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Andre Abreu, vice president of marketing and sales at World Star Aviation, will join Cargo Facts LATAM 2026 for the panel discussion “Exploring the divergent narrowbody freighter segment” on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 11:15 a.m. (GMT-6). The fourth annual Cargo Facts LATAM conference will take place Feb. 10-12, 2026, at the Marquis Reforma in Mexico City, assembling decision-makers, global executives and leaders to share insights and analyze the latest market trends, air cargo developments and their potential impact in Latin America. View the full 2026 event agenda. Abreu was promoted to his role in January 2023. He worked on fleet…

Alaska Airlines has announced its domestic summer expansion for 2026. It’s launching a total of seven new routes from its hubs in Anchorage, Alaska, and Portland, Oregon. Most of these routes will commence in June of 2026, although one will start in March. In addition, most of the routes will be operated only a few times a year and will end at the end of the summer season. Anchorage and Portland are both secondary hubs for Alaska Airlines, which operates most of its flights out of Seattle. However, the carrier is running out of room in Seattle, and as such…

Amazon Air’s domestic network is moving toward optimization. Rather than focusing on capacity growth, the carrier has reallocated lift to improve aircraft utilization, reduce structurally inefficient flying and better align aircraft size with lane-level demand. The resulting network reflects a more selective use of airlift, with growth concentrated in markets that support consistent volume and […] source

Heading into the peak holiday season, Spirit Airlines has unveiled the first festive livery aircraft in the carrier’s history. The Airbus A320-200 is adorned in a winter sweater pattern with snowman and gingerbread man designs. The aircraft, tail number N628NK, is expected to leave the paint shop this week. That’s just in time to spread a little cheer amid the 8,900 projected flights that Spirit plans to fly during the end-of-year travel surge. Spirit Spreads Holiday Cheer Credit: Shutterstock The airline is just stopping at its first-ever holiday livery. Spirit is also serving its community by sponsoring holiday events and offering…

The global narrowbody freighter fleet appeared to remain stable with negligible overall growth during the past twelve months, ending the third quarter of 2025 with 847 in-service units, according to Cargo Facts Consulting data. That represented a year-on-year increase of 0.6%, but while that net difference may seem insignificant, it does not tell the full […] source

As Latin America’s largest airline group, LATAM is a remarkable example of cross-border integration. Born from the 2012 merger between Chile’s LAN and Brazil’s TAM, the airline brought together two national champions to create a genuinely pan-South American carrier. A remarkable achievement on a continent where economic instability, geographic barriers, and regulatory complexities have prevented airlines from achieving their full potential.  Nevertheless, and despite the bump in the road in the form of a COVID-related Chapter 11 filing in 2020, LATAM has managed to consolidate its position as one of the world’s largest airline groups. In 2024, LATAM carried around…

North-Western Cargo International Airlines this month launched 757-200 freighter service from Guangzhou, China, to Dhaka, Bangladesh, expanding connectivity between southern China and South Asia. The Chinese carrier (NWCIA) inaugurated the freighter route on Dec. 11, flying a 2002-vintage 757-200PCF (32942) from Guangzhou (CAN) to Dhaka (DAC) and back. NWCIA will fly between CAN and DAC […] source

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor first entered service in 2005 and is considered the world’s first fifth-generation fighter jet. Twenty years later, the Raptor is still considered to be the world’s most advanced air dominance fighter, although ongoing and future updates of the F-35 Lightning II are narrowing the gap. Whereas most modern fighter jets are built as multirole fighters, the Raptor is specialized as an air dominance fighter. But one of the issues with the Raptor is that the US Air Force wanted to purchase 750 of them, but only purchased 187 examples, of which around 32 are training…

World Star Aviation has delivered the first of two 737-800BCFs to West Atlantic UK, the newest customer the lessor has added to its 737-800BCF portfolio. The 2001-vintage 737-800BCF (29788, ex-AirExplore) departed the Joramco facility in Amman, Jordan (AMM), on Dec. 15 and arrived in East Midlands (EMA) that day. It was also registered in the […] source

The daughter of the United States Department of Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, has called for the Transportation Security Administration be abolished after she faced delays that exceeded 15 minutes to pass through airport security, and further claims that her flight was almost missed because of it (as reported by Katu2ABC). The daughter of Duffy, Evita Duffy-Alfonso, took to X (formerly Twitter) to express her frustration. Evita, who is also pregnant, noted that, due to wanting to avoid radiation exposure from the body scanner, opted for a pat down; however, she believes that the TSA agents were rude, passive-aggressive, and tried…