Tourism

• Friday, December 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Brasil's air system in chaos

  

  Chaos returned to Brazil's airports Thursday, with passengers occupying runways and aircraft to protest delayed and cancelled flights, local media reported. The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) said 44 per cent of Thursday's 1,227 scheduled flights were delayed by more than an hour and more than 40 flights were cancelled.

• Friday, December 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Rockhopper penguin numbers tumble in South Atlantic

  

  Rockhopper penguins, a type featured in the movie “Happy Feet,” have suffered a mysterious 30 percent decline in numbers over five years in their South Atlantic stronghold, conservationists said on Friday.

• Tuesday, December 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  New FIG website: Introduces the Islands as “a dynamic UK Overseas Territory”

  

  THE Falkland Islands Government has launched an updated website -
  www.falklands.gov.fk
  — which provides visitors with a comprehensive overview of today's Falklands.

• Monday, December 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  SAA returns to Argentina amid world expansion

  

  South African Airways (SAA) next July will return to Argentina – a market it stopped serving in 2001 partly due to high-operating costs at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport — with three flights a week, and increase weekly flights to Sao Paulo from seven to 10, to have a dual gateway to South America.

• Saturday, December 16th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Spanish airline Air Madrid suspends all flights

  

  Privately owned carrier Air Madrid suspended all its flights on Friday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded over Christmas and blaming its action on a development ministry threat to suspend its license.

• Saturday, December 16th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  First ever Spanish airliner lands in Gibraltar

  

  An Airbus 319 from Iberia became Saturday December 16 the first ever Spanish airline to fly to Gibraltar signaling an event that after decades of tension Spain, Britain and Gibraltar are finally overcoming a centennial sovereign dispute by concentrating on cooperation and development.

• Thursday, December 14th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Lan confirms discount rates and night flight to Punta Arenas

  

  Lan Chile announced that as of December 18, its special rates system will be made extensive to all itineraries between Santiago and Punta Arenas and Puerto Montt, and the recently introduced test night flights to those cities will become definitive.