Latin America – Page 111
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OpinionOPINION: How wi-fi policy could threaten airline brands
In November 2014, Jeremy Gutsche, a well known Canadian entrepreneur, was on a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 flight from London to Singapore. A busy executive, he was happy that there was wi-fi available on his flight.
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Russian company patents lightweight GA ejection seat
NPP Zvezda, a Russian company well known for aviation and space life support systems in its homeland, has patented a lightweight ejection seat for general aviation aircraft.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How social media is redefining crisis communications
Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel, as Mark Twain once said.
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NewsTransAsia GE235: Shutting down the wrong engine
Taiwan's accident investigators have taken the unusual step of publishing part of the flight data recorder printout for the crashed ATR 72-600 almost as soon as it was available to them. There are no rules or protocols saying they must do so, and none saying they should not.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Avianca's A320neos cap fleet renewal strategy
Avianca's intention to order 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft is the airline's most significant in recent years since closing a merger that formed the Colombia-based airline group in 2010.
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NewsAvianca signs MOU for 100 A320neos
Latin American airline group Avianca has signed a memorandum of understanding for 100 Airbus A320neos, choosing to remain with the A320 family despite efforts from Boeing to switch the airline to 737s.
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NewsTransAsia ATR 72 appears stalled before impact
The attitude and flight profile of theTransAsia ATR 72 that crashed after take-off from Taipei's Sung Shan airport - shown in high quality video of the aircraft's last few seconds - indicates it was fully stalled.
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NewsEmbraer KC-390 takes maiden flight
The KC-390, Embraer’s clean-sheet aerial refueling tanker, flew for the first time on 3 February from an airfield in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
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ROUTES: Industry pushes for Latin American airport development
IATA is working with local airline association ALTA and airport grouping ACI on a campaign to highlight airport infrastructure challenges in Latin America.
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ROUTES: Carriers see little change in course yet from fuel fall
Senior network planning executives from a range of North and South American low-cost carriers repeated statements from their leaders that lower fuel prices will not cause them to accelerate their capacity and growth plans, at least for the time being.
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NewsLondon's business airports attack RAF Northolt on safety
Several airports serving the London, UK business aviation community have called for judicial clarification as to whether RAF Northolt, which encourages business flights to use it on a commercial basis, adheres to the aerodrome safety rules civil airports have to follow. The request for judicial review was rejected on a ...
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ANALYSIS: Lessor ABS deal activity on the rebound in 2015
After a tremendous first nine months for lessor deal activity in the public markets, 2014 ended on a somewhat mellow note, with several aircraft financings having to be postponed and a much-anticipated initial public offering pricing lower than expected.
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ANALYSIS: 2015 sources of aircraft finance
This year there is a $124 billion financing requirement for commercial jets, says Boeing Capital, and although almost all indicators are green in the aircraft financing environment, the industry is not immune to external factors.
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Iberia schedules Cuban return
Iberia will resume flights to Cuban capital Havana in June, following a two-year hiatus, and is also set to add two new long-haul destinations in Colombia.
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Argentina picks Cessnas for army medevac deal
Cessna has been awarded a contract worth over $10.8 million to supply the Argentinian army with a trio of aircraft adapted for aeromedical evacuation duties.
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NewsAirAsia QZ8501 accident may reflect a trend
Accidents to aircraft cruising through tropical or sub-tropical zones are repeating often enough now for the industry to have cause to refresh its pilots on the risks. There have been three other accidents in similar circumstances during the last ten years.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Accidents are not the only threat to safety
If large numbers of passengers and crew die on a commercial airline flight because of an event that was not an accident, is it valid to exclude it from airline safety statistics? After all, passengers boarding a flight want to be assured their lives are not at risk from any ...
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Ascend retains appraiser of the year award
Flightglobal consultancy Ascend has for the fourth time in five years been named appraiser of the year at the Aviation 100 Awards.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Looking beyond the short-term impact of low oil prices
Recent and apparently continuing falls in the oil price – with Brent trading below $50 per barrel today – provides further evidence of the difficulties associated with forecasting, writes CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Refining the MH370 search
Since Capt Simon Hardy revealed in Flightglobal/Flight International his calculations about where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is likely to have come to rest, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau – leading the MH370 search team – has spoken at length to him.