Delta Airlines will add new routes to Mexico beginning December 19
July 9, 2009
The new service will include nonstop flights between Detroit-Cozumel; Indianapolis-Cancun and Minneapolis-Cancun.. The airline serves 11 destinations in Mexico, but cut back some frequencies because of the flu epidemic. It is looking to expand its service by the end of the year.
Aeromexico launches new service to New Orleans
July 9, 2009
The Mexican “legacy carrier” has begun service between Mexico City and San Pedro Sula, Honduras and New Orleans. The six weekly flights are the first international service to New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005.
Brazil launches the second phase of its “Brasil Now” promotion
July 9, 2009
The first phase of the tourism marketing plan was launched in May. The second phase is being launched now to follow up on the need to attract more tourists to the country. The program involves three airlines in Brazil, TAM, GOL/Varig and TAP. It also involves the Brazilian Hotel Association (ABIH), the Association of Receptive Tourism (BITO), the Association of Brazilian Resorts (ABR) and the Forum of Hotel Operators in Brazil (FOHB).
LAN Peru continues to grow in spite of the global crisis
July 9, 2009
According to the General Manager of the Peruvian subsidiary of the “model airline group”, Jorge Vilches, the Peruvian airline will continue to grow within the region. In 2008 the airline carried three million passengers, with domestic traffic up 33% over the previous year and a total of 2.5 million passengers.
Calderon: Mexico’s recession ending as tourism recovers
July 9, 2009
Is the headline in an article in the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor which reports on President Felipe Calderon’s comments earlier last week at a conference in Mexico City. He stated that foreign tourism has returned to last year’s levels and hotel occupancy has almost recovered after the swine flu outbreak in April and May shook the industry. Mexican Finance Minister, Agustin Carstens, also stated at the same event, as reported by Bloomberg News, that gross domestic product could grow nearly 3 percent next year thanks to a recovery in the global economy, after plummeting 6 percent this year. Wall Street analysts suggest that Mexico’s mid-term elections, which dealt a blow to the ruling PAN party, will have some implications for pending legislation that affects the country’s economic outlook, but that the results at the polls did not necessarily derail the reform agenda.
LAN Airlines Monthly Statistics Report for June 2009
July 9, 2009
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — LAN Airlines S.A. and its subsidiaries, (“LAN” or “the Company”) (NYSE: LFL; IPSA: LAN), one of the leading airlines in Latin America, today reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics and punctuality indicators for June 2009.
System passenger traffic for June increased 9.3% as capacity rose 9.1%. As a result, the Company’s load factor increased 0.1 points to 72.0%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 71% of total passenger traffic.
Domestic passenger traffic in Chile, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador rose 25.9% as capacity increased 31.2%. As a consequence, the domestic load factor for the month decreased 2.9 points to 68.8%.
International passenger traffic for June rose 3.7% as capacity increased 1.6%. Accordingly, the international passenger load factor for the month increased 1.5 points to 73.3%. International capacity was mainly driven by an increase in operations on regional routes, as well as routes to Europe and the United States, partially offset by certain capacity adjustments on routes to Mexico.
In line with the decrease in global import and export markets, during the month of June cargo traffic decreased 16.2%. This decrease was mainly due to a slowdown in import and export markets in Latin America. In line with the decrease in demand, capacity fell 9.4%, mainly through the reduction of ACMI leases, generating a 5.3 point decrease in the load factor to 66.3%.
During June, 92.8% of the Company’s total flights left on time based on a fifteen-minute standard (all departures leaving within fifteen minutes of the scheduled departure time are considered as “on-time”). This represented an increase of 5.8 points compared to June 2008.
Offshore Group to Host Two Manufacturing in Mexico Events
July 9, 2009
Manufacturing executives will have the opportunity to learn how to initiate low-cost manufacturing operations in Mexico during two industry conferences scheduled for October 2009.
TUCSON, Ariz., July 8 /PRNewswire/ — The Tucson, Arizona – based Offshore Group will host two major manufacturing in Mexico events from October 20 – 24, 2009 at the San Carlos Plaza Hotel in Guaymas, Sonora.
The Aerospace Manufacturing in Mexico Conference will take place on the 21st and 22nd of the month, and has been designed to introduce top industry executives to one of the largest aerospace manufacturing clusters in the country, as well as to the benefits enjoyed by manufacturers that choose manufacture in a low-cost environment in one of The Offshore Group’s world-class industrial parks.
