Tag: Latam Airlines Group

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 08:10 UTC

  Falklands second commercial air link: “Flight route is done deal” believes Tim Miller

  

  The following was published in the Penguin News, “Your Letters” section in response to the Falklands government last week’s release titled “Progress made towards establishing a second commercial Falkland Islands air link”

• Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 02:06 UTC

  Falklands' second weekly commercial air link talks take off, and should crystallize by next October

  

  The United Kingdom and Argentina, following on the September 2016 joint communiqué to establish additional air links with the Falkland Islands, jointly announced on Friday that third country airlines interested in such operations will be contacted. It is expected that by the end of February the commercial process will be initiated, led by the Falkland Islands, and sometime next October the new weekly air link, with a monthly call in Argentina, will become operational.

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 05:04 UTC

  Pope marries two flight attendants from Chile's flagship en route to Iquique

  

  Pope Francis celebrated the first-ever airborne papal wedding on Thursday, marrying two flight attendants from Chile’s flagship airline at 36,000 feet during a flight from Santiago.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 06:29 UTC

  LATAM non-stop flights between Santiago de Chile and Melbourne

  

  LATAM launched on 5 October non-stop flights between Melbourne and Santiago. The route will offer the only direct connection between Melbourne and Latin America and see three flights per week on a Boeing 787-9.

• Friday, June 30th 2017 - 03:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Tourists spending more shows survey

  

  Visitor expenditure in the Falklands increased from both land-based tourists and cruise passengers last season. With all the figures from Immigration now in, and the cruise and air surveys analysed, the Tourist Board has a good picture of how last season performed they told Penguin News.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 21:56 UTC

  Brazil to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and farm land

  

  President Michel Temer will propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and agricultural land in Brazil as he strives to pull the economy out of a two-year recession, government sources said on Monday.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2016 - 11:28 UTC

  LATAM Airlines to launch its longest nonstop flight ever between Santiago and Melbourne

  

  LATAM Airlines Group today announced it will operate a new, non-stop service between Santiago and Melbourne, Australia, from 5 October 2017. The westbound Santiago-Melbourne leg – measuring more than 11,000 km in distance with a flight time of approximately 15 hours – will become the longest non-stop flight in LATAM´s history.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 07:59 UTC

  Latam/BA/Iberia deal questioned by Brazil´s competition regulator

  

  Brazil's competition regulator Cade said on Monday that a deal between LATAM Airlines LAN.SN, British Airways and Iberia could have a negative impact on routes between Brazil and Europe. Chile-headquartered LATAM signed joint business agreements in January to deepen its ties with American Airlines Group and IAG's British Airways and Iberia, all members of the Oneworld Alliance.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 14:20 UTC

  Falklands in short supply of fresh produce, because of changes in Chilean Customs procedures

  

  Falkland Islanders has been warned that fresh produce may be in short supply for some time to come due to changes in the Chilean Customs' procedures. Stanley Growers owner Tim Miller said that a large order for fruit and vegetables was not shipped from Santiago last week, as Customs officials at Punta Arenas insisted for the first time that LATAM airline provide them, in advance, with exact weight and contents of the cargo.

• Saturday, September 24th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  Latam modifies ownership structure before the entrance of Qatar airlines

  

  The Amaro family from Brazil, one of the main controllers of LATAM Airlines, sold a 6.47% stake in the regional carrier on Friday on the Santiago stock exchange for some US$296 million, as part of a strategy to modify the company's ownership structure.