new member of ACI-LAC. Their experience and dedication to excellence in airport operations will undoubtedly enrich our association. We look forward to their active participation in our collaborative efforts to promote sustainable growth and innovation in the aviation industry throughout Latin America and the Caribbean,” commented Dr. Rafael Echevarne, Director General, ACI-LAC. On the other hand, Nelson Rodriguez [...]

Source: ALTA For the first time in its history, ALTA will hold a conference in Chile The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the 12th ALTA Pan American Aviation Safety & Ops Summit to be held June 12-14, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. The event will bring together safety, crew, personnel and operations professionals, as well as industry leaders to address current and future challenges in aviation safety and operations. “Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the safest regions in the world where operators keep the highest levels of safety, including technologies and processes that make it a fatality-free region today. The industry's commitment to continue raising these standards is very strong and [...]

Source: EASA The European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Google have joined forces to explore concepts for the provision of reliable, trustworthy data about the carbon footprint of flights to the traveling public, so they can make informed choices about their travel. Through this pilot project, EASA and Google are investigating ways to establish a standardised framework for estimating emissions, with the goal of producing consistent and reliable calculations for flights offered by different airlines. They are also examining how this information can be made available to passengers in a way which is intuitive and easily understood. The Lufthansa Group, as pilot partner, has provided data for this initiative for calibration and assessment. The leading European airline group is also [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC), the international association of airports, congratulates the government of the Dominican Republic for the forthcoming signing of the Open Skies Agreement with the United States. Dr. Rafael Echevarne, Director Geneal of ACI-LAC, pointed out in this regard that "international experience shows that open skies agreements stimulate the growth of air traffic, both passenger and air cargo between countries, by allowing free competition in the market of air transport. The possibility that any Dominican or North American airline can fly between any airport in those countries without any type of restriction regarding the number of frequencies and seats offered will be positive for the Dominican Republic.” We encourage and support [...]

Source: ICAO Key outcomes of the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS), held in Seoul last week, included Ministerial-level recognition of the fundamental importance of ICAO standards and strategies to the safe, secure, and sustainable development of the global air transport network, in tandem with the pivotal role of ICAO’s support towards their implementation. The thirteen States attending the Ministerial Roundtable at the event also pointed to significance of ICAO’s efforts to develop and deploy enhanced products and services in this area, and furthermore identified the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a priority area for support from ICAO. Here, the Ministers envision ICAO’s facilitation of financing initiatives as being among the collaborative efforts the organization should undertake to spread [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that ANA and WestJet have joined its Turbulence Aware Platform on the sidelines of the 79th IATA Annual General Meeting. Turbulence Aware was launched in 2018 to help airlines mitigate the impact of turbulence which is a leading cause of passenger and crew injuries and higher fuel costs each year. The platform pools anonymized turbulence data from thousands of flights operated by participating airlines. The real-time, accurate information enables pilots and dispatchers to choose optimal flight paths, avoiding turbulence and flying at optimum levels to maximize fuel efficiency and thereby reduce CO2 carbon emissions. The challenge of managing turbulence is expected to grow as climate change continues to impact weather patterns. This has [...]

Source: ALTA Mexico exceeds Brazil In April 2023, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region achieved an outstanding recovery in air passenger traffic carried, exceeding other regions of the world. According to the Traffic Report prepared by the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), 29.1 million passengers were carried in LAC during that month, reaching 99.8% of passengers carried in April 2019. “Throughout 2022 Latin America and Caribbean remained as the region in the world with the highest passenger recovery; an impressive milestone given that it was a region that did not receive any financial support during the pandemic. 2023 has presented significant economic challenges, which directly impacts the travel and tourism sector, both for operators and users. [...]