The Falkland Islands Customs and Immigration Service would like to advise the public that the last date for the submission of British passport applications for forwarding to the United Kingdom Passport Agency during 2024, is by no later than 11.30 am on Friday 20 December 2024.
Uruguay's Undersecretary of Tourism Remo Monzeglio said this weekend that he was optimistic about the 2024-25 season for his country, with numerous domestic and also foreign travelers expected, both from cruise ships as well as from neighboring Argentina and Brazil.
An undercarriage failure resulted in a Transporte Aéreo Boliviano (TAB) McDonnell-Douglas freighter blocking the only runway at Santa Cruz de la Sierra's Viru Viru International Airport early Thursday. It was not until way past dawn that operations went back to normal. In the meantime, most flights were diverted to Asunción (Paraguay).
A mechanical issue onboard a Swan Hellenic vessel led to the difficult decision to abandon Antarctica on a cruise whose very point was to visit Antarctica. When full refunds were not offered, hunger strikes began onboard, according to abundant cruise industry media.
Rio de Janeiro authorities confirmed that the cruise ship industry is expected to bring some 74,000 tourists this month, Agencia Brasil reported Monday after the season kicked off Sunday with the arrival of the first five of nine vessels. During the holiday season alone, between December 25 and 31, over 22,000 tourists will pass through the Mauá Pier terminal.
Colombia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Roy Barreras asked Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for a meeting to postpone the application of the visa requirement saying it was highly untimely to set it into force ahead of the Christmas Holidays.
Paraguayan carrier Paranair, which already operates a domestic segment within Uruguay, has been authorized by the Argentine Government of President Javier Milei to serve the Asunción-Córdoba-Asunción route, it was published Wednesday in Buenos Aires' Official Gazette.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Tuesday that his country would require tourist visas for UK nationals effective immediately in reciprocity for London's decision to reinstate the condition for citizens of the South American country.
Uruguay's cruise season kicked off Tuesday with the arrival of one of the Germany-based Aida company's vessels carrying some 2,100 passengers and 600 crewmembers.
The Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots agreed not to stage any further strikes as long as wage negotiations with the Argentine government keep going on, pilots union leader
Mateo Ferreira told reporters after Friday's meeting. We are reassuring passengers that at least the pilots' union will not take measures of force, he stressed. If no arrangement is reached, a crisis procedure would be set in motion, whereby the arbitrator is the Labor Secretary, he also explained.