Caribbean Airlines, CCO, Martin Aeberli at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Latin America & Caribbean 2024
Caribbean Airlines, CCO, Martin Aeberli spoke to CAPA TV at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Latin America & Caribbean 2024, in Trinidad & Tobago, about latest industry trends and company developments.
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Transcript
Martin Aeberli:We had a very good year in 2023, and what we see now in 2024 is demand is holding up. It's good. We are very happy how the year started. We see a little bit of pressure when it comes to the yields. Yeah, it's not exactly anymore as it was a year ago. But generally with the demand, we see that our network is delivering still quite good results here. We definitely plan for growth, and we have communicated that earlier already. So we will add airplanes to our fleet. Regional jets are in discussion, 737s. We see the potential in the region and we see the potential to expand our network. So that's definitely a topic that expansion is on our agenda. We believe the region itself, the Caribbean itself, has a good potential. We have a lot of destinations which we serve today 3, 4 times a week. So there is potential to improve the product, fly more to those destinations. And then we see another area of where we can grow into is, of course, South America. We currently do not serve South America yet. Yeah, we have Guyana, we have Suriname, but there are more opportunities in South America. That, on the other hand, then will provide connectivity into our North America flights. Actually quite exciting opportunities which we have.
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