Jack Wittman joined Air Transport World as Managing Editor in 2018.
He began his career as a journalist in the US Army, where he attended the Defense Information School. He later worked as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers in upstate New York before joining the Gannett Government Media Corp. in Virginia. At GGMC he served for 20 years as an editor for several publications, including Air Force Times, Marine Corps Times, Armed Forces Journal, C4ISR Journal and Training & Simulation Journal. Before joining ATW he worked as the associate editor of AIAA’s Aerospace America magazine.
LATAM Airlines Group, buffeted by rising fuel costs and weak currencies, saw its net income decline by 67% to $52.9 million for the third quarter (3Q), compared with the same period last year.
Infrastructure improvements, tax and fee cuts, and regulation reform in Colombia would increase the airline industry’s economic benefits to the country, IATA officials said at the Aviation Day conference in Bogota.
With a rise in global airline passenger traffic fueling a demand for new pilots, flight-simulator and training supplier CAE expects continued market growth, the company said as it released its second quarter earnings results.
