Dear Colleagues,
Globally, 2024 is being hailed as the ‘year of elections’, with over 60 countries set to conduct polls. The Americas will be in the spotlight, with presidential elections slated in the Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, and Uruguay. Venezuela is also anticipated to join the list, although the election date remains unconfirmed. Meanwhile, countries like Brazil and Chile will be holding municipal elections. And in November, the United States will likely see a rematch of the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. El Salvador has already re-elected President Nayib Bukele with a landslide victory. The results were widely expected in a country where Bukele enjoys immense popularity.
Other countries remain uncertain, specifically in Mexico where elections will take place this June between the front-runner Claudia Sheinbaum from the MORENA Party (the party of current President Lopez Obrador) & former Mayor of Mexico City, and Xóchitl Gálvez, former Senator of the Congress. While recent polls favor Mrs. Sheinbaum, Mrs. Gálvez has been slowly shortening the gap. IATA had the opportunity to meet with Mrs. Gálvez to discuss air transport’s priorities and challenges in Mexico. She understands the benefits that aviation brings to the country and was very receptive to our concerns and wiliness to work collaboratively. It is clear that the Mexico City airports will be her top aviation priority if she wins the election. We will also meet with front-runner Mrs. Sheinbaum in the coming weeks to ensure aviation is viewed as a business partner and enabler of economic growth and social development.
We will continue to actively seek meetings with the presidential candidates and their teams across the region and establish a collaborative working relationship with the objective of ensuring aviation is a priority and high on the government’s agenda. To do so, we are producing a variety of economic reports and I will make sure to share these materials consistently in case they are useful in your own advocacy efforts.
I am also pleased to share the first three IATA events of 2024 in the Americas: First, the World Legal Symposium in Vancouver, Canada from February 21-23. Then an Aviation Day for Argentina in Buenos Aires on April 4 to create a joint industry agenda with the new government. A week later, we will hold the Wings of Change Americas Conference in Santiago, Chile, on April 10 and 11 with a regional focus to address the challenges and opportunities for air transport in the Americas. Please feel free to reach out to my team for further details and event information.
As usual, please find below IATA’s most recent activities to start off the new year across the Americas. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for further action. We look forward to another year of collaboration. Thank you for your support.
Best regards,
Peter Cerdá
IATA’s Regional Vice President, The Americas
Americas Focus: Archive
2024: 01-2023 (pdf)
2023: 01-2023 (pdf) 02-2023 (pdf) 03-2023 (pdf) 04-2023 (pdf) 05-2023 (pdf) 06-2023 (pdf) 07-2023 (pdf) 08-2023 (pdf)
2022: 01-2022 (pdf) 02-2022 (pdf) 03-22 (pdf) 04-22 (pdf) 05-22 (pdf) 06-22 (pdf)
2021: 01-2021 (pdf) 02-2021 (pdf) 03-2021 (pdf) 04-2021 (pdf) 05-2021 (pdf) 06-2021 (pdf) 07-2021 (pdf)
2020: 01-2020 (pdf) 02-2020 (pdf) 03-2020 (pdf)
2019: Jan 2019 (pdf) Feb 2019 (pdf) May 2019 (pdf) #04 Version (pdf) #05 Version (pdf) #06 Version (pdf)
2018: Jan 2018 (pdf) Feb 2018 (pdf) Mar 2018 (pdf) Apr 2018 (pdf) May 2018 (pdf) Jun 2018 (pdf)
Jul 2018 (pdf) Aug-Sep 2018 (pdf) Oct-Nov 2018 (pdf) Summary 2018 (pdf)
2017: Q4 2017 (pdf) Q3 2017 (pdf) Q2 2017 (pdf) Q1 2017 (pdf)