It all happened within a week: I accepted the invitation on Monday and last Friday a small group of journalists and I were set to travel to Embraer’s main factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, a few miles outside Sao Paulo city, in Brazil. The journalist group was really small, as our ride there was quite […]
Airbus’s evolution of the A320neo family, the A321LR, gained approval both from European aviation agency EASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The joint approval grants the aircraft to operate with up to three underfloor Additional Centre Tanks (ACTs), including for an ETOPS operation up to 180 minutes. This latest milestone is one of the […]
On Sept. 30 1968, a new era began and is still around, as a nostalgic landmark of what the commercial aviation industry has been, and will never be again. On a day like today 50 years ago, Boeing unveiled its first 747-100, kicking off what would soon be known as the ‘jumbo jet’ era. It […]
American Airlines has decided to increase the fee for the first checked bag from $25 to $30, effective for all tickets purchased September 21 and beyond. The second bag fee will raise from $5 to $40, following a trend that all major carriers, with the exception of Southwest, have recently adopted, in an effort to […]
With an expected introduction date of November 2018, Air Tahiti Nui is seeing major advances in the painting and configuration of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Today, the French Polynesian carrier revealed pictures of the ongoing livery painting that is being performed in Boeing’s North Charleston, S.C. factory ahead of acceptance flights and formal delivery, […]
In an important week for the Argentinian aviation market, the newest actors have finally come to play in the newly deregulated market. While Norwegian Air Argentina started its domestic sales and set its operation launch to Oct. 16, Indigo Partners’ southern venture JetSmart has started offering international routes between Chile and Argentina. In an event […]
The Government of Chile announced yesterday a plan to reduce the different boarding fees currently charged at its national airports, in an effort to reduce the impact of the fees into airfares and a further reduction of ticket prices. In the last ten years, domestic fares fell 47 percent while boarding fees increased by 28 […]
As analysts, we tend to think about commercial aviation in a country merely considering the outbound routes and the domestic connections. But by forgetting the inbound aspect of the operation, we miss half of the picture. Last week, in an event held in Buenos Aires, Lufthansa Group’s airline Edelweiss announced the main characteristics of the […]
With the departure of its flight AR1326 at 11:05 p.m. last August, Argentina’s main carrier Aerolineas Argentinas started operating a second route to Punta Cana, one of Dominican Republic’s most demanded tourist destinations. The route demonstrates the capabilities of the newest addition to the carrier’s fleet: the Boeing 737 MAX 8. The aircraft serving this […]
Following the changes in the Argentinian market and the new players that will begin operations in the upcoming months, the classic operators find themselves needing to find ways to remain competitive. With that in mind, LATAM Argentina has announced a change in its baggage policy which brings it closer to a standard low-cost carrier operating […]
