Latin America – Page 60
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LATAM A321 lands on wrong Sao Paulo runway
Brazilian investigators are probing an incident in which a LATAM Airlines Airbus A321 touched down on the wrong runway at Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport.
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PICTURE: Chile's Sky takes first A320neo
Chile’s Sky Airline has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, a twinjet being taken via US lessor Air Lease.
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Emirates drops planned Mexico service
Emirates has dropped its plans to begin service to Mexico via Barcelona, after Mexican authorities informed the Dubai-based airline that it could not operate daily service.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Flying solo for a place in the history books
British-Nigerian Lola Odujinrin is the first African to circumnavigate the Earth solo in a single-engined aircraft. He describes this feat – which he undertook without the help of a conventional support team – as "by far my greatest achievement in aviation".
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can the industry get more women into the cockpit?
Kanchana Gamage begins presentations to young schoolchildren about careers in aviation by announcing that two pilots will be giving the talk. “When two women walk onto stage in their uniforms, the gasp from the audience is audible,” says the founder of the Aviatrix Project, a campaign to encourage more girls ...
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PICTURES: Copa debuts new business class on first 737 Max 9
Copa Airlines has unveiled its first Boeing 737 Max 9, featuring the airline's first lie-flat seats in business class and a new economy extra section.
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Interjet to phase out some Superjets in fleet restructuring
Mexico's Interjet will phase out an unspecified number of Sukhoi Superjet 100s and take 20 more Airbus A320neos in a fleet restructuring that is part of a new three-year strategic plan.
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Interjet backtracks after indicating plan to sell Superjets
Mexican airline Interjet has walked back comments that indicated it planned to sell its Sukhoi Superjet fleet, stressing that it intends to continue operating the regional airliners, despite several mechanical issues in recent years.
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FlightGlobal appoints CMO to capitalize on its unique data and analytics portfolio
FlightGlobal appoints CMO to capitalize on its unique data and analytics portfolio
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How the airline sector changed post-financial crisis
When Lehman Brothers collapsed 10 years ago, it set in motion a financial crisis which was to have a profound impact on air travel.
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Interjet in talks with Sukhoi to sell SSJ100 fleet
Mexico's Interjet is in talks with Sukhoi to sell its Superjet 100 fleet, following a series of maintenance issues over the aircraft's five years of service at the airline.
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Norwegian plans Rio flights in 2019
Norwegian plans to begin service to Rio de Janeiro in 2019, as it eyes growth opportunities in South America.
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PICTURE: Copa to formally unveil 737 Max 9 on 18 September
Copa Airlines will put its new Boeing 737 Max 9 into service on 18 September, having taken delivery of its first aircraft at the end of August.
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Norwegian to open six domestic routes in Argentina
Norwegian has started offering fares on Argentinean domestic routes, identifying six initial destinations which will be served from mid-October.
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JetSMART plans growth to Argentina
Chilean low-cost carrier JetSMART will expand into Argentina in December, and plans to launch domestic service as soon as mid-2019.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Profits continue to rise for aerospace’s Top 100
There used to be a saying in aviation that becoming a millionaire was easy: you simply started with a billion. If that maxim is less true in today’s somewhat more financially disciplined airline world, it certainly does not apply to those responsible for building aircraft. The biggest 100 businesses in aerospace are continuing to ratchet up the profits, despite modest revenue growth in the past financial year.
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Iberia retrieves A340-600 damaged in Quito hard landing
Iberia has retrieved an Airbus A340-600 damaged in a hard landing at Quito, but has yet to determine when the aircraft will re-enter airline service.
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Mexico allows Global Air to resume flights after May crash
Mexican charter carrier Global Air has received authorisation to resume flights, three months after a fatal accident involving one of its Boeing 737-200s in Havana on 18 May.
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PICTURES: Gol unveils first 737 Max 8
Brazil's Gol unveiled its new Boeing 737 Max 8 at an event in Sao Paulo today, after taking delivery of the aircraft in June.
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Boeing lowers forecast for global pilot, technician demand
Boeing forecasts that 635,000 new commercial airline pilots will be required globally between 2018 and 2037, down slightly from last year's projection of 637,000.