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0.75 - Argentina 3.12 - Bolivia
7.89- Brasil 2.04 - Chile 539.69
- Colombia 2,120 - México
10.78 Paraguay 4,950 - Perú
3.18 - Uruguay 23.40 - Venezuela
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| South
African Airways reschedules
flights |
| GOL’s
proSouth African Airways is
currently restructuring its
routes, so it is reviewing its
current destination network
as well as the destinations
announced to be operated. The
planned flights to Buenos Aires
have been postponed, however,
in order to improve the connectivity
from Buenos Aires, SAA will
add three weekly flights from
Sao Paulo to Johannesburg. |
| LAN adds more
cabotage flights |
| LAN Argentina
will start to operate the Buenos
Aires-Puerto Madryn-Ushuaia
route with three weekly flights.
With the new flight –
that will be performed by an
Airbus A320 – the airline
pretends to face up the strong
demand of international tourists
who visit the south of the country. |
| More flights
to countryside |
| Aerolineas Argentinas
announced the incorporation
of new frequencies in the routes
to Neuquen, Salta and Tucuman.
The greatest increase will be
on the flights to Salta, which
will pass from 20 to 27 weekly
frequencies, while in the case
of Neuquen four flights will
be added (until reaching 27
frequencies). In the case of
Tucuman, five flights will be
added, passing from 25 to 32
weekly flights. |
| Air Europa started
flights to Buenos Aires |
| Air Europa started
to operate its new route from
Madrid to Buenos Aires with
five weekly frequencies, the
company announced. Air Europa
operates the new route with
an Airbus 330-200 with a capacity
for 299 passengers. |
| Alan Faena will
open another hotel in Puerto
Madero |
| Alan Faena will
inaugurate in 2010 a new hotel
in Puerto Madero. The construction
works will start in the next
months. The new facility will
have 150 guest rooms. The investment
sums up to US$ 300 million dollars. |
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| TAM
started flights from Sao Paulo
to Cordoba |
| TAM started to
fly from Sao Paulo to Cordoba
(Argentina), in order to satisfy
the increasing demand in this
route. |
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| LAN
starts low cost operation on April
9th |
| The new “low
cost” operation of LAN will
start on April 9th. The goal is
to expand the market and thus
to increase the number of passengers
by 50% in the next years. The
restructuring plan of LAN foresees
the increase of frequencies and
itineraries in the country, the
elimination of catering services
and the provision of snacks in
domestic flights. |
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| LAB
suspends flights to Spain |
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Construction
of floating hotel Inti Uma will
conclude in February 2008 |
| LAB decided to
suspend all its flights to Madrid
due to its lack of operative capacity
and requested the hundreds of
passengers who were affected to
carry out the corresponding procedures
with the travel agencies in order
to recover their money, a spokesperson
of the company declared. There
is no specific information that
states if the airline will resume
the flights to Spain or if the
cancellation is definitive. |
The floating
hotel Inti Uma (Water Sun) will
be built on the Titicaca Lake
with a loan of of US$ 140 thousand,
the commercial manager of Air
Globel Bol announced. The hotel
will be 30 meters long and 14
meters wide, with a capacity for
130 people, restaurants and a
pool. |
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| Has
47 handicrafts tourist circuits
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| Peru has 47 handicrafts
tourist circuits along its territory,
the National Director of Handicrafts
announced. She also highlighted
the handicraft neighborhood of
San Blas and textile route of
the Urubamba Valley, both in Cusco.
The Ayacucho and Junin circuit
is also important. |
| KLM flies from
Lima to Amsterdam without stopovers |
| Last Sunday, KLM
inaugurated its new nonstop flight
Lima – Amsterdam –
Lima. The airline flies six weekly
frequencies with Boeing 777 aircrafts,
with a capacity for 327 passengers.
The seventh frequency of the route
will be inaugurated in December,
and two flights are planned to
be operated subsequently. |
| Delta will increase
frequency of flights between Lima
and Atlanta |
| Delta announced
the beginning of a new frequency
that will operate three times
per week between Lima and Atlanta
starting from June 15th. This
new flight will operate until
August 19th. |
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| Taca
increased frequencies |
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New
Convention Center in Guayaquil |
| Taca increased
frequencies in Ecuador, thus reaching
24 weekly flights, besides implementing
more flexible schedules and direct
flights. The airline also inaugurated
its new route to Santo Domingo,
via San Jose. |
The old Simon
Bolivar airport of Guayaquil will
become a convention and exhibitions
center. To this respect, the manager
of ExpoGuayaquil highlighted that
the best center of this type in
Latin America is being constructed
in Guayaquil. It has an area of
25 thousand m2. |
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| Avianca
purchases 10 Boeing 787 aircrafts
for US$ 1,500 million |
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Cartagena
and Panama united by AeroRepublica |
| During the introduction
of its fleet, the president of
Avianca announced the purchase
of 10 more aircrafts of the same
type. The acquisition of Airbus
aircrafts will be announced soon.
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Starting from
March 31st, AeroRepublica re-launches
its route between Cartagena and
Panama. The flights are scheduled
for Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays
at 08:00 hrs. (Cartagena-Panama) |
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| Lufthansa
operates additional flights from
Caracas to Frankfurt |
| Lufthansa has
changed its schedule and flights
between Caracas and Frankfurt.
This new option will be a great
advantage for the airline passengers,
since it includes two new weekly
flights between Maiquetia and
Frankfurt. |
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| First
hotel specialized in health tourism
inaugurated |
| The Paradise
Cosmetic Inn Hotel, the first
in Latin America specialized in
health tourism, was inaugurated.
The hotel, which has nurses and
staff trained to take care of
patients 24 hours per day, has
32 rooms and facilities for postoperative
period. |
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| Will
make visa application procedure
easier for investors |
| The President
announced that its government
will reduce the visa procedures
for foreign businesspeople and
tourists in order to attract more
investments to the country. Starting
from May 1st the visa application
procedure will be reduced from
one month to 12 days. |
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| Attractive
hotel offer for those who attend
the Tourism Fair |
| An attractive
hotel offer for those interested
in participating in the 27th
International Tourism Fair Cuba
2007, to be held from May 7
and 11 in the Parque Morro-Cabaña
de La Habana park, is available
in the events section of this
website. Among the venue facilities
for the event are: the National
Hotel of Cuba,Riviera Hotel,
Inglaterra Hotel, Panorama Hotel,
Comodoro Hotel, Vedado Hotel
and the Kohly-El Bosque complex,
where participants, once they
have showed their identification,
will enjoy discounts.www.cubatravel.cu/client/events/hotels.php
/ www.cubatravel.cu/client/events/register.php
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BRASIL
Sun and Beaches |
| If
you dream about a sunny land where
sun shines all through the year,
waters are warm, there is plenty
of coconut tree shades and fresh
sea breezes, come to Brasil. In
Brasil, these elements combine
harmoniously in the most beautiful
beaches, and are waiting for you.
Here you will find just two of
the most interesting beaches in
the Brasilian Northeast, but there
are a lot more. READ
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