Tourism

• Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Sudan aircraft had “technical problems” says Aerolineas

  Argentina's flag air carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas last year had the opportunity to charter the Airbus 310 which caught fire in Sudan, killing at least 100 people, but the operation did not advance because of “technical problems” in the aircraft revealed the company in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ezeiza airport readies for 13 million pax and Airbus 380

  Argentina's main international air terminal Ezeiza is to undergo a remodeling program involving 400 million US dollars announced this week the concessionary company which also manages most of the country's main airports

• Wednesday, June 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Explorer's successor, M/S Expedition in Falklands next January

  Canada's GAP Adventures is set to re-launch its polar expedition programme following the purchase of a replacement for the sunken Explorer ship, according to a company release.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar allows norovirus infected cruise visitors to land

  Passengers on board the cruise ship MV Ventura were allowed to visit Gibraltar despite a handful of the passengers being ordered to remain on board because of a recent virus outbreak, according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Disney Magic” cruise pays record Panama Canal toll

  The US cruise ship “Disney Magic” paid a record 331,200 US dollars to cross the Panama Canal. The 295-meter-long cruise owned by a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co, broke the transit record on May 16, the Panama Canal Authority said.

• Thursday, June 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Madonna show next December in Buenos Aires and Chile

  Madonna is coming to Argentina and Chile sometime in December according to reports in the Argentine edition of the Rolling Stones magazine, quoting sources from the record industry in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ushuaia doubling air terminal tourist capacity

  The expansion of the main building of the Ushuaia airport terminal, in Tierra del Fuego, is scheduled to be finished early next year helping to further promote what is rapidly becoming the main industry of Argentina's most southern province.

• Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Significant outlays in Punta Arenas airport concession renewal

  Next July 24 the Chilean Public Works ministry will announce the name of the company that will be awarded the concession of the Punta Arenas airport, in the extreme south of the country, said Juan Francisco Miranda the regional representative for the ministry.

• Saturday, May 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Whales are back in Patagonia and can be seen on internet

  Franca whales are back in Argentine Patagonia, more precisely at Peninsula Valdes and the provincial government of Chubut has resorted to internet video to share whale watching with a world audience.

• Saturday, May 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  TACA passenger jet crashes in Honduras; 5 killed

  A jetliner overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital on Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground. At least 65 people were injured.