Amadeus IT Holding, S.A., a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, reports year-on-year financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2014 (three months ended March 31, 2014). Adjusted profit for the period grew 8.6 percent to €191.3 million.

GOL, the largest, low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces that the antitrust authority (the General Superintendence of the CADE) published today its decision granting unconditional approval for the exclusive long term strategic partnership for commercial cooperation between the Company and Air France-KLM executed on February 19, 2014.

Volaris, the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico and the US, today reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2014. The total number of booked passengers in April 2014 reached 790 thousand, an 18.2% increase compared to the same period in 2013.

European airport trade body, ACI Europe released its traffic results for Q1 across the European airport network. Overall, passenger traffic at Europe’s airports reported a healthy increase of +4.6% compared to Q1 2013.

Mexico plans to invest 180 billion pesos ($13.8 billion USD) in tourism infrastructure to turn the country into a global power in the industry, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced during the Tianguis Turístico Cancún 2014.

David Evans, who assumed leadership duties on April 22, 2014, acknowledged taxes are important to reinvest in aviation infrastructure, but he would like to see governments fully examine the overall economic and social impact of LIAT.