Category: Latin America

Pilot Shortage: While Ones Suffer Loses, Others Derive Benefits

Reading Time: 4 minutes Global aviation is booming, the demand for pilots is skyrocketing and a global shortage for pilots is looming. However, pilot shortage varies among different regions and this is not only because of the growing numbers of passengers and airlines’ fleet. Working and living conditions also play a very important role in different regions and their […]

LATAM Boeing 767 Experiences Electrical Problems

Reading Time: < 1 minute A LATAM Boeing 767-300, performing flight from Sao Paulo Guarulhos (Brazil) to Milan Malpensa (Italy), was enroute at FL360 when the aircraft descended to FL300, however, maintaining heading towards Milan. About 175nm northeast of Las Palmas the crew turned the aircraft around reporting electrical problems and diverted to Las Palmas, where the aircraft landed safely about […]

Central America to Derive More Benefits from Aviation Connectivity?

Reading Time: 2 minutes The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments across Central America to work with industry to maximize the benefits that aviation can bring to the region. “Aviation supports over 859,000 jobs and makes a $17.9 billion contribution in gross value added to the combined GDP of the seven Central American countries,” said Peter Cerda, IATA’s […]

Aeromexico Fires Three Pilots After July Crash

Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite bad weather being attributed as the cause of July’s crash of an Aeromexico Embraer 190 at Durango International Airport, in a letter sent to the carrier’s workers Chief Executive Andres Conesa has confirmed that all three of the plane’s pilots have since left the company. In the letter he said that: “Irrespective of the […]

ICAO Safety Report Confirms 2017 as Aviation’s Safest Year

Reading Time: < 1 minute In 2017, there were 4.1 billion passengers travelling by air worldwide on scheduled commercial services. Tragically, these flights resulted in 50 fatalities. Nonetheless, this rate of 12.2 fatalities per billion passengers represents the safest year ever on the record for aviation. The number of fatal accidents also decreased, to 5 from 7 in 2016, which […]

Copa Airlines Boeing 737 Becomes Disabled During Vacating the Runway

Reading Time: < 1 minute Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Panama City (Panama) to Cordoba (Argentina), landed on Cordoboa’s runway 18 at 06:14Z and turned off the runway into high speed turn off taxiway but became disabled before crossing the hold short line. The runway needed to be closed. Argentina’s JIAAC reported they have opened an investigation into […]

Embraer Extends Pool Agreement to Support LOT’s Fleet

Reading Time: < 1 minute Embraer Services & Support and LOT Polish Airlines, the national carrier of Poland and leading airline in Central Europe, have signed an extension of the pool agreement to support LOT’s fleet of 34 Embraer E-Jets. In a multi-year deal, Embraer’s popular component support solution includes exclusive on site stock for LOT as well as extended […]

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Boeing, GOL Debut Airline’s First 737 MAX Airplane

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes celebrated the unveiling of the carrier’s newly outfitted 737 MAX 8 during a celebration in Sao Paulo. The leading Brazilian carrier also announced plans to fly