All Latin America articles – Page 120

  • News

    Airports IT spend to rise again in 2013

    2013-11-12T18:47:33Z

    Airports increased their total spend on information technology to nearly 5% of revenues in 2012, this year's Airport IT Trends Survey shows.

  • News

    Allegiant's Mexico flights to launch in winter 2014

    2013-11-07T20:16:10Z

    Allegiant Air expects to start its first international flights to Mexico around a year from now, later than what it previously indicated.

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    Copa sees 737 Max as next logical aircraft for fleet

    2013-11-07T15:15:28Z

    ​Copa Airlines sees Boeing’s 737 Max as the next “logical aircraft” for its fleet, says chief executive Pedro Heilbron.

  • News

    Condor opens new long-haul routes from Munich

    2013-11-05T17:48:22Z

    Thomas Cook's German subsidiary has opened new routes linking Munich with the Dominican Republic and India.

  • News

    Boeing upgrades 737 Max performance spec

    2013-10-29T19:13:18Z

    ​Boeing says today that the 737 Max will be slightly more efficient than expected when it enters service in the third quarter of 2013.

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    Aerolineas signs for 20 737-800s

    2013-10-22T02:28:47Z

    Aerolineas Argentinas has formalised an agreement for 20 Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a deal valued at $1.8 billion at list prices.

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    VivaAerobus orders 52 A320 family aircraft

    2013-10-21T16:33:41Z

    Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus has signed an agreement to buy 52 Airbus A320 family aircraft, and will shed its all-Boeing 737 fleet by 2016.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: ICAO deal signals chance for ATM breakthrough

    2013-10-18T09:00:00Z

    Emissions trading may have stolen the headlines at ICAO's assembly in Montreal, but landmark agreements were also reached over air navigation services and safety management says Graham Lake, principal at Aviation Management

  • News

    Embraer Phenom 300 drives airframer's Q3 delivery hike

    2013-10-17T11:42:45Z

    Embraer saw its business jet deliveries almost double in the third quarter of 2013, compared to the same time last year. Between July and September the Brazilian airframer shipped 25 aircraft – 12 more than the third quarter of 2012.

  • News

    GAMA welcomes EU-Brazil agreement

    2013-10-15T00:00:00Z

    ​The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has welcomed the Brazil – European Union Aviation Safety Agreement which will simplify equipment certification processes between the two parties, reducing duplication of effort and cost.

  • News

    Used serviceable material challenges MRO spares sales: analyst

    2013-10-11T21:47:15Z

    Growth in the MRO industry has been challenged by lower than expected shop visits for much of this year, says Canaccord Genuity analyst Ken Herbert in a research note.

  • News

    Air France-KLM strengthens connections to Brazil

    2013-10-11T15:04:43Z

    Air France-KLM is improving its connections to Brazil through the launch of a new route to Brasilia as well as increasing frequency and capacity, or introducing newer aircraft, on other routes.

  • News

    Delta finalises Leon/Guanajuato flights

    2013-10-10T16:30:57Z

    Delta Air Lines will begin flights to Leon/Guanajuato from both its Atlanta and Los Angeles hubs in December, as it focuses on expanding in Latin America.

  • News

    Aluminium demand continues strong growth: Alcoa

    2013-10-09T13:14:25Z

    Alcoa is holding to its full-year forecast of 9-10% growth in global aerospace demand for aluminium, as third-quarter performance pulled the US metal producer back into the black despite falling prices.

  • News

    BlueBird scoops Latin American order

    2013-10-07T13:27:00Z

    BlueBird has won a contract to supply its SpyLite mini unmanned air system to a Latin American country, where the equipment will be used mainly for "civil surveillance" tasks.

  • News

    ROUTES: Orlando dreams of Asia

    2013-10-07T02:31:20Z

    ​Orlando International airport has set its sights on winning a new nonstop to Asia, to complement its existing services to Europe and Latin America.

  • News

    ICAO reaches deal on climate change, rejects EU ETS

    2013-10-04T15:55:35Z

    ​ICAO's executive committee rejected the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) late yesterday, tossing out a clause from a resolution that could have allowed the bloc to extend its controversial scheme to the global aviation sector.

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    Balloon hit left A319 pilots with airspeed problem

    2013-10-02T13:18:00Z

    ​Pilots of a TAM Airbus A319 did not cope effectively with unreliable airspeed indications after the aircraft collided with a plastic banner being towed by a hot air balloon, blocking four air data sensors.

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    Embraer to unveil improvements across business jet platforms

    2013-10-02T11:37:14Z

    Embraer will unveil several improvements to its midsize Legacy 500 and mid-light 450 business jets on 21 October at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (BACE) in Las Vegas where it will also reveal enhanced versions of its entry-level Phenom 100 and ultra-large Lineage 1000, it says.

  • GE Aviation Passport 20 engine
    News

    GE unveils newest fuel-saving material for aircraft engines

    2013-10-02T11:16:20Z

    General Electric has revealed that the Passport 20 engine will be partly made using a new form of ceramic matrix composite material with a wide range of potential applications in the aviation industry.