Tag: Ezeiza airport

• Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Ambitious expansion for Argentine international Ezeiza airport

  

  The Argentine government has announced it plans to invest 15 billion Argentine Pesos (some US$ 750 million) in an ambitious expansion of the country's main international airport, Ezeiza, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires city.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 10:17 UTC

  Ezeiza airport shortlisted for 'domestic' gateway into the U.S.

  

  Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport was shortlisted by the Department of Homeland Security of the United States along with ten other terminals in the world to be of “assessed preference” in the preclearance program.

• Saturday, April 25th 2015 - 05:58 UTC

  Volcano ashes fog Buenos Aires and blanket several Patagonian provinces

  

  The eruption of Chile’s Calbuco volcano has resulted in a cloud of ash beginning to spread on Friday into the City of Buenos Aires while the alert in southern cities of Argentina remains.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 06:23 UTC

  British Airways cuts weekly London/Buenos Aires direct flights to five a week

  

  British Airways will be eliminating two direct flights between Buenos Aires and London beginning 31 March 2015, meaning the weekly schedule will be cut from seven to five flights, mainly because of a drop in the number of passengers.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 07:57 UTC

  Argentina complains South African Airways decision to cut the Buenos Aires route

  

  Argentina's ambassador to South Africa, Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, has criticized South African Airways’ (SAA’s) move to end its service to Buenos Aires as a “political decision” not based on commercial criteria. SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali said the airline was cutting long-haul routes from its network as part of a turnaround strategy to restore profitability. Cutting the route between Argentina and South Africa had to be seen in that context.

• Thursday, July 25th 2013 - 02:25 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas announces daily flights to New York after five years of absence

  

  Argentina’s state-run airline and flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas announced this week it will resume its direct flights to New York that were terminated five years ago. On December 15, the company will be offering a daily flight from Ezeiza airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy airport.

• Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 23:18 UTC

  International tourism reaches a billion and the industry celebrates

  

  One billion tourists have traveled the world in 2012, marking a new record for international tourism – a sector that accounts for one in every 12 jobs and 30% of the world’s services exports. On the symbolic arrival date of the one-billionth tourist, 13 December 2012, UNWTO revealed the actions tourists can take to ensure their trips benefit the people and places they visit, as voted by the public.

• Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 23:16 UTC

  United Airlines inaugurates daily non-stop service between Newark and Buenos Aires

  

  United Airlines will begin daily non-stop service between its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Buenos Aires, Argentina's, Ministro Pistarini (Ezeiza) International Airport on April 6.

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 22:38 UTC

  Argentina wants to review 1999 accord with Aerolineas direct flights Buenos Aires/Falklands

  

  President Cristina Fernandez said Argentina will seek to re-negotiate the 1999 accord with the UK which allows for a weekly flight connecting the Falklands Islands and Chile, and replace it with three schedules a week but from Buenos Aires and in the country’s flag carrier, Aerolineas Argentinas.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2011 - 14:28 UTC

  Argentina’s main airports activity back to normal, except for Aerolineas

  

  Argentina’s flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas flights were still backed up Wednesday morning, due the weekend’s union conflicts, in addition to the volcanic ash cloud spewed by Chile’s Pueyhue volcano last week.