Tag: Punta Arenas airport

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands/Sao Paulo weekly air link details uploaded in LATAM's website

  

  Flight details of the new air link of the Falkland Islands with the South American continent, Sao Paulo in Brazil, were uploaded to the LATAM website on Wednesday. After a hiccup in the loading which suggested prices were in the £1000s the computerization was completed and a more attractive price was shown to be available.

• Friday, October 14th 2016 - 05:48 UTC

  Falklands considers air link with Brazil including a monthly stopover in Argentina

  

  “Is a monthly stopover in Argentina too high a price to pay for a direct weekly flight to Sao Paulo, the biggest flight hub in South America,” is the question we all have to ask ourselves, said lawmaker MLA Mike Summers this week as he set out the situation and options available to progress and develop the Falkland Islands’ economy.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2016 - 05:33 UTC

  Punta Arenas airport plans to double passengers' terminal area and commercial aircraft capacity

  

  Punta Arenas airport is planning to double the area of the passengers' terminal and increase the number of jet bridges from three to five, as part of a major expansion program given the increase in annual commercial traffic at the President Carlos Ibañez del Campo Airport, which has been double the Chilean average.