Tag: Punta Arenas

Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:14 UTC
LAN celebrating 70 years of air connectivity with Punta Arenas

Chile's flag carrier Lan is celebrating this week the seven decades of its first commercial flight between Santiago and Punta Arenas, extreme south of the country, opening the region to closer trade, tourism and investment opportunities. Actually Lan in the thirties and forties, when the company was first starting did in effect make regional flights from Punta Arenas to nearby places mostly on rough landing strips.
Thursday, February 11th 2016 - 05:22 UTC
Magallanes enjoying an unexpected excellent cruise season

Chile anticipates a 30% increase in cruise activity in the extreme south of the country, mainly Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, announced Lorena Araya, head of Magallanes region National Tourism Service, Sernatur.
Saturday, January 30th 2016 - 11:29 UTC
Falklands/Chile weekly flight: LAN interested in having a larger aircraft

An indication of interest has been forthcoming from Chile's flag carrier LAN in relation to bringing in a larger aircraft to cope with the volume of passengers and freight to the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:37 UTC
Chilean Army clearing Magallanes region of anti personnel mines

The Chilean Army is involved in anti personnel-mine sweeping operations in the Magallanes region, north of Punta Arenas, as part of the country's commitment to have the region free of all mines by 2020 thus complying with the Ottawa convention.
Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:14 UTC
Shackleton Solo Expeditioner dies in Punta Arenas hospital

Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, ALE, reports with great sadness the death of polar expeditioner Henry Worsley at a hospital in Punta Arenas, Chile, after complications caused by bacterial peritonitis. Henry returned from Antarctica on January 23 after nearly completing his Shackleton Solo Expedition.
Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:46 UTC
UK government chief scientist in Chile to attend congress on education and science

Sir Mark Walport, the British Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Science and Engineering Profession, arrived in Chile on 21 January. He has been invited by the Chilean Senate to participate in the Futures Congress, in which national and international scientists, analysts and thinkers, analyze the most significant issues, challenges and achievements in the world of science.
Monday, November 2nd 2015 - 08:07 UTC
US Navy Carrier Strike Group 9 anchored off Punta Arenas for Unitas exercises

The United States Carrier Strike Group 9 which is participating in a series of 'Unitas' exercises with different Latin American and Pacific countries, anchored off Punta Arenas and is scheduled to leave on Monday for Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, according to reports from the extreme south Chilean city port.
Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 07:50 UTC
Punta Arenas low-cost fares competition between Lan and Sky Airlines

Following on Chilean low cost carrier, Sky Airlines, announcement of twelve destinations with cheap flight tickets, including the Santiago/Punta Arenas leg, Lan Chile made a similar presentation on Tuesday of a new set of promotions.
Saturday, August 22nd 2015 - 01:48 UTC
Magallanes warns of minus 10 Celsius temperatures this weekend

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile must prepare for a weekend of freezing below zero temperatures announced the regional meteorological office. In the early mornings of Saturday and Sunday, the thermometer is expected to register 10 Celsius below zero, with the wind factor even lower.
Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 08:08 UTC
Unemployment in Magallanes drops slightly to 3.8% in April/June quarter

Unemployment in Magallanes region, extreme south of Chile, was 3.8% in the second quarter of the year, which represents a 1.5 percentage point increase over the last twelve months despite a slight fall of 0.2 percentage point compared to the previous quarter (March/May) of 2015, according to the latest release from the INE stats office.