South America and Caribbean

interCaribbean Airways announced the commencement of new non-stop services to and from Kingston, Jamaica and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Port au Prince, Haiti . interCaribbean Airways begins scheduled services on December 13th 2014, between Kingston Normal Manley International Airport and Port au Prince, Haiti, and also Port au Prince to Santo Domingo International Airport.  With … Read more

LAN Airlines, part of LATAM Airlines Group celebrated the arrival of its first A321 at Santiago’s Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport.

Etihad Cargo will partner with Avianca Cargo through a commercial agreement to deploy a freighter flight from Milan’s Malpensa Airport to Bogotá and from Bogotá to Amsterdam. The new service will operate twice a week beginning 12 November 2014, providing an important cargo connection between Europe and South America. The flights will also facilitate seamless … Read more

GOL Linhas Aereas has signed a codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways. The agreement depends on approval from ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency) and CADE (Brazil’s antitrust authority). The companies already have an interline agreement and the expansion of the partnership through the codeshare agreement will initially allow Etihad Airways to include its code on flights … Read more

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Seaborne Airlines announced that its non-stop daily service from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan (SJU) to Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ) started on April 15th, 2014. Now business or pleasure travel to Dominican Republic is a breeze with the launch of … Read more

interCaribbean Airways announced the introduction of new scheduled non-stop air service connecting Kingston to Montego Bay, with 16 weekly flights each way. These new flights from Montego Bay to Kingston provide onward flights to Providenciales, Grand Turk, Santo Domingo and San Juan making connections across the wider Caribbean a reality.  The flights, operated by 30 … Read more

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments TAM Airlines, member of LATAM Airlines Group, announced its nonstop service between Miami and Fortaleza, the capital of Ceara, that will launch on May 31, 2014 and operate on Saturdays. With this nonstop flight, Fortaleza will serve as a strategic location in TAM’s network for passengers traveling to Northeastern … Read more

Chilean LAN Airlines has become the first non-US carrier to announce it will comply with the US FAA recommendation and temporarily suspend its Boeing 787 operations. In compliance with the recommendation of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) and in coordination with the Chilean Aeronautical Authority (DGAC), LAN announced that it will temporarily suspend … Read more

ATR and the Caribbean carrier Leeward Islands Air Transport Services (LIAT) today announced the signature of an agreement for the purchase of a total of three 48-seats ATR 42-600s. The deal also includes options for two 68-seat ATR 72-600, and is valued at over US$ 100 million. LIAT will take delivery of their very first … Read more