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0.73 - Argentina 3.17 - Bolivia
7.71 - Brasil 1.90 - Chile 514.29
- Colombia 1,830 - México
11.12 Paraguay 4,930 - Perú
3.14 - Uruguay 23.15 - Venezuela
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| Tourism grows
and generates US$ 3 200 million |
An estimated
1.5 million people will visit
Argentina this year and will
generate an income of US$ 3
200 million. It is calculated
that foreign tourism will reach
approximately 7 million people
in ten years. |
| Aerolineas Argentinas
will suspend direct route to NY |
| Aerolineas Argentinas
decided to suspend the flights
because of, according to the company,
the necessity of programming its
flights depending on their profitability.
The company, which has currently
three flights per week to Miami
and another three to New York,
will link up these destinations
and Delta will take charge of
the second one. |
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| LAN passenger
traffic increases in August |
LAN reported
a 20% annual increase in its
passenger traffic in August.
It informed that the international
passenger traffic increased
by 19.6%, while within Chile
it increased by 31.8%. |
| Aerolineas del
Sur changes image |
| Aerolineas del
Sur presented Air Comet Chile,
which is its new corporate image.
In addition to this change, there
is the announcement of the opening
of Conception as a new route as
from October 15th, with two daily
flights apart from the incorporation
of two new Boeing 737 to the fleet
and a fourth frequency to its
Santiago-Madrid route as from
November 5th. |
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| Visits increased
by 17.9% in August |
As reported
by the Ministry of Tourism and
External Commerce, 96. 761 foreign
travelers arrived at the Jorge
Chavez International Airport
in August, representing an increase
of 17.9% in international visits,
in spite of the earthquake which
shook the country in mid-August. |
| PromPeru launches
virtual tour |
| PromPeru launched
a new promotional device in its
website: www.peru.info
It is a virtual tour with 360°
panoramic photographs. On the
tours, cybernauts from around
the world will get to know the
latest in the tourist offer of
Peru as a destination. |
| BIT Peru 2007
was held successfully |
| The 7th Bolsa
Iberoamericana de Turismo –BIT
Peru 2007- which this year launched
the Luxury Collection and Incentives,
was successfully held on Monday
and Tuesday at the JW Marriott
Hotel in Lima. The BIT is positioned
as the first South American event
orientated at promoting luxury
tourism and incentives towards
and within the region. |
| GOL has new timetable
to San Paulo |
| GOL began with
a new timetable in its flights
between the Jorge Chavez (Lima)
and Guarulhos (Sao Paulo) International
airports, with one daily frequency,
according to the following timetable:
Sao Paulo (departs 09.30 hrs)/Lima(arrival
12.40 hrs/departs 14.00 hrs)/Sao
Paulo (arrives 21.30 hrs). |
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| Air traffic decreased
between January and August |
The number
of passengers transported in
international flights from Brasil
decreased by 20% between January
and August this year, compared
to the first eight months of
2006. The number of passengers
in international airlines was
of 10.974 000, compared to the
13.725 000 transported during
the same period in 2006. |
| Ocean Air began
international flights |
| Ocean Air began
international traffic with the
inaugural flight from Sao Paulo
to Mexico City. It will offer
five weekly direct flights in
Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The airline’s
next step will be to begin routes
towards the United States, Peru,
Angola, Nigeria and some European
cities. |
| TAM begins flights
to Caracas |
| As from the 28th
of this month, TAM begins to fly
daily on the Rio de Janeiro-Caracas
route, with stopovers in San Paolo
and Manaus. |
| Former Varig could
resume flight |
| Under the name
of Flex, former Varig (the part
which was not sold to GOL and
that bears the company’s
passives), that only has one aircraft,
one maintenance center, buildings
and many debts, could begin to
fly once again linking the route
between Rio de Janeiro, Salvador
de Bahia and Recife under a low
cost model. According to the recovery
plan, the company already has
the authorization to start operating
as from November and would receive
a Boeing 737/300 from the New
Varig. |
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| Cartagena will
be the venue of the 17th ITO
Assembly |
| Cartagena
de Indias will be the venue
of the 17th ITO Assembly which
will take place from November
22nd to 29th. |
| Spirit Airlines
prepares to land |
| Spirit Airlines
announced that it is negotiating
to partially or completely purchase
the Colombian company and enter
the country to compete in purchasing
Aeroasis, a company of Colombian
capital that has not yet begun
operating, but has a permit
to fly locally. In addition,
it hopes to operate some of
the frequencies between the
United States and Colombia that
are being allocated. |
| EasyFly starts
flights |
| With a capital
of 8.000 million pesos, two
Jet Stream 41 aircraft in the
hanger and eight more in route
that it purchased through the
financial leasing system from
the English company, British
Aerospace; the first low-cost
Colombian airline begins to
fly. |
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| New offers for
Aeromexico |
| A group of
14 Mexican businessmen announced
their interest in participating
in the purchasing process of
Aeromexico’s shares. The
group of businessmen declared
their willingness to make an
offer for 100% of the shares
of Aeromexico, for an amount
close to US$ 151 million. |
| Hilton invests
US$ 12 million in new hotel in
Cancun |
| Next year, Hilton
will begin the construction of
a new hotel in Cancun, with an
investment of US$ 12 million.
It will have 178 rooms. |
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| Bancaja group
invests US$ 350 million in hotel
projects |
| The president
of the Bancaja group announced
in Palma de Mallorca, during
the “Integration and Development
of the Caribbean in the XXI
Century Meeting”, that
the company will invest more
than US$ 350 million in financing
several hotel projects in the
Dominican Republic, Mexico and
Jamaica. |
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| received 3.1 million
tourists |
The Dominican
Republic received 3.1 million
tourists in the first eight
months of the year, a slight
increase of 0.21% compared to
the same period in 2006. During
that period 3.145 060 passengers
entered the country. Of that
amount, 52.50% of the visitors
came from North America, 37.86%
from Europe and 9.64% from the
rest of the world. |
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| Tourism earned
income of US$ 2.403 million in
2006 |
In 2006, foreign
tourism in Cuba generated an
income for the value of US$
2.403 million, the highest figure
since the island opened itself
to tourism. |
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| American Eagle
will fly between Samana and San
Juan in December |
American Eagle,
the regional airline which is
partner of American Airlines,
confirmed that as from December
13th, it will begin a new service
from Samana to San Juan, Puerto
Rico. The company will use a
Super ATR, of 64 seats, for
this route. |
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| PERU
Luxurious Lima |
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Peru
is, without a doubt, one of
the most important destinations
in the World. Today, with Machupicchu
among the New 7 Wonders of the
World, the flow of visitors
tends to grow not only in number
but in quality as well. Since
the entrance of Orient-Express,
the standard of the hotel and
services offer has exceeded,
being recognized, in many cases,
among some of the best worldwide.
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