Tag: Latin America

LATAM Cargo has become the first cargo airline to offer a direct service between Scandinavia and Latin America by adding Copenhagen as a new destination to its network. The airline said the new weekly route cuts transit times by up...

Iberia increases frequencies to six Latin American destinations Spanish flag carrier Iberia is boosting services from its Madrid Barajas hub to Latin America, and introducing additional Airbus A350 XWB routes to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (Argentina) and Chicago O’Hare (Illinois) in...

American Airlines serves more destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America from the U.S. than any other carrier. And next summer, that list will grow even longer. American will add a sixth destination in Cuba with a new daily...

Two airlines have added new routes for flights from Detroit, officials said this week. Spirit Airlines announced it will offer daily nonstop flights from Detroit to Jacksonville, Florida, starting Dec. 20. Only Delta Air Lines currently offers nonstop flights from...

China Southern Airlines is working towards becoming a more internationally recognised carrier as it seeks to capitalise on the growing Chinese economy. In a forum session at World Routes in Guangzhou, the Skyteam carrier’s president and chief executive Tan Wan...

A European Union (EU)-funded initiative—the EU-Latin America Cooperation on Civil Aviation—aims at strengthening ties between the two regions. The four-year, €7 million ($8.2 million) project is managed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and will encourage greater utilization of...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says expansion of airlift from the emerging markets of Germany and Latin America is guaranteed to take Jamaica’s tourism to levels never before seen in the entire region. Mr. Bartlett was speaking at the...

Latin America and the Caribbean airlines carried 1.1 million additional passengers in March, resulting in a passenger traffic increase of 5.4%, compare to 2017. The main reason for this growth was the Holy Week, which in 2018 was celebrated in...

The first direct flights between Latin America and Israel in six years are set to begin in December, when Latam, Latin America"™s largest airline, begins service, Israel"™s Tourism Ministry said last week. Since Israel"™s El Al Airlines terminated the only...

Boeing announced that it is expanding its commercial service capabilities in Latin America with Brazil"™s GOL Linhas Aereas S.A. and Mexico"™s Aeromexico as of April 4. Both airlines utilize extensive Boeing fleets, complete with some of the smallest and largest...