Editing Commercial aviation (section)

=== Latin America ===

==== Pre-war ====
Inspired by the major players such as the [[United States]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[Russia]], [[France]] and Britain in the aviation industry{{Clarify|reason=What was inspired by these?|date=September 2022}}. In the 1910s, [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]] were among the first Latin American countries to possess the instruments of aircraft that were not all locally made, yet the aircraft was locally congregated.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=De La Pedraja|first=Rene|title=The Influence of Airpower upon History|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2013|pages=145–176}}</ref> At that time, many individuals were interested to be pilots in Latin American countries, yet there were not sufficient resources and funding to support and promote the best interests of the aviation industry.<ref name=":0" /> Amidst these obstacles, Argentina and the [[Dominican Republic]] made efforts in creating jet aviation rather than creating and using propeller planes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/postwwii.html|title=Post WWII Highlights in Latin America Aviation History|website=smithsonianeducation.org|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-date=2008-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703160902/http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/postwwii.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1944, the [[Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation]] attended by all Latin American countries except Argentina drafted the clauses of aviation law.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Bogolasky|first=Jose C.|title=Air Transport in Latin America: The Expanding Role of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission|url=https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2209&context=jalc|journal=Journal of Air Law and Commerce|volume=44|pages=75–107|access-date=2020-04-08|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118203820/https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2209&context=jalc|url-status=live}}</ref> The introduction of the [[Fighter aircraft|jet fighter]] [[Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star|F-80]] by the US in 1945 pushed the Latin American countries even further away from development of aviation industry because it was simply expensive to recreate the sophisticated technology of F-80.<ref name=":0" />

==== Post-war ====
The Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC) was formed in December 1973 "intended to provide civil aviation authorities in the region with an adequate framework for cooperation and coordination of activities related to civil aviation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://internationalbrazilairshow.com.br/en/clac/|title=Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC)|website=IBAS|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123162448/https://internationalbrazilairshow.com.br/en/clac/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1976, about seven percent of the world logged in the Latin American and Caribbean region.<ref name=":1" /> This contributed to the increase of average annual rate of air traffic.<ref name=":1" /> Subsequently, higher passenger load factor decided the profitability of these airlines.

According to C. Bogolasky, airline pooling agreements between Latin American airlines contributed to better financial performance of the airlines. The economic problems related to the "airline capacity regulation, regulation of non-scheduled operations, tariff enforcement, high operating costs, passenger and cargo rates."<ref name=":1" />