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Montevideo, May 15th 2025 - 21:49 UTC

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  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 19:05 UTC

    Falklands orders four new Britten-Norman 2B-26 Islander aircraft

    FIGAS existing fleets of five Islanders serves in a variety of roles and are essential in keeping the Falklands and its more remote communities connected

    The Falkland Islands Government has signed a Letter of Intent with Britten-Norman with a view to ordering four new BN2B-26 Islander aircraft at a total value of US$9.75 million, reported the British manufacturer

  • Thursday, November 7th 2024 - 09:12 UTC

    Argentina's aviation industry nearing decisive hours

    The Libertarian Administration would not hesitate to scrap the flag carrier if passengers are repeatedly put through recurrent hardships

    The Libertarian Administration of President Javier Milei gave aviation unions until Friday to work out their discrepancies or otherwise Aerolíneas Argentinas was to be shut down given the number of hardships passengers at various airports, particularly Ezeiza and Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires, are going through.

  • Thursday, October 24th 2024 - 18:04 UTC

    Air travel on the rise in Brazil

    Expectations are the best, Costa Filho explained

    Brazil's Ministry of Ports and Airports reported this week that South America's largest country recorded nearly 10 million airline travelers nationwide last month, which represented a 5.7% increase from September last year.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 20:02 UTC

    Falklands, National Minimum Wage accommodation offset survey extends deadline to 3 November

    The accommodation offset rate sets allows employers to offset some of the cost of providing accommodation to workers against their wages paid

    The Falkland Islands government has announced that the current deadline for consultation responses on the National Minimum Wage accommodation offset has been extended by two weeks to Sunday 3 November 2024. This is to allow time for additional engagement sessions to take place. The original deadline for responses was Sunday 20 October 2024.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Chinese tourists growing interest in visiting Antarctica

    In an interview with TravelDaily China, Joe Zou, Hurtigruten's Sales Director for Greater China and Southeast Asia, highlighted that Chinese tourists accounted for about 20%-25% of their voyages

    In the 2023-2024 Antarctic tourism cruise season, a record 9,384 Chinese tourists visited Antarctica, according to data from IAATO. And this coming season, 24-25 the Hurtigruten cruise line, according to its Shanghai sales office is expecting 600 Chinese tourists to visit the Arctic Islands and more than 1,400 Antarctica.

  • Saturday, October 19th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Porto Alegre's Airport to resume handling commercial flights next week

    It has been over six months since the Salgado Filho Airport's runway was under water

    Brazilian authorities announced Friday that Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) in the State of Rio Grande do Sul will be reopening Monday after months of being inoperational given the unprecedented floods. The measure will be carried out as scheduled: airlines have been selling tickets for these flights since August.

  • Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    IAATO and COMNAP announce 2024 Antarctic Fellowships

    Lucila Belén Morales, a PhD candidate from Andrés Bello University in Chile

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) (*), and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) have announced their selections for the 2024 Antarctic Fellowship. The annual Antarctic Fellowships, are an investment in the professional development of talented early career researchers.

  • Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 06:13 UTC

    Panama Canal posts significant setback in FY2024

    The number of crossing vessels was cut down from 38 to 22 on average between July 2023 and May 2024

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) reported this week a 29.3% drop in passing ships during Fiscal Year 2024 as a result of the severe drought affecting the interoceanic crossing. A total of 9,944 transits were recorded this year, a significant setback from 14,080 crossings in 2023. A fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    Uruguay: International airport at Melo inaugurated

    “The far northeast of the country is no longer so far away,” Lacalle stressed

    Just a few days after the first domestic flight within Uruguay operated by Paraguayan carrier Paranair between Montevideo and Salto, President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday inaugurated the new international airport at the city of Melo, which showed the Multicolor coalition's commitment to developing and strengthening the country's air connectivity. The terminal's remodeling was part of the operations of the National System of International Airports and had a cost of US$ 12 million.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Montevideo's airport to undergo major technological improvement

    The new ILS system will be in use at Carrasco's 07/25 runway

    Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport is undergoing a US$ 20 million technological update that will allow instrument landings (ILS) with zero visibility, it was announced at the Uruguayan capital Thursday. Hence, flight delays are expected to be cut down, it was explained.