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Viva Aerobus is set to expand its services to five new US destinations: Austin, Denver, Miami, Oakland, and Orlando.

The FAA has returned Mexico to its Category 1 International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating after two years of “close work”.

The FAA returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level after spending nearly 28 months in Category 2. With a return to Category 1 status, Mexico can add new service and routes to the U.S., and U.S. airlines can resume marketing and selling tickets with their names and designator codes on Mexican-operated flights.

With a return to Category 1 status, Mexico can add new services and routes to the U.S., and U.S. airlines can resume marketing and selling tickets with their names and designator codes on

IATA opposes the Mexican Government's decision to reduce Mexico City International Airport's capacity to 43 operations per hour.

Routes Americas 2023 will drive the growth of the region’s future air services and route development.

Caribbean leaders need to act more and talk less when it comes to improving regional connectivity.This was one of the central themes on Caribbean Aviation Day last Wednesday, during the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)/International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Grand Cayman.Both IATA’s regional vice president for the Americas, Peter Cerdá and the newly elected CTO chairman, Caymanian Minister of Tourism Kenneth Bryan agreed that regional st...

Prior to 2020 aviation and tourism sectors contributed 13.9% of GDP and 15.2% of all jobs in the Caribbean region

Regional aviation administrators have taken Caribbean governments to task for imposing high fees and taxes on tickets and failing to introduce adequate technology at airports.However, the Caribbean’s largest airlift security systems company, Sectus Technologies, has not only refuted claims of poor technological infrastructure but justified the cost of some ticket prices and air charges.On Caribbean Aviation Day on Wednesday, during the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)/International Air Tra...

George Town – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned Caribbean destinations on Wednesday that they are “running the risk of pricing themselves out of the global travel and tourism market, where passengers have more choice than ever before”. IATA vice president for the Americas, Peter Cerdá told the Caribbean Aviation Day conference in the Cayman Islands that the region “needs to remain an attractive tourist destination”, adding that often it …