Jamaica ‘s air traffic split: passenger traffic falls while overflights continue to rise
Jamaica’s aviation sector delivered a mixed performance in the first quarter of 2026, with commercial traffic indicators pointing downward even as the country’s airspace became increasingly busy. Passenger movements fell sharply, aircraft movements declined and air cargo volumes softened. Yet overflight traffic through the Jamaica Flight Information Region (FIR) continued to grow, underlining the country’s […]
Latin America’s peak season is becoming a supply chain stress test
The second half of the year is shaping up to be one of the most demanding periods for supply chains across Latin America and the Caribbean. What was once viewed as a relatively predictable seasonal increase in cargo volumes is increasingly becoming a convergence of demand peaks, weather-related disruptions and mounting pressure on logistics networks. […]
When Caribbean Airports Compete Rather Than Connect
Montego Bay and Aruba share 85% of their extra-Caribbean network. Punta Cana and Montego Bay, 83%. Nassau and Bridgetown, 85%. The NACO/ACI-LAC study released in March 2026 introduces an original indicator — the Route Network Overlap Index — that exposes head-to-head competition between Caribbean hubs to capture the same North American flow. A decoding. With […]