The United States has announced the signing of an "open skies" transport agreement with Paraguay, modernizing aviation relations between the two nations.
U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay John F. Keane and Acting Paraguayan Foreign Affairs Minister Marciel Bobadilla Guillen signed the agreement Monday in Asuncion.
Mexicana de Aviacion said on Monday it will launch Mexico´s first low-cost carrier in July, moving the government closer to privatizing its airline industry.
The new airline, called Click Mexicana, will start ticket sales in May and flights in July as part of a plan to sell Mexico´s leading airlines Mexicana and Aeromexico this year.
LAN Peru, an affiliate of Chile´s LAN Airways that holds 80 percent of the Peruvian market, apologized this week for airing an on-board promotional video with denigrating images of Peru.
"We understand the angry generated by our in-flight promotional videos with images that have hurt deep the pride and feelings of the Peruvian people," the company stated in a press release.
Continental will offer twice-weekly service to Flores on Wednesdays and Saturdays, using the 50-seat Embraer EMB-145 Regional Jet. Flores is the primary destination for travelers visiting Tikal, the largest site of Mayan ruins in Central America.
The approximately three-hour, 20-min. flight will depart Houston´s Intercontinental Airport at 6:40 p.m. and arrive in Flores at 9:05 p.m. The return flight will leave Flores at 7:45 a.m., arriving in Houston at 12 noon.
Uruguay´s UAIR has been flying regularly to Santiago de Chile every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since last March.
Execs from the Uruguayan air carrier explained the increasingly bigger demand from Rio de la Plata in recent years prompted them to turn to Santiago de Chile as their new choice.
American Eagle, an affiliate of American Airlines (AA) is planning to increase flights to San Juan de Puerto Rico and the Caribbean destination of Bonaire.
American Eagle has been flying on and off to Bonaire since April 1. However, beginning on May 1 through September 6, the air carrier will be making five weekly roundtrip flights to that small Caribbean island.