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TRAVEL & TOURISM

Pandemic deals brutal blow to Argentina’s tourism industry

25-07-2020 07:51 Tourism chambers and agencies call for emergency legislation to protect businesses, with slump in activity expected to shave between one and four percent off Argentina’s GDP this year. More than 80,000 job losses anticipated across sector.

by Fermin Koop

BLOOMBERG

Jobs are being wiped out at airlines – and there’s worse to come

24-07-2020 15:34 About 400,000 airline workers have been fired, furloughed or told they may lose their jobs due to the coronavirus.

Coronavirus pandemic

Buquebus' floating lab tests passengers to protect both Uruguay and Argentina

15-07-2020 14:21 Buquebus has implemented a new testing scheme for every passenger seeking to board boats back and forth from Argentina to Uruguay.

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.

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

Government to spend over US$880 million to prop up Aerolíneas Argentinas

01-06-2020 13:56 President of state airline, Pablo Ceriani, says budget shortfalls – which totalled US$680 million last year – will persist until demands rebounds in 2022, though no redundancies are on the cards.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Latin America's stricken airlines facing long haul to recovery

31-05-2020 08:11 IATA aviation body estimates it will take at least that time for the region's airlines to inch back to their pre-pandemic level for domestic and regional flights. Long-haul services to the United States and Europe will take until 2024 to come back, it predicts.

THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

May 23 - May 30: What we learned this week

30-05-2020 09:54 Noticeable stories from the last seven days in Argentina.

Bloomberg

Latam Air files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stymied by lockdowns

26-05-2020 09:15 Latam has already eliminated more than 1,850 jobs in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in recent weeks from its global workforce of about 40,000 people, after cutting 95% of its passenger operations.

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.

British Embassy in Buenos Aires

Note from the British Embassy to British nationals in Argentina

21-03-2020 10:01 On 19 March, Argentina introduced a nationwide quarantine that will last until midnight on Tuesday, March 31. Here's what British nationals in Argentina need to know.

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.

Sport

The surprising rise of climbing in flat Uruguay

16-03-2020 08:00 Despite Uruguay's terrain lacking significant mountains, sport climbing is a growing activity in the country, and discovering it is a challenge even for the locals.

Coronavirus pandemic

Latin America cuts Europe travel links over coronavirus fears

13-03-2020 09:33 Nations across the region declare health emergency and tighten restrictions on travel links to Europe, as Latin America its third death in the outbreak.

Coronavirus Outbreak

Lollapalooza among shows postponed by officials due to coronavirus

12-03-2020 14:13 Football, concerts, and public demonstrations are being cancelled and suspended as public officials advise against gathering of large crowds.

Coronavirus Outbreak

With first case, Latin America prepares for COVID-19 virus

27-02-2020 12:44 At airports in Argentina, which receives 10 flights from Italy per day, passengers from the country have their temperatures taken upon arrival.

FOOD & DRINK

Doing things Properly

15-02-2020 09:54 They don’t have a sign outside their entrance and do not take reservations, but four years after opening, Proper is still shaking up Buenos Aires’ restaurant scene with their forward-thinking creations.

by Bruna Fontevecchia

TRAVEL

Uquía: Andean North’s secret paradise

23-11-2019 10:16 Argentina’s cultural north provides more than just new scenery and a little exploration goes a long way

by Maria Gracia Santillana

Annual celebration

True gaucho tradition celebrated in San Antonio de Areco

16-11-2019 10:36 Dia de la Tradición brings out the crowds as locals celebrate the country’s traditional economic and cultural bedrock.

by Carly Graf

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.

TRAVEL

Road-tripping and ruins in Salta’s wine country

05-10-2019 10:10 A roughly 500-kilometre triangular road trip from the northwestern city of Salta and back again – taking in high desert wine country and sites such as Quebrada de Cafayate, Molinos and Cachi – is one of Argentina’s most engaging journeys.

by Wayne Bernhardson

BLOOMBERG

Delta expands in South America with US$2.25-billion Latam deal

27-09-2019 10:13 Deal, which will see firm take 20% stake in LatAm, will likely turn Delta into largest US airline in the region, says experts.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC data indicates tourism grew in June

23-08-2019 07:00 Overnight stays in hotels up 13.1% year-on-year, with most visiting Buenos Aires City, the Litoral and Patagonia.

Driver charged with manslaughter

Tucumán bus crash leaves 15 pensioners dead

02-07-2019 15:38 Gruesome accident leaves 15 dead on fog-laden highway in Tucumán province.

TRAVEL

Take the scenic route with Chile’s Ruta Interlagos

27-10-2018 07:33 In recent years, Argentina’s neighbour has linked and improved a series of parallel easterly roads, providing a fresh, alternative path along the lakes of the Andean front range, writes Wayne Bernhardson.

by Wayne Bernhardson

DEVALUATION CRISIS

Numbers of Argentines travelling abroad declines after devaluation

11-08-2018 12:57 A 2.6% decline was registered in June compared to the same month last year.