Stories for October 2007

Thursday, October 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
First commercial flight of A380 with 455 pax, a complete success

The world's largest jetliner made aviation history Thursday, completing its first commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney with 455 passengers, some of them ensconced in luxury suites and double beds.
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Twenty leaders confirmed for the IberoAmerican summit

Twenty leaders of Ibero-America will be participating in the coming XVII Ibero-American summit scheduled for next November 8/10 in Santiago announced Chilean Foreign Secretary Alejandro Foxley on Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Three expeditions to assert Chile's Antarctic commitment

Three Chilean expeditions with strong political emphasis are ready to land in Antarctica before the end of the year with the purpose of asserting Chilean sovereignty following on the Foreign Office's off-Antarctica territory claim.
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina has average cheaper domestic and regional air rates

Argentina has the lowest domestic air rates in Latinamerica and the Caribbean according to the latest report from American Express Business Travel Monitor released this week. Argentina's air rates are also among the cheapest in the “inter-regional” and international flights to United States and Europe says the report which monitored rates during the first six months of this year.
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
China became last August world's leading exporter

China last August became the world's leading exporter overtaking Germany, according to information from the World Trade Organization. China's exports totaled 111.4 billion US dollars and the until that moment leader, 105.8 billion.
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Lack of water conditions future of Chile's mining industry

Sergio Gonzalez, one of four Chileans working with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warned this week that the economic future of Chile's mining industry cannot be sustained unless the nation deals seriously with its growing water shortage.
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: British reservists re-live Royal Marine history

ONE hundred Royal Marine reservists exercising in the Falklands have paid tribute to victims of the 1982 War and attended a reception in their honour hosted by the His Excellency the Governor Alan Huckle.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Seminar on climate change challenges for Chilean fisheries

The abundance of cuttlefish along the Chilean coast and the constant threat to hake and other commercial marine species are some of the possible consequences of global climate change mentioned in a recent scientific gathering held Santiago.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Successful LAN business plan exceeds expectations

LAN Chile officials disclosed this week that its plan to increase air traffic by 50 percent through the addition of new daily flights was too low an estimate. Halfway through the plan's implementation – which will run through the end of 2008 –LAN officials now believe that the actual figure will be 65 percent by the time the plan is fully applied.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Former Argentine leader charged with riot killings in 2001

A federal judge charged former Argentine president Fernando de la Rua with five counts of manslaughter Tuesday in connection with bloody street riots in December 2001 when his administration collapsed plunging Argentina to its most serious economic meltdown in recent times.