Source: US DOT U.S. airlines carried 75.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in September 2022, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS), up 6.3% from August. BTS reported 65.8 million domestic passengers and 9.3 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in September. U.S. airline traffic reports are filed monthly with BTS. See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for summary data since 2016 (Tables 1-24) and complete data since 2000. Two measures of U.S. airlines passenger enplanements: September seasonally adjusted: System-wide enplanements (75.1M) were down 6.9% from the all-time high of 80.6 million reached in January 2020. Domestic enplanements (65.8M) were down 7.2% from the all-time high of 70.9 million [...]

Fuente: ALTA The airline industry continued on the path of recovery and maintained a positive outlook during October. A total of 27.5 million passengers were transported, corresponding to 92% compared to the same month of 2019. This reflects the slowdown in the recovery pace versus September, when the region exceeded its 2019 levels by 1.2%. This slowdown was seen in all regions of the world. Meanwhile, LAC continues outperforming North America, which achieved 88% of its 2019 levels, the Middle East at 81%, Europe at 78%, and Southeast Asia at 67%, the region with the weakest recovery. Among the causes are low economic growth prospects, high inflation rates, high cost of aviation fuel, and devaluation of the exchange rate, among [...]

Source: ALTA Through its newly created Training Committee, ALTA seeks to support its members and the industry in attracting, training, retaining, and promoting aeronautical talent in the region ALTA debuts a new working group. The Training Committee's mission is to provide a forum to share experiences and know-how and identify and generate solutions to the most urgent challenges in pilot training and competencies required for crews in a safe, efficient, and effective manner in the region. The group, initially composed of representatives from Copa Airlines, Aeromexico, Fly Montserrat, TAR, Voepass, Jetsmart, LATAM, GOL, RIMA, Azul, Sansa, GlobalX Air, Turkish Airlines, Avianca, Tropic Air, Sky Airline, Flybondi, Wayman Aviation Academy, ProSIM, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Ultra Air and XFlight Aviation Academy, [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Eurona, a Spanish company expert in connectivity services and solutions with more than 20 years of experience in the airport industry, becomes the new commercial partner of Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean. Rafael Echevarne, General Director of ACI-LAC commented "ACI-LAC's network of World Business Partners is growing rapidly, and we are pleased that EURONA has joined this network to contribute to the development of the airport industry in the region." Jose Miguel Garcia, Eurona's International B2B Director, expresses his enthusiasm for being part of ACI-LAC's network of commercial partners. He also comments that EURONA aims to multiply its presence in key airports in the region with its wifi solutions with this commercial alliance. Eurona currently has a [...]

Source: ICAO A new agreement between ICAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) will support the use of evidence-informed and risk-based approaches to international travel, both in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and other potential public health emergencies. Signed by ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar and WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the agreement calls for the two United Nations bodies to further maintain and strengthen their cooperation on the provision of advice and assistance to Member States and industry stakeholders on policy and technical matters, in accordance with their respective mandates. “The WHO has been collaborating with ICAO on public health matters in civil aviation for decades, including in the context of its Collaborative Arrangement for the [...]

Source: ACI-LAC The Airports Council International in Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) is pleased to inform that Belo Horizonte International Airport has just joined ASQ - Airport Service Quality, ACI's globally recognized program for providing member airports with tools to measure and improve passenger satisfaction, business performance and airport service quality. The Airport Service Quality program already has 348 airports in the world, 36 of which are in Latin America and the Caribbean Airports Council International in Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) is pleased to announce that Belo Horizonte International Airport has joined ASQ - Airport Service Quality, the worldwide program that ACI offers to airports in order to measure and improve passenger satisfaction, business performance, and airport service [...]

Source: ACI World All parts of the ecosystem must work together for the benefit of passengers and the communities we serve In response to statements made at the 2022 Global Media Day of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) regarding airport charges, ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira gave the following comments: "By its nature aviation relies on collaboration. All parts of the ecosystem—airports, airlines, ground handlers and other stakeholders—must work together for the benefit of passengers and the communities we serve. Attacking industry partners does not reflect the collaborative spirit the industry needs for the common goal of providing safe, reliable, and efficient air transport. "Like airlines and other areas of this ecosystem, airports are businesses too [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production will reach at least 300 million liters in 2022—a 200% increase on 2021 production of 100 million liters. More optimistic calculations estimate total production in 2022 could reach 450 million liters. Both scenarios position the SAF industry on the verge of an exponential capacity and production ramp-up toward an identified tipping point of 30 billion liters by 2030, with the right supporting policies. Airlines are committed to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and see SAF as a key contributor. Current estimates expect SAF to account for 65% of the mitigation needed for this, requiring a production capacity of 450 billion liters annually in [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects a return to profitability for the global airline industry in 2023 as airlines continue to cut losses stemming from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to their business in 2022. In 2023, airlines are expected to post a small net profit of $4.7 billion—a 0.6% net profit margin. It is the first profit since 2019 when industry net profits were $26.4 billion (3.1% net profit margin). In 2022, airline net losses are expected to be $6.9 billion (an improvement on the $9.7 billion loss for 2022 in IATA's June outlook). This is significantly better than losses of $42.0 billion and $137.7 billion that were realized in 2021 and 2020 respectively. "Resilience [...]