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AIRLINES & AVIATION

LATAM secures new financing to help stave off bankruptcy

09-07-2020 17:47 Latin America's biggest airline says it has secured US$1.3 billion in financing from a US investment fund to help it survive the aviation industry crisis brought on by the coronavirus.

Travel and tourism

Limited flights to Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam restart in Argentina

29-06-2020 08:00 Once a week, special flights operated by various airlines will depart from Ezeiza, with flights also scheduled for Miami, Rome and Tel Aviv. Travellers will have to maintain a 14-day quarantine at their destination and sign a declaration that inhibits them from making claims against the government.

100 DAYS OF QUARANTINE

100 days of quarantine

27-06-2020 07:48 On March 20, President Alberto Fernández told the nation in a televised address that all citizens would enter a mandatory quarantine period in an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Though restrictions in some regions have now been loosened, many Argentines are today waking up this morning to their 100th day of lockdown. Here’s a look back at how the pandemic has changed our lives.

by Michael Soltys

AIRLINES & TOURISM

LATAM airline departs Argentina as virus crisis hits home

20-06-2020 10:03 Chilean-Brazilian airline LATAM – which filed for bankruptcy in the US last month – announces its subsidiary in Argentina will cease operations for an indefinite period. More than 1,700 jobs now at risk.

Post-Covid Flights

Aerolíneas Argentinas outlines new potential post-lockdown protocols for flights

10-06-2020 23:14 State-run airline details likely health and hygiene measures that will be applied once carriers begin retaking to the skies.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina plans to resume foreign flights as soon as mid-August

10-06-2020 19:37 Government is looking to authorise flights to global destinations with a maximum passenger capacity of 70%, as soon as mid-August.

ON CAPITAL FLIGHT

Cristina & Macri’s pornographic obsession with the dollar

06-06-2020 08:38 Monetary debasement is a policy that every Argentine government since the return of democracy has collaborated with, and those “smart” enough to play the game have always stored their wealth as far as they can from Argentine pesos, Macri and Cristina included.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Global pandemic

Colombia grounds flights through end of August

21-05-2020 00:41 Colombia plans to ground international travel until at least the end of August, joining Argentina in enacting one of the world’s strictest travel bans in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bloomberg

Flybondi bets on flights in Argentina to survive virus crisis

18-05-2020 17:23 Low-cost carrier will focus on domestic flights as long as demand for international travel remains subdued due to the coronavirus pandemic, says executive.

Bloomberg

Avianca files for bankruptcy as Latin American skies stay closed

11-05-2020 12:57 Avianca Holdings SA, one of the biggest carriers in Latin America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after travel bans across the region forced the Colombian airline to ground its fleet.

OP-EDITORIAL

Voluntary isolation

02-05-2020 11:09 With a trade volume of just over 30 percent of its economy, Argentina already ranks among the seven most- closed economies in the world – shutting it down yet further does not look like the way ahead.

Coronavirus pandemic

UK government confirms 2 charter flights for Brits stranded in Argentina

29-04-2020 01:19 Around 320 British travellers currently stranded in Argentina will be able to return home on two flights, scheduled for May 7 and 12, departing Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport.

Coronavirus pandemic

89% of stranded Argentines have been repatriated, says Foreign Ministry

23-04-2020 14:51 Between March 17 and April 16, 168,140 Argentines or Argentine residents returned home from overseas, according to Foreign Ministry.

Bloomberg

Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 SA looks to delay debt payments

22-04-2020 14:30 Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 SA launches bond swap offer in an effort to delay debt payments.

Survival during quarantine

Fleeing pandemic, many Venezuelan migrants head home

22-04-2020 14:27 The Mayor of Cali, Jorge Ivan Ospina, announced on Sunday that a "humanitarian corridor" was opened for Venezuelans who wanted to return to their country. Most have lose their income during government-imposed lockdowns - or out of fear of epidemic-fueled xenophobia.

Coronavirus impact

LATAM to maintain 95% reduction of its operations until May

20-04-2020 08:00 The Chilean-Brazilian airline LATAM Airlines announced on Friday that the 95% reduction in its passenger operations announced in April will extend into May due to the coronavirus crisis, which will have a deeper impact than expected.

Diplomatic effort

Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay jointly repatriate 386 people

15-04-2020 00:25 Group had been affected by the closure of respective borders and cancellations of commercial flights due to the coronavirus pandemic.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Norwegian Air shuttle tries a desperate final gamble

10-04-2020 18:12 Few airlines can be entirely confident of their survival right now. The ones in most danger are those that overextended themselves financially before the pandemic, and nobody pushed boundaries more than Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, the budget transatlantic airline.

Global uncertainty

Almost 500 French tourists struck in Argentina await repatriation

03-04-2020 20:07 French tourists who have been stranded in Argentina since commercial flights were suspended are scheduled to take a humanitarian flight home home on Saturday – a return trip that for many has become an ordeal.

Coronavirus pandemic

Domestic flights, long-distance buses suspended for long weekend

17-03-2020 14:16 Transport Minister Mario Meoni says Argentina will suspend domestic flights and long-distance coach, bus and train services for five days over long weekend. Only seated passengers on public transport until March 31.

Virus in Latin America

Chile, Peru close borders as Latam grounds flights over pandemic

16-03-2020 22:39 Chile and Peru announced a total closure of its borders on Monday while Latin America's largest airline announces it is reducing operations by 70 percent, as region scrambles to deal with coronavirus pandemic.

CORONAVIRUS CONSEQUENCES

Covid-19: What’s happening with flights to and from Argentina?

14-03-2020 08:44 On Thursday, Argentina banned international flights from Europe, the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Iran for the next 30 days, with outgoing flights in those directions also possibly affected.

Pandemic in Argentina

Two new diagnoses push Argentina coronavirus total up to 21

12-03-2020 09:17 Of the 21 confirmed coronavirus cases, 12 are in the capital, with four in Buenos Aires Province, two in Chaco, one in San Luis, one in Córdoba and one in Río Negro.

Coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: Aerolíneas Argentinas cancels flights to and from Italy

05-03-2020 22:18 State airline orders cancellation of flights to Italy during March, after confirmation of a second case of coronavirus in Argentina.

Coronavirus Outbreak

Chinese demand for Latin America's oil grinds to halt on virus fear

31-01-2020 13:56 Refineries in China take about 30 percent of its oil shipments from Latin America, but demand is expected to bottom out in the coming weeks as flights in and out of the country are cancelled.

HUMAN RIGHTS

'Death flight' repressor Scilingo living in semi-freedom in Spain

21-01-2020 07:00 Adolfo Scilingo, who was convicted by Spanish courts of involvement in deaths of 30 individuals during 1976-1983 military dictatorship, has been living in semi-freedom since last November.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Chris Bryant: Norwegian Air is flying again

24-10-2019 12:44 As with WeWork, Norwegian’s once giddy valuation imploded last year when investors started to doubt that the balance sheet was robust enough to support Kjos’s huge ambitions.

STRIKE ACTION

Delays and cancellations at major Buenos Aires airports as pilots protest

05-07-2019 15:07 Transportation minister Guillermo Dietrich criticises 'Kirchnerite campaign' for walkouts, saying they are intended at discrediting President Mauricio Macri.

AIRPORT BACKLOG

Delays and cancellations at airports despite truce with the pilots' union

17-01-2019 15:44 A 48-hour union strike was cut short when the government agreed to cooperate with pilots

by Anna Laffrey