Our exhibitors will host a number of unique and exciting activities on their stands including; food, drinks, entertainment, giveaways, prizes and much more. Make the most of your World Routes experience by visiting as many stands as possible.
This year’s inaugural Routes Middle East & Africa brought together two regions of the world that are at very different stages of their evolution and the event’s
The closest thing to a common cause for international expansion is the depreciation of some currencies. Mexico’s peso and Brazil’s real fell 6% and 9% respectively last year. Both are stabilising, but LCCs in Mexico and Brazil have launched or expanded cross-border routes in a search for hard, or least harder currencies, than their own. Nonetheless, the main reasons for cross-border growth lie in Latin America’s diverse dynamics.
In a quiet office in a small Connecticut town, the plan to transform Brazil’s Azul into an international airline is taking shape. Seat maps of its newly acquired Airbus narrowbodies are laid out on a conference room table, and the carrier is days away from taking delivery of its second Airbus A330-200.
There are now almost 25 million seats on an annual basis reaching every continent bar Asia with direct flights. While North America is still the largest destination for travel, Europe is not that far behind with over 30% of the total seats – and in terms of ASKs the European market is the largest international market out of South America.
Unveiled by investors Irelandia Aviation and Mexican bus transportation company IAMSA in early October, Grupo Viva was established to expand the Viva brand in Latin America. Both Irelandia and IAMSA have shares in Monterrey-based VivaAerobus and Medellin-based VivaColombia.
