Category: Global Aviation News

Colombia is facing unprecedented times, says Jose Elias with Del Hierro Abogados in Bogota, Colombia. There is a new president, Gustavo Petro who is a former guerrilla fighter who, at 17, joined the 19th of April Movement, which later became the M-19 Democratic Alliance. He was purportedly involved in the Palace of Justice Siege in […]

ANAC is trying to simplify rules for the airlines to encourage business in Brazil. They are working with other authorities abroad, trying to standardize the certification of aircraft and simplify processes and procedures. They have issued temporary rules for reimbursements and rescheduling flights. Even before the pandemic, ANAC started the digitizing processes and now everything […]

Andrea Villa United States-Miami: We are still seeing much movement and increased demand in business aviation. The FAA has hired new people for registration to speed things up. They’ve also hired and streamlined the process for obtaining letters of authorization. Many of our clients are seeing an increased cost on their maintenance service programs. For […]

Haydn Davies – South Africa: The oldest commercial airline in South Africa, Comair, filed for liquidation after not securing more funding. Comair has operated since 1946. Comair operated two brands, a franchise from British Airways and as a low-cost carrier, kulula.com. The airline has been in business rescue (Chapter 11) for the past two years. […]

José Elías Del Hierro Hoyos- Colombia: We are in the middle of the integration between Avianca and Viva Air. This is the third integration in which Avianca has been involved, and not with good results. People are concerned about what will result. In the past, after Avianca’s integration with ACES, the airline went into chapter […]

Sergio Fernando Salazar Machicado – Bolivia: Major protection has been applied to the government airlines Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos, TAB and Boliviana de Aviacion, BoA. A new certificate of no debt is now being requested by the regulatory authority to reexport aircrafts under lease in Bolivia.

Returning to Normal Ramesh Vaidyanathan, on behalf of Advaya Legal: It’s slowly getting back to normal here, and school vacations are causing the hospitality sector to do very well. Traffic has picked up. We have seen airports increasing revenue, which is good, as well as a lot of expansion projects and new airport privatization projects. […]

South Africa Responds to Changes in Demand From Haydn Davies, of Webber Wentzel, South Africa: In South Africa, international flights are returning to normal, though at reduced capacity. British Airways is operating with far less capacity at the moment. They used to operate a daily double A-380 Johannesburg to London service and now they’ve changed […]

COVID-19 Updates From Alberto Estrella, representing Estrella, LLC, Puerto Rico: We are a territory of the US, so just about everything that applies to the US applies to us here. The one thing slightly different here is we still have a mask mandate for all forms of transportation which included airports (not air travel, which […]

Growing Pains With the New Mexico City Airport Andrés Remis and Juan Carlos Machorro, of Santamarina y Steta comment on the issues surrounding the newly opened airport in Mexico City: Andres: Mexico City opened a second international airport north of the city. This opening has resulted in several safety incidents, including ground proximity systems alerts […]