Tag: Punta Arenas

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Latam to double Santiago/Punta Arenas flights to cope with greater demand

  

  Latam should be almost doubling the number of flights between Santiago and Punta Arenas in coming weeks, according to the company following a meeting with local and central Chile authorities, complaining about insufficient seats and increasing ticket rates.

• Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Aerovías DAP to up flights to Antarctica by 30%

  

  The Punta Arena-based Chilean carrier Aerovías DAP plans to operate over 150 flights to Antarctica between November 2022 and March of 2023, an increase of 30% over last summer, it was announced.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Salmon farming industry fights back in Magallanes despite president Boric's intended policy

  

  “Salmon farming industries must move out of protected areas” was the controversial phrase from Chilean president Gabriel Boric during his latest visit to Magallanes region, the extreme south of the country.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Chile opens bid process for the International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas

  

  Five domestic and international construction companies are among the short list chosen by Chile's Public Works Ministry to participate in the bid to build the International Antarctic Center, CAI, in Punta Arenas, for which there is a budget of some 70 million dollars.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Face masks again become mandatory in Punta Arenas because of Covid and respiratory viruses

  

  Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, southern Chile, have again reinstated the mandatory use of face masks in closed spaces and in open places where people can't keep a physical distance of at least one meter. Likewise massive events will have a maximum presence of 10,000 people with face masks, and there will also be limits to the Mobility Pass, unless space allows a one meter distance minimum.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Punta Arenas looking ahead to a recovered 2022/23 cruise season with 150 calls

  

  After almost three disastrous years for the international tourism industry and in particular, for the cruise business, Chilean operators are focused on the coming 2022/23 season, point out industry sources in Punta Arenas, the extreme south of Chile, and a hub for Antarctic tours.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Resumption of Chile/Falklands air link, a “historic event”, says Argentine official Carmona

  

  “A historic event” is how Guillermo Carmona, the Argentine Secretary for Malvinas, South Atlantic islands, and Antarctica affairs described the confirmed resumption of the weekly air link between Punta Arenas in Chile and the Falkland Islands, with a monthly stop over at Rio Gallegos in Santa Cruz province.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Commercial air link Falklands/Chile scheduled to resume 2nd July. Ticket booking begins

  

  Following the announcement made on 7 April 2022, the air link between the Falkland Islands and Chile will resume on Saturday 2 July 2022. LATAM flight schedules will be reinstated with flights stopping in Punta Arenas and Santiago, and once a month stopping in Rio Gallegos.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Chile plans to build Antarctic center in Punta Arenas

  

  The Government of Chile has called out for bids to build what will be known as the International Antarctic Center (CAI) in Punta Arenas, it was abbounced in Santiago. The US$-80-million development is expected to foster research on Antarctic matters to position that location as the country's main gateway to Antarctica.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Punta Arenas satisfied with 2021/22 cruise season, “we successfully managed to re launch activities”

  

  Next Tuesday a cruise vessel will be calling at Puerto Williams in Chile officially marking the end of the 2021/22 cruise season in that country, which local authorities from Punta Arenas consider very satisfactory, given the activity generated since November 2021, after 18 months of pandemic restrictions.