The 15th Annual Manufacturing in Mexico Summit will take place from the 22nd until the 24th. Since its inception, The Summit has been the premier yearly gathering of top ranking executives in Mexico’s Maquiladora Industry. It has consistently provided an effect forum at which representatives of manufacturing firms from all major industries have been able to gather comprehensive information critical to the investment decision-making process in an abbreviated time frame.
In addition to benefiting form information imparted through programs of knowledgeable speakers, attendees at both the Aerospace Manufacturing in Mexico Conference and the 15th Annual Manufacturing in Mexico Summit will be able to tour manufacturing facilities currently in production, and will be able to meet and share information with the executives that run them
Airbus Military Aerial Refuelling Boom System performs night contacts with F-16
July 9, 2009
Airbus Military Aerial Refuelling Boom System (ARBS) has confirmed its superior night time ability to refuel receivers.
As part of the readiness for A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) qualification, the ARBS, mounted on Airbus Military’s own A310 boom demonstrator, was used recently on a night mission to perform a series of contacts with an F-16AM aircraft from the Portuguese Air Force as a receiver. After approach maneuvers to calibrate illumination, 17 contacts were made between the A310 and the receiver. The ARBS operator performed the refueling operation using the new Airbus Military state of the art Boom Enhanced Vision System featuring laser infrared lighting and high definition digital stereoscopic video system. The ARBS has now accumulated more than 400 contacts with different types of aircraft: F-16, E-3F AWACS, and KC-30A MRTT.
The Airbus Military A330 MRTT is the most capable new generation tanker available today and has recently successfully performed contacts using its new generation hose and drogue refueling pods. The A330 MRTT has also performed as a receiver with the Airbus Military A310 Boom Demonstrator and a French Air Force C-135FR tanker.
Follow on activities will include more contacts with the new hose and drogue refueling pod and the advanced Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS), refueling a variety of receivers that will include French, Portuguese and Spanish small and large receiver aircraft. This flight test phase will lead to the completion of military certification, and final qualification with our customer.
The A330 MRTT has been selected by the air forces of Australia, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and was chosen last year by the U.S. Air Force for its recapitalization of the service’s aging tanker fleet.
El sistema de reabastecimiento en vuelo de Airbus Military realiza contactos nocturnos con un F-16
July 9, 2009
El sistema de reabastecimiento mediante Boom (ARBS) de Airbus Military confirma sus excelentes características en repostaje nocturno.
Como parte de la puesta a punto para el proceso de cualificación del A330 MRTT, el sistema Boom instalado en el A310 demostrador del ARBS, ha llevado a cabo una misión nocturna en la que se han realizado una serie de contactos con un F-16 AM de la Fuerza Aérea portuguesa que ha actuado como receptor. Después de las maniobras de aproximación efectuadas para calibrar la iluminación, se realizaron 17 contactos entre el A310 y el receptor. El operador del boom realizó la operación de repostaje usando el nuevo y sofisticado Boom Enhanced Vision System, que incluye un sistema de iluminación infrarroja láser y un sistema digital estereoscópico de video de alta definición. El ARBS ha acumulado hasta la fecha más de 400 contactos con diferentes tipos de aviones receptores: F-16, E-3F AWACS y un KC-30A MRTT.
El A330 MRTT de Airbus Military es el avión de reabastecimiento en vuelo de nueva generación más capaz que existe hoy en el mercado y ha llevado a cabo con éxito una serie de contactos como avión cisterna usando la nueva generación de pods de reabastecimiento mediante hose and drogue (manguera y cesta). El A330 MRTT ha actuado también como avión receptor con el A310 demostrador del Boom de Airbus Military y un C-135FR cisterna de la Fuerza Aérea francesa.
Los siguientes ensayos incluirán más contactos con un nuevo pod de reabastecimiento y el avanzado sistema ARBS, repostando a aviones receptores de diferente tamaño de las Fuerzas Aéreas francesa, portuguesa y española. Esta fase de ensayos en vuelo conducirá a la finalización de la certificación militar y a la calificación final con nuestro cliente.
El A330 MRTT ha sido seleccionado por las Fuerzas Aéreas de Australia, Reino Unido, Arabia Saudí y Emiratos Árabes Unidos, y fue elegido el año pasado por la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos en el programa de recapitalización de la flota de aviones de reabastecimiento en vuelo.
GOL and American Airlines Announce Frequent Flyer Program and Codeshare Agreements
July 7, 2009
SAO PAULO, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4) (the “Company”), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, announces today it has entered into a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement with American Airlines, which will allow members of each frequent flyer program to earn and redeem miles on one another’s airline and lays the groundwork for a future codeshare agreement.
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