What's Next for South America's Airlines?

What's Next for South America's Airlines?

April 2021
17 min read
Madhu Unnikrishnan

Issue Overview

The airline industry in Latin America and the Caribbean is in a tough spot. Some of its largest players are in the bankruptcy process, and some have stopped flying altogether, and the ones that remain are finding the region's patchwork quilt of travel restrictions tough to plan around. Some countries, like Mexico, are completely open. Others, like Chile, are shutting down again. And meanwhile, the coronavirus has shown it's not close to done, with a worrisome new surge of infections and deaths in Brazil. We take a look at the region in this week's Feature Story.