Global Aviation News

Update provided by Gonzalo Yelpo with Yelpo & Facal. The Corporación América Airports (CAAP) that handles all airports will be taking over the international airports (11). This will be financed through cross subsidies from Montevideo airport. This is certainly an issue for the international alliance because all costs are rising, and traffic is low.  

Update provided by Alejandro Piera with Guanes, Heisecke & Piera. The Presidential election occurs in April, so until the new government takes office in August, we won’t expect new developments, including potential amendments of the aeronautical code and any restructuring. 

Update provided by Xavier Rosales of CorralRosales. Ecuador has entered into open sky agreements with different countries, such as the U.S., which is positive. Unfortunately, Ecuador has not formed local regulations or amendments to local regulations that will make this easier to implement, including how airlines may operate under an open sky agreement.  

Update provided by José Elías Del Hierro Hoyos of Del Hierro Abogados  In the past two months, in the process of integrating Avianca with Viva Air Colombia and Viva Air Peru, we are currently experiencing issues with laws regarding competition, integration and customer protection. As Viva enters bankruptcy, others have mentioned they would like to […]

Update provided by Cecilia Rodriguez Grellet of Rodriguez Grellet Abogados.  Some tariff regulations are on hold without the government decrees necessary to modify the tariffs.   There is a new tax for fraud security on international flights. This new tax was updated in January.  

During the February L2b member meeting, representatives shared their opinions regarding the aviation industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Although pandemic protective measures slowed in 2022, the aftershocks on the airline industry may not be felt for some time. The member roundtable did not discuss the effects in depth. Still, members shared timely and localized information that shed light on the current outcomes of airline operations post-pandemic. 

Update provided by Kerwin Tan of Tan Hassani and Counsels: The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines recently released a 357-page updated Guidance Material for Single Pilot Operations under the Philippine Civil Aviation Regulations. This Guidance Material affects all approved training organizations (aka flying schools). To implement this Guidance Material, CAAP will provide flying schools […]

Update provided by Hayden Davies with Webber Wentzel: Airlines are experiencing high levels of limited capacity for domestic flights due to COVID-related failures, resulting in higher fares. Hopefully, this will even out by next year.  

Update provided by Keith O. Major, Jr. with Higgs & Johnson: The Bahamas government is developing nine airports throughout the Archipelago in a public-private partnership. They have issued requests for proposals for international partners for the development where The Bahamas will own the land, and the partners will operate and manage the airport operations.  

Update provided by Ramesh Vaidyanathan with Advaya Legal:   Operations are increasing, and consolidation is occurring, resulting in lower fares and better connectivity for passengers. The new airline Akasa Air started operations, the privatization of Air India is continuing to take shape, and Air India and Vistara are merging.  A new regulatory change allows wide-bodied aircraft […]