Tag: PLUNA

• Friday, February 8th 2013 - 00:30 UTC

  Air France returns to Uruguay as of next April with five flights a week

  

  Uruguay seems to be recovering its air connectivity after a rough year that saw the closing down of its flag air carrier Pluna, and the announcement by Spanish airline Iberia that it will cease flights between Montevideo and Madrid as of next April. Iberia is the only European airline currently calling in Uruguay.

• Friday, February 1st 2013 - 23:07 UTC

  Uruguay’s budget deficit soars to 2.8% of GDP; Minister pleads for ‘austerity’

  

  Uruguay’s budget fiscal deficit soared to 1.35 billion dollars or 2.8% of GDP last year, the highest since 2003, propped by energy costs, extraordinary one time payments and support for the recently implemented national health scheme, according to a release from the Ministry of Economy.

• Thursday, December 27th 2012 - 02:38 UTC

  “Uruguay needs leaders in government, not demagogues” says transport businessman

  

  The country “needs leaders in government, not demagogues” said Juan Carlos López Mena a leading businessman of Uruguay’s tourism and transport industry who is also investing heavily in agriculture and an incipient regional airline.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:50 UTC

  Cosmo with no plans in Uruguay; Pluna Bombardiers will be chartered in East Europe

  

  Spanish airline Cosmo which purchased in an auction in Montevideo seven aircraft from Uruguay’s liquidated flag-carrier Pluna said they will be used “to expand the charter flight business in Central and Eastern Europe”, according to an official company communiqué released by the Spanish government news agency EFE.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:39 UTC

  Out of the blue, Spanish charter company purchased Pluna’s seven Bombardier

  

  Out of the blue a Spanish-based air charter company, Cosmo, and seven minutes after the auction had started purchased the seven Bombardier aircraft from Uruguay’s defunct flag carrier Pluna for the base price of 137 million dollars.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 21:22 UTC

  Majority of Uruguayans mistrust President Mujica; support stands at 39%

  

  Mistrust towards Uruguayan president Jose Mujica has again peaked in August and now stands at 52% while those trusting him are 39% with the remaining 8% saying they don’t know or prefer to remain quiet, according to the latest public opinion poll released this week in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2012 - 09:32 UTC

  Mujica support falls to 39%; pot and Mercosur sanctions on Paraguay weighed

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica approval plummeted to 39% in July, the lowest since taking office among other reasons for his plan to de-criminalize marihuana and his handling of the controversy with Argentina, according to the latest public opinion poll made public this week.

• Saturday, July 28th 2012 - 11:05 UTC

  Pluna’s seven Bombardiers to be auctioned next 3 September says government

  

  The Uruguayan government announced it will auction next 3 September the seven Bombardier aircraft from the collapsed flag air-carrier Pluna, which was definitively grounded last July 5, announced Public Works and Transport minister Enrique Pintado.

• Friday, July 6th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Uruguay’s flag carrier Pluna “indefinitely grounded” and most staff redundant

  

  Uruguay’s flagship carrier Pluna said on Thursday that is was “suspending all flights indefinitely” and announced that 720 of the 900 staff would be sent on unemployment pay until a new associate for the company is found or the airline is definitively sold.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 02:53 UTC

  Partly Canadian owned South American airline on the verge of bankruptcy

  

  Uruguay’s bankrupt flagship carrier Pluna decided on Tuesday to cancel all flights during 48 hours following an announcement from the union of a two-day strike to protest working conditions and rumours of 200 redundancies.