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Aeroman evaluates move into widebody MRO

News | 26 Apr 2013 16:01 | Michael Gubisch

El Salvadoran MRO provider Aeroman is preparing for an ownership change following the bankruptcy of its Canadian sister operation, Aveos Fleet Performance,...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Aeroman-evaluates-move-into-widebody-MRO-385228/

No merger planned for MRO firms ACTS and Aeroman

News | 04 Dec 2006 16:53 | Mary Kirby

<body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <div> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>’s ACTS and El Salvador-based Aeroman will continue to operate as independent business units when the ACE Aviation subsidiary acquires a controlling interest in the Central American maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) firm from Grupo TACA. “There are no plans to merge both operations,” says Grupo TACA in a statement. It adds that both companies will continue to hold its own boahttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/No-merger-planned-for-MRO-firms-ACTS-and-Aeroman-303812/

Lan follows Taca's lead, wants US approval of single code

News | 09 May 2005 18:06 | Rainer Uphoff

<body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Lan Airlines is in talks with the US DOT to use its group branding and ‘LA’ designator code in all advertising, sales and operations for <st1:country-region><st1:place>US</st1:place></st1:country-region> service.<o:p></o:p> Speaking today at the Latin American airline CEO conference in Miami, DOT under secretary of transportation Jeffrey Shane said the airline group - which owns a number of South American carrier’s including Lan Chile, Lan Ecuador and Lan Peru as well as startup Lan Argentina - is seeking the authorization to allow for more effective operations, and to help create a unified brand awareness in the US.<o:p></o:p> Authorization, if granted, will be modeled on a recently approved deal between the DOT to the <st1:place>Chttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Lan-follows-Tacas-lead-wants-US-approval-of-single-code-287792/

FAA gives El Salvador Category 2 safety rating

News | 14 Jun 2000 01:38 | Nicholas Ionides

<BODY LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#800080"> El Salvador has been given a Category 2 rating by the US FAA under its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme, meaning the country does not comply with ICAO safety standards. The FAA says the rating follows an "evaluation of information currently available on the country's civil aviation authority". It adds that it is working with El Salvador to address safety and operational oversight issues. "The FAA believes that El Salvador is committed to internationally agreed-upon safety oversight obligations as evidenced by the country's strong support of the new Central American Agency for Flight Safety (ACSA)," it says. "ACSA is part of the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services (COCESNA) agency; its primary responsibility will be to provide flight safety oversight for the region." Last month the FAA said it had changed the way it classifies other civil aviation authorities' complihttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/FAA-gives-El-Salvador-Category-2-safety-rating-242688/

El Salvador International doubles gates in $20m expansion

News | 19 Mar 1998 22:29 | Chris Kjelgaard

<BODY LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#800080"> El Salvador International Airport is opening a $20 million expansion on 20 March that will more than double its gate capacity and greatly increase its passenger-handling capability. The expansion at the airport, sited near the country's capital San Salvador, will add eight new gates and air bridges at the enlarged terminal and creates remote parking space for another five aircraft. Until now the airport has offered only six gates connected to the terminal and almost-random apron parking arrangements. According to Grupo TACA's vice president and general manager for El Salvador, William Handal, El Salvador state airport and port authority CEPA has paid for the project entirely out of government funds - no users have been asked to contribute. Handal says the expansion will effectively be used almost entirely by Grupo TACA's airlines both to accommodate existing flights and as they launch expanded non-stop service to Northhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/El-Salvador-International-doubles-gates-in-20m-expansion-229672/