Tag: Carrasco airport

• 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.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 14:19 UTC

  Montevideo and Buenos Aires flights cancelled as ash cloud remains over the area

  

  Flights from Uruguay’s main international airport Carrasco and from Buenos Aires busiest air terminals have been cancelled Thursday until further notice because of the volcanic ash cloud which again is hovering over the River Plate as winds have changed.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:37 UTC

  Air traffic in Buenos Aires and Montevideo returns to normal as ash cloud disperses

  

  Argentina’s Civil Aviation agency (ANAC) and the Secretariat of Transport announced that the Ezeiza and Aeroparque airports are “now open and operating normally” as the ash cloud spewed by Chile’s Puyehue volcano late Tuesday seemed to be moving away from the Buenos Aires City and part of the River Plate area.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  Airlines suspend flights from Uruguay, fearing the volcanic ash cloud

  

  Flights from Uruguay’s Carrasco international airport were suspended on Tuesday until further notice because of the proximity of Chile’s Puyehue volcano ash cloud that on Monday forced similar decisions for Buenos Aires City main international and domestic air terminals.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 - 08:06 UTC

  Buenos Aires main airports cancel all flights as communications system collapses

  

  Flights began to be resumed late Monday in Argentina’s two main airports after they had to be cancelled due to technical problems with the Control Tower system.