Airlines
Latin American Airlines See Growth Despite Turmoil
The ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Brasília highlights several challenges.
(Left to right) Brazilian Civil Aviation Secretary Ronei Glanzmann, ALTA CEO Luis Felipe de Oliveira, ALTA executive committee president Pedro Heibron, and Brazilian Airlines Association president Eduardo Sanovicz appear before delegates at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Brasilia on October 27. (Photo: Richard Pedicini)
(Left to right) Brazilian Civil Aviation Secretary Ronei Glanzmann, ALTA CEO Luis Felipe de Oliveira, ALTA executive committee president Pedro Heibron, and Brazilian Airlines Association president Eduardo Sanovicz appear before delegates at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Brasilia on October 27. (Photo: Richard Pedicini)

The ALTA Airline Leaders Forum, the largest annual for airlines of the Latin American and Caribbean region, opened Sunday in Brasília under the theme of “Industry competitiveness in the current climate.” Subjects raised at the opening press conference included infrastructure improvements, the entry of low-cost airlines, and repeatedly the cost of kerosene, which in Brazil tends to comprise a third of an airline’s costs compared with 20- to 25 percent globally.


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