UPDATE – Delta Airlines confirmed earlier media reports that it would be ‘opportunistically’ sourcing second-hand aircraft to grow and renew its fleet. The carrier said on July 13 that it will acquire 29 Boeing 737-900ERs and lease seven Airbus A350-900s. Today,…
The LATAM Airlines Group’s unsecured creditors’ committee in its Chapter 11 proceedings alleged this week that Delta Air Lines and Qatar Airways took advantage of LATAM’s precarious position in 2020. The committee stated that these two carriers perpetrated fraud against LATAM.…
News this week from our friends at TAC about Delta Air Lines scouring the market for A350s got us thinking – where are these aircraft? Delta has a history of not rushing into new aircraft and, consequently has been able…
So far, Mexico and Colombia drive the Latin American airline industry recovery, according to stats provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). These two countries remain the only ones fully open across the subcontinent. Looking at Mexico and Colombia’s…
May is over, and the Latin American airlines in the region had ups and downs. There is some excellent news, as the launch of a new carrier in Brazil, but others are bad and will have a long-lasting impact on…
LATAM will expand its cargo fleet to 21 aircraft. The South American company plans to grow its cargo division by ten Boeing 767s in 2023, a 90 percent increase, it said in a statement on May 18. It is not…