MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[British Airways restores non-stop London-Buenos Aires flights and adds a daily Santiago service]]> According to the airline, it will be the only non-stop flight between London and Buenos Aires British Airways will operate a daily non-stop flight between London Heathrow and Buenos Aires from March 28, 2027, continuing on to Santiago, Chile. A direct route between the British and Argentine capitals has not operated since October 2023.

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:31:00 GMT <![CDATA[UK agrees £190m Airbus deal to boost RAF's strategic airlift fleet of A400M Atlas]]> The British Forces South Atlantic Islands command utilizes the A400M's long-range capabilities to secure and monitor the remote British Overseas Territory. The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a £190m contract extension with Airbus to deliver a 30% improvement in the availability of the Royal Air Force's tactical and strategic airlift fleet.

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:08:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands Chamber of Commerce backs the Punta Arenas route despite Argentine warnings]]> “Now we need to see this continue and see the ship at sea heading to the islands, and then we can start to talk about it being a success. Success comes when the goods arrive,” Summers said The president of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce, Mike Summers, has defended reopening trade with Chile's Magallanes region despite Argentina's campaign against economic activity linked to the archipelago, and warned that this week's business meeting in Punta Arenas will only be a success once cargo starts crossing the sea.

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:19:00 GMT <![CDATA[Stanley Harbour begins three months of dredging at its energy dock]]> The aim is to create a deeper approach channel and a berthing pocket at the facility, previously known as the Temporary Dock Facility The Falkland Islands Government will begin dredging the approach channel and a berthing pocket at the Energy Dock Facility in Stanley Harbour on Monday, October 5, in works expected to last about three months, according to a notice to mariners issued by the harbour master.

]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:52:00 GMT <![CDATA[Latin American airports will need US$178 billion to nearly double their traffic]]> The organisation also argued that airport charges, set by each country's regulators rather than by the airports themselves, account for a small share of airline costs Airports in Latin America and the Caribbean will require investment of around US$178 billion over the next thirty years to handle demand that would rise from 809 million passengers this year to around 1.5 billion in 2045, according to projections presented in Lima at the annual assembly of Airports Council International.

]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Five shipping lines warn Uruguay the port dispute is damaging its international standing]]> The companies describe a situation of “extreme uncertainty and paralysis” at the specialised container terminal and say that so far in 2026 there have been “more than 35 days of” disruption Five of the main shipping lines operating at the port of Montevideo have warned the Uruguayan government that the labour dispute at the Terminal Cuenca del Plata is causing "severe economic and commercial harm" and has "severely damaged Uruguay's international prestige", in a letter addressed to six ministers.

]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:17:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Falklands economic development agency appoints Josh Smith as managing director]]> According to FIDC, Smith has built an international career over two decades, holding senior leadership positions in the UK Civil Service and previously working in Canada, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia The Falkland Islands Development Corporation, the archipelago's economic development agency, announced on Friday the appointment of Josh Smith as its new managing director, subject to final relocation arrangements. He will succeed Zachary Franklin, who will conclude his tenure in December.

]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:35:00 GMT <![CDATA[Iceland Foods to open first UK high street store in the Falklands in December]]> Iceland Foods operates more than 950 stores in the United Kingdom, including its The Food Warehouse format. British frozen food chain Iceland Foods announced Thursday that it has completed a deal to open a store in Stanley, the capital of the Falklands, in what the company describes as the first UK high street retail brand to establish itself in the archipelago.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Anthropic researcher resigns, warning that AI "could kill us all" before the decade ends]]> The company's alignment science lead backs the warning and puts the odds of catastrophe over the next ten years above 10% Jacob Coxon, a model pretraining researcher at Anthropic, announced his resignation on Tuesday, accusing the company and OpenAI, where he also worked, of "not acting responsibly" and of "gambling with our lives" in the race to build artificial intelligence systems capable of improving themselves.

]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:28:00 GMT <![CDATA[Jaguar-Land Rover will cut 4.000 jobs to compete with Chinese electric carmakers]]> Falkland Islands are considered the land of the ‘Landy’ Rover Jaguar Land Rover announced on Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs across its global workforce as it tries to cut costs and compete with Chinese electric carmakers. Britain’s biggest automaker said the job cuts will take place over the next two years as it targets 1.7 billion pounds (US$2.3 billion) in savings to make it more competitive as the industry transitions to electrification.

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