Airport Consultants Council

Aerolineas | August 10, 2020

Aerolineas Argentinas is planning some very special Airbus A330-200 charters to Cyprus. Two roundtrips are currently scheduled with one coming next week and another in early September. These nonstop charters will support the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Back in July, the Argentinian flag carrier announced it was to operate two roundtrip flights between Buenos Airlines and Cyprus to carry troops. The troops will relieve members of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic ...

American Airlines | July 15, 2020

American Airlines' top executives on Wednesday backed efforts to extend billions in federal aid to protect aviation jobs through March as the pandemic's impact on travel threatens tens of thousands of positions. Some $32 billion in federal aid was set aside to protect jobs in the U.S. airline industry, and it prohibited employers from cutting positions through Sept. 30 under the CARES Act relief package that lawmakers passed in March....

Buying Business Travel | February 18, 2020

The global airline industry has seen a 106 per cent increase in revenue earned from the sale of ‘a la carte’ ancillary services since 2015, rising to US$75.6 billion in 2019. Europe – commonly referred to as the ‘birthplace’ of airline a la carte revenue – continues to lead the global charts, with carriers based across the region and Russia taking in US$31.5 billion in 2019, an increase of 122 per cent, according to research by IdeaWorksCompany and CarTrawler....

Business Aviation

FXSolutions | April 20, 2022

Aircraft brokerage company FXSolutions, the latest business to be launched by Directional Aviation’s family of companies, has developed a proprietary aircraft comparison tool to help private aviation clients take the next step in their aircraft acquisition journey. FXSolutions offers industry-competitive advantages not found elsewhere including a hands-on approach to identifying aircraft inventory niche markets and the decades of collective experience of its leadership team....