Airline Finance News - Latin America / Caribbean.Dec 11, 2006 Aeromexico Mexico's airline industry is facing a significant overcapacity situation following the emergence of several new entrants, Aeromexico CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Andres Conesa said last week at the ALTA Latin American Airline Leaders Forum. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Conesa, Mexico currently has an average of eight airlines competing on city-pairs of more than 1 million annual passengers compared to four in the US. Furthermore, the top 10 busiest domestic routes have 1.8 times the number of seats required to meet demand versus 1.2 in the US. Dec 6, 2006 Aeromexico, Aerolitoral Aeromexico and its regional affiliate Aerolitoral are part of Consorcio Aeromexico, the renamed Cintra, following Cintra's sale of Mexicana last year to Grupo Posadas Posadas (pōsä`thäs), city (1991 pop. 211,297), capital of Misiones prov., NE Argentina, a port on the upper Paraná River. Its industries include woodworking and metallurgy. . Mexican new entrants, all LCCs, include Volaris and InterJet based at Toluca Airport outside Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi , Alma in Guadalajara, Avolar in Tijuana and Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus is a low cost airline part-owned by the founders of Europe's biggest low-frills carrier, Ryanair. History Viva Aerobus started operations in November 30, 2006 with its hub at General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY), in Monterrey, Mexico. in Monterrey. Additionally, Mexicana subsidiary Click, the former Aerocaribe, operates as an LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. . Conesa said he expects a shakeout, with only a few new entrants surviving. "It's hard to think they can all remain," he said. Dec 6, 2006 TAM TAM Director of Institutional Relations Paulo Castello Branco has thrown cold water on recent reports that TAM is set to join one of the three major airline alliances. Speaking to reporters at last week's ALTA Latin American Airline Leaders Forum in Cancun, Branco joked that "Everyone wants to marry TAM and we just want a date." He explained that the carrier is interested only in airline-to-airline agreements on specific routes and declined to speculate on when it might reconsider its opposition to joining oneworld, SkyTeam or Star. Dec 4, 2006 TAM TAM Director of Institutional Relations Paulo Castello Branco said he expects that a little relief is on the way for Brazil's airlines and customers, who have suffered through extensive ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered delays this fall owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de a work slowdown by controllers protesting the removal of some colleagues in the wake of the Sept. 29 midair collision between a Gol 737-800 and a business jet. Controllers also are concerned about rising workloads. Hirings have not kept pace with traffic growth and Brazil needs at least 300 new controllers in addition to the 3,000 currently working, he confirmed. As a temporary measure, the government will add 43 controllers this week and is inviting another 60 former controllers to return after currency training. Dec 4, 2006 VarigLog VarigLog CEO Joao Luiz Bernes de Souza De Souza or D'Souza is a common Portuguese family name. Although it is still quite common outside Portugal -- especially in Brazil and India --, Souza is the old spelling of present-day Sousa. said at ALTA's Latin American Airline Leaders Forum in Cancun that Varig, which the logistics company purchased over the summer, will add 16 aircraft to its fleet once it gets its new operating certificate, Reuters reported. It currently operates 15 aircraft. Dec 4, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 13, 2006 |
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