Aeroman opened in El Salvador its sixth hangar, which has an area of two thousand square meters and capacity to maintain 14 narrow cabin aircraft simultaneously.
The new hangar, which began construction in March 2018 and whose investment in infrastructure amounted to $20 million, is located on land adjacent to the Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport.
The airline of Salvadoran origin VECA Airlines, which announced in November promotions for their first flights in the region, is not yet operating at 100%.
The airline Vuelos Económicos Centroamericanos (VECA) has not yet started to operate the routes announced in November and has not taken steps to expand its flights to destinations in the United States.
In the South American country a rule has been published that establishes that costs and expenses incurred during transportation of goods by air must be borne by the importers.
From a statement issued by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office of Costa Rica (PROCOMER):
On October 11, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) of Peru issued a rule that the costs and expenses incurred during transportation of goods by air will be borne by the importers.
Owners of VivaColombia and the mexican VivaAerobus have announced the opening of a holding company in Panama to start operations in Central and South America.
From a statement issued by Irelandia Aviation and Grupo IAMSA:
Irelandia Aviation and Grupo IAMSA, owners of the Mexican low-cost airline VivaAerobus and of the Colombian airline, VivaColombia, announced their intention to expand the Viva airline brand in Central and South America.
Air Costa Rica has started the process of gaining certification as an international operator and plans to begin charter flights in six months.
Air Costa Rica is the new brand name of Tica Air according to the Public Registry of the airline, which has launched the second phase of a certification process and expects to receive approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation within four to six months to operate as international airline.
Half of Canadian tourists and 30% of American ones come to Costa Rica via the Daniel Oduber Airport in Guanacaste.
Six years ago the ratio was 35% of Canadians coming into the country via the Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia. This air terminal also has become a favorite of U.S. tourists, as 30% enter through there whereas in 2007 the figure was just 20%.
Ticas International Airlines has filed an application with the Civil Aviation authority for approval to operate charter flights to Cancun and San Andrés.
The information was confirmed by the director of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Alvaro Vargas, adding that it is likely that an agreement will be reached with representatives of Ticas International Airlines, due to the interest shown.
With five new Airbus 319 planes Air Ticos will begin operations in late 2013 with flights from San Jose to Mexico City, Miami and New York.
Ticos Air has submitted to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation the necessary documentation to gain a certificate of operation valid for several international destinations.
The airline is expected to begin operations in December, since this is the third phase of a process started months ago.
In terms of how modern the infrastructure for air transport is, Panama leads the field, followed distantly by Costa Rica.
"None of the airports in Central America comes close to knocking Tocumen off its number one position in the ranking by Skytrax, nor the ranking by the World Economic Forum. The latter measures the quality of infrastructure for air travel in the country , where Panama climbed from 38th place in 2007 to last year reach the prestigious position of sixth place," reported Elsalvador.com.
Vuelos Económicos Centroamericanos S.A.'s project will have the financial support of Alba Petróleos.
This was confirmed by the principal advisor to Alba Petróleos, José Luis Merino. "Alba has received the group of businessmen behind the possible airline, who have requested financial support to study the current context of aviation and decide on their entry," said Merino.
Vuelos Económicos Centroamericanos S.A. has started negotiations with the Civil Aviation Authority to operate in the region under the Salvadoran flag.
This was announced by Roger Menendez, executive director of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), who explained that in compliance with the first requirement, the company was recently incorporated and its executive board presented to the AAC.
The group have announced the launch of a plan through which they will enhance and expand the processes related to imports and exports.
The company said in a press release:
“Avianca and Taca propose to consolidate their product portfolio and cargo services. The plan, implemented through its subsidiary, Tampa Cargo, includes a significant investment in dedicated aircraft to move goods and products, improving ground infrastructure and the incorporation of the latest booking technology and online tracking.
The holding company comprising Avianca and Taca was fiscally registered in Bahamas.
Germán Efromovich, president of Grupo Sinergy, remarked that "Bahamas is the accounting registration of the holding, because it is favorable from a tax point of view".
"Both airlines are part of a holding of which Taca has a 33% share and Avianca 67%. Efromovich explained the proportions resulted from the respective weight of both companies in terms of financial results, assets and passenger volume", reported newspaper La Prensa Gráfica.
Five years ago Avianca was on the brink of bankruptcy. After purchasing TACA, it is one of the largest airlines of Latin America.
The merger of both companies is likely to trigger a process of airline concentration in Latin America. AeroMéxico has already announced it will seek alliances beyond commercial agreements.
An article in website "En Vivo desde SCL" analyzes the situation: "By purchasing TACA, Avianca positions itself as an aeronautical giant, significantly improving its position to compete with other airlines in the region, specially LAN, who is strongly interested in the Colombian market. The Chilean airline entered this market with the creation of LANCO, considered a possible alternative for creating LAN Brasil. Avianca growth will force a reorganization of the airline situation in Latina America, due to the strong bonds both Avianca and Taca have with different companies in the Region".