All Latin America articles – Page 97
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US-Mexico links heat up even as Latin America cools
Capacity between the USA and Mexico has continued to grow in the past year, a bright spot compared to economic sluggishness elsewhere in Latin America.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: When will IPO window close for emerging LCCs?
When IndiGo's parent Interglobe Aviation launched its long-awaited initial public offering in late October, in many ways it typified airline listings which have or are poised to come to market.
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PICTURES: Interjet SSJ100 hits airbridge at Mexico City
An Interjet Sukhoi Superjet 100 hit an airbridge at Mexico City International airport on 25 October while being towed.
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NewsPICTURES: E190-E2 takes shape in Brazil
Embraer has released pictures of the first prototype of its E190-E2, which is in final assembly at the manufacturer’s headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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LATAM to add Africa to network
LATAM Airlines Group will launch its first scheduled service to Africa with flights to Johannesburg, as it prepares to begin flights on several new international routes in the following months.
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Sky A319 becomes latest to suffer cowl loss
Chilean investigators are looking into an incident involving a Sky Airline Airbus A319 which returned to Santiago after losing an engine cowl.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines in bloom despite mixed market messages
Global airlines should consider themselves extremely lucky right now, as their feelings of general good health and optimism, do not span all industries, particularly those in the emerging markets.
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NewsElbit makes new Hermes 900 UAV sale in Latin America
An undisclosed Latin American nation has awarded Elbit Systems a roughly $70 million contract to supply it with an integrated intelligence-gathering capability using its Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle.
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NewsPICTURES: TAM's first A350 emerges from paint shop
TAM's first Airbus A350-900 has rolled out of the paint shop in Toulouse, ahead of the aircraft's delivery to the Brazilian carrier in December.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Air cargo recovery endures rollercoaster ride
The air cargo market went through a tough time during the recession. Cargo traffic fell nearly 10% across 2008 and 2009, rebounded 19% in 2010, but then stagnated for three years. In 2014, there finally came a return to sustained growth, with IATA announcing that freight-tonne kilometres (FTKs) were up ...
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Volaris chief executive Enrique Beltranena
Volaris chief executive Enrique Beltranena has a memento in his office that doesn’t quite gel with the modern confines of the airline’s headquarters in the Santa Fe business district of Mexico City.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Where routes have been added in the last year
Editor's note: This analysis, based on data from Flightglobal's schedules specialist Innovata, is focused on major route launches and closures over the past year. The criteria for including new routes is that they have more than nine departures (equivalent of 18 return flights) appearing in Innovata's schedules for August 2015 ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Making sense of accident statistics
Statistics don't lie. But their misinterpretation, deliberate or otherwise, can easily create a false impression.
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NewsEmbraer prepares to deliver first Legacy 450, following US validation
Embraer is gearing up to deliver the first Legacy 450 business jet, with the first of the superlight aircraft destined for its US launch customer in the coming weeks.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why the principle of economics still rules ok
As attention turns to summer 2016 schedules and the slot co-ordination process for the season, it is timely to examine the likely operating environment and how economic expectations are changing, as well as the likely implications.
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NewsPICTURE: Cayman Airways adds first Saab 340B
Cayman Airways has added its first Saab 340B, which will operate on the airline's route between Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.
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NewsLABACE: Waypoint Leasing launches Brazil presence
Ireland-based helicopter lessor Waypoint Leasing is establishing a local office in Rio de Janeiro to support a growing fleet of operators in Brazil and in the future the rest of Latin America.
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NewsLABACE: HondaJet makes debut as certification wait continues
Honda Aircraft continued a four-month-long “world tour” in Sao Paulo with the HondaJet making its debut at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE) on 11 August.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Interjet eyes new network growth from 2016
Mexican carrier Interjet expects to substantially grow its US network when a new bilateral air services agreement takes effect in 2016, and is also planning to expand further in Latin America.
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Azul begins United sales in first stage of tie-up
Brazil's Azul has started selling airfares to 35 destinations served by United Airlines through an interline agreement, taking the first step in a partnership that the two airlines first announced in June.