Tourism

• Wednesday, April 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Safety: American Airlines cancels 500 flights

  

  American Airlines expects to cancel more flights on Wednesday after cancelling about 500 on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' cruise season new record: 67.700 visitors

  

  CRUISE ship tourism in the Falkland Islands has increased by a massive 32%.

• Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Bs As. received 185.000 cruise visitors this season

  Royal Caribbean “Splendour of the Seas” with 800 passengers and a crew of 760 left Buenos Aires this week officially ending another successful cruise season which attracted 185.000 visitors who spent an estimated 110 million US dollars in Argentina's capital.

• Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Darwin guesthouse, linked to Falklands' history is for sale

  

  A FALKLANDS guesthouse, situated less than fifteen minutes walk from the site where the bloody battle for Goose Green took place in 1982, is on the market.

• Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Heathrow “chaos” T5 cost B Airways loss of 2.8% pax in March

  The London Heathrow airport Terminal 5 debacle hit British Airways' monthly passenger figures for March 2008. Despite the benefit of an early Easter, BA carried just fewer than 2.72 million passengers last month, a 2.8% dip on the March 2007 total according to reports in the British press.

• Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctica tour operators meeting in Punta del Este

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATA, will be holding its19th Annual General Meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay from April 28 to May first. The changing industry and challenges, particularly environmental and safety will figure top of the agenda.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Latam air accident rate double world average claims IATA

  

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on Monday for the Latin American aviation industry to redouble its efforts to drive down the accident rate in the region and better coordinate safety regulations.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile receives less than 30% of S America cruises

  

  Chile receives 2% of the world's cruise tourists, according to a report port experts presented this week to Chile's System of Public Companies (SEP). The researchers recommended Chile take action in order to attract more cruisers to the country's shores.

• Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  British Airways £4.5 billion Chaos Terminal in Heathrow

  

  British Airways' passengers are this morning waking up to news that 54 flights at Heathrow's Terminal Five have been cancelled, with the airline admitting it could not predict when the crisis would end.

• Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Environmentalist call for curb on Antarctic shipping

  

  Environmental campaigners are calling for greater restrictions on shipping around Antarctica in order to prevent damage to its unique ecosystems.