Arajet, COO, Garret Malone at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Latin America & Caribbean 2026
Arajet, COO, Garret Malone spoke to CAPA TV at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Latin America & Caribbean 2026, hosted in Panama City, about latest industry trends and company developments.
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Transcript
Garret Malone:So like we've been pleasantly surprised by demand. We grew 50% this year on an ASK basis, and we were projecting to grow 60% next year. Again, new aircraft are coming on board. On a fuel side, we are somewhat protected because our aircraft is a 737 MAX, one of the more efficient technology platforms out there. But at the same time, need people to be able to. Pay for that. So we are still confident going forward. As you've seen a lot of people here speaking during the conferences, they've been able to push through quite a substantial part of the fuel increase. And again, since pandemic, we're still below pre-pandemic pricing, but people have more appetite to spend. So we're pleasantly confident going forward. Yeah, it's a very versatile aircraft. We're currently flying it on routes direct from Punta Cana to Buenos Aires and opening in March to Uruguay. There are flights over 8 hours. Obviously, it's slightly payload restricted at that range, so that's allowed us to offer kind of a premium product on those with seat blockers. And again, we're flying routes of 20 minutes to Puerto Rico and then 40 to Aruba and Curaçao. So it's a very versatile aircraft. We're very happy with the platform. Thank you.
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