Tag: Carrasco airport

Thursday, April 26th 2012 - 01:38 UTC
Port of Montevideo invests heavily in infrastructure for the cruise industry

Uruguay has began works in the extension of a pier in the port of Montevideo to cater the cruise industry which should be ready for the next season 2012/13 when the country will also become a hub for the exchange of passengers.
Monday, November 28th 2011 - 15:27 UTC
Colourful plastic recycled penguins “take over” Carrasco airport in Montevideo

The Belgian artist William Sweetlove (born Oostende, Belgium, 1949) has placed 330 gigantic sculptures with a strong ecological message in the international airport of Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 16:03 UTC
Air traffic in Argentina and Uruguay delayed because of volcanic ash

Commercial flights in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay were cancelled or reprogrammed Tuesday morning because of disruptions caused by the hovering volcanic ash being blown from the Chilean Puyehue which erupted five months ago.
Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 18:42 UTC
As volcanic ash cloud recedes air traffic returning to normal in Argentina and Uruguay

Regular operations have gradually resumed at the main airports of Buenos Aires and in Montevideo’s Carrasco air terminal, where most flights had been cancelled since Sunday due to ash cloud generated from Chile's volcano eruption, authorities said.
Monday, October 17th 2011 - 03:57 UTC
Volcanic ash forces flights’ suspension at Argentina and Uruguay main airports

Argentina and Uruguay suspended flights at major airports Sunday due to dangerous ash from neighbouring Chile's Puyehue volcano, which has disrupted global travel since it erupted earlier this year.
Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 06:43 UTC
Volcanic ash again cancels hundreds of flights in the Southern Cone

Clouds of ash spewing from Chile's Puyehue volcano again grounded flights at airports in Uruguay and Argentina, where a major football tournament is being held. Scores of local and international flights were delayed or cancelled in and out of Buenos Aires, regional airport authority Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 said on its website on Friday.
Monday, June 13th 2011 - 22:40 UTC
River Plate airports with no air traffic until Tuesday morning

A remnant of volcanic ashes spewed by the Chilean volcano Puyehue over a week ago and which continues to hover over the River Plate again interrupted Monday activities in the three main airports, Carrasco in Montevideo and Ezeiza and Aeroparque in the city of Buenos Aires.
Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:04 UTC
Chile’s volcanic eruption devastates regions fishing; threatens cattle and tourism

A week’s ago volcanic eruptions in Chile’s South have crippled the fresh-water fishing industry there and potentially threaten the cattle industry, too.
Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 09:38 UTC
Flights from Buenos Aires and Montevideo airports gradually begin to normalize

As the volcanic ash cloud begun dissipating airlines operating from the airports of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and the south of Brazil resumed some flights Friday afternoon but it will take several days to be back to normal as companies reprogram backlogs.
Friday, June 10th 2011 - 05:55 UTC
The South Cone and Falklands remain under the volcanic ash cloud

Uruguay, most of Argentina, the south of Chile and even the Falkland Islands is the South Atlantic are suffering the consequences of the volcanic ash cloud that remains hovering over the region forcing airlines to cancel flights until further notice.