Tourism

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:41 UTC

  Coronavirus keeps airline crews quarantined, passengers stranded

  

  Multiple cases of COVID-19 are leaving companies understaffed but when it comes down to airline services it becomes far more notorious because scores of angry passengers fill airports everywhere.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Latam Airlines Colombia cancels 53 flights due to COVID-19

  

  With 18% of its crews on sick leave due to COVID-19, Latam Airlines Colombia has been forced to cancel some 53 domestic flights between Jan. 8 and 16. Most of the cases were said to be of the Omicron variant.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:22 UTC

  German cruise to Canary Islands interrupted in Portugal because of Covid outbreak

  

  Some 3,000 passengers saw their Canary Islands-bound cruise definitively halted on Monday in Lisbon following an outbreak of Covid 19 in the AIDAnova vessel. At least 64 people tested positive for the virus while on the ship, which is owned by the German company Aida Cruises.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Brazil's Sanitary regulator strongly recommends suspending the cruise season: Covid-19 in several vessels

  

  Brazil's National Sanitary Surveillance Agency, ANVISA has advised the suspension of the cruise season because of several covid-19 outbreaks onboard pleasure vessels sailing along the Brazilian coast.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentine gov't and tourism service providers agree to keep prices stable

  

  The Government of Argentina Tuesday announced an agreement had been reached to keep prices frozen for the 2022 of all items related to tourism for the 2022 summer season.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Latam applies for Sao Paulo/MPA flights to begin 9 February, Aeroin

  

  LATAM Airlines has submitted to Brazil's National Civilian Aviation Agency its flight schedule for the Sao Paulo/Falkland Islands commercial air link resumption, allegedly scheduled for next 9 February, according to Brazilian air industry site, Aeroin.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Airlines cancel about 4,500 flights worldwide due to Omicron variant

  

  Some 4,500 commercial flights have been canceled or rescheduled over the weekend worldwide as crews were affected by the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which left airlines short of staff to handle the sudden crisis.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Eastern cancellations leave hundreds of Paraguayans stranded in Miami

  

  Some 300 Paraguayan nationals who were stranded in Miami after Eastern Airlines canceled its Dec. 18 and 21 flights to Asuncion will be arriving shortly before midnight Friday, it was announced.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 08:24 UTC

  UK the second top market for Argentine wines

  

  Argentina's Grape and Wine Growing Institute, INV, reported that in November the sale overseas of fractioned wine climbed 21% over a year ago, reaching 200.336 hectoliters, representing 75,3 million dollars. The United States is the main client followed closely by the United Kingdom.

• Friday, December 17th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Air Canada returns to Argentina after pandemic restrictions

  

  Air Canada has resumed regular operations to / from Argentina with four weekly frequencies serving Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Montreal, via São Paulo (Brazil), using Boeing 787-9 aircraft.