News of flight

Fly without flapping? Andean condors surf air 99 percent of time

14-07-2020 14:35 Condors found in Patagonia spend only 1% of their time aloft flapping their wings, a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds.

QUICK TRIP TO ASUNCIÓN

From Paraguay, Macri says Peronist government should be ‘given time’

14-07-2020 01:15 Former president Mauricio Macri uses private jet owned by tobacco company to visit Asunción for talks with ex-Paraguay president Horacio Cartes and current leader Mario Abdo Benítez.

BLOOMBERG

Government struggles to stop precious dollars draining away

26-05-2020 16:18 Foreign currency reserves dropped to a four-year low last week, totalling less than they did when the International Monetary Fund started its mega-loan programme with Argentina in 2018.

Global pandemic

White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil

25-05-2020 08:39 Brazil, now Latin America's hardest-hit country, has recorded more than 347,000 cases and more than 22,000 deaths from Covid-19.

Bloomberg

Airline JetSmart negotiating help with Argentine, Chilean governments

07-05-2020 13:05 Low-cost airline JetSmart Airlines SpA is in talks with the governments of Chile and Argentina about helping the sector in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, said its CEO, Estuardo Ortiz, in an interview with radio Pauta Bloomberg.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina sends plane to pick up medical supplies in China

16-04-2020 15:08 Aerolíneas Argentinas announced Wednesday that the first in a series of flights to China had departed Buenos Aires, as part of a search for medical supplies to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS

Clear communication in times of crisis

31-03-2020 14:34 Flying home on one of the last repatriation flights back to Argentina, I realised just how important it is to communicate clearly in times of crisis.

by Joanna Richardson

PROTESTS IN CHILE

Travelers worry and wait as unrest strands thousands at Chile airport

21-10-2019 19:23 Travelers, many from countries experiencing similar unrest, are forced to get comfortable in Santiago International Airport after extensive flight cancellations.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

The government gives low-cost carriers some air

15-06-2019 08:07 Differential pricing and changes in flight frequency hit Aerolíneas Argentinas and Latam above all, while favouring Flybondi and JetSmart. Benefits for Avianca too.

by Manuel Nieto