ACI Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean governments, airport authorities and tourism organizations call for more air service but they face long-time and new hurdles to attracting airlines.

Airports in the Caribbean should facilitate tourism and business travel—not be a cash cow for governments, delegates at Routes Americas 2024 are told.

Political influence continues to loom large on Latin America’s aviation landscape.

Latin American governments have been urged to further liberalize air transport policies.

IT is being embraced to move passengers through airports quickly and efficiently.

Routes Americas 2022 will facilitate collaboration between key aviation stakeholders.

Passenger traffic in Latin America and the Caribbean is forecast to return to long-run pre-pandemic growth trends—but the lack of harmonization between governments remains a problem.

Airline traffic recovery is slow in Latin America as COVID-19 restrictions remain in place in a number of countries.

Argentina is the only country in the world to have travel restrictions in place beyond early July.

Argentina’s government has been urged to reconsider proposals to ban all internal and international commercial flights until Sept. 1.

Senior airline officials are among the high-profile names preparing to discuss the future of aviation at Routes Americas 2018.

Latest data from the organisation’s membership shows global passenger traffic grew 7.3 per cent in December 2016 and 5.5 per cent for the year as a whole. All regions except Africa posted growth in passenger volumes for the year, ranging from 2.2 per cent in the recessionary Latin America-Caribbean region to over 9.0 per cent in the buoyant Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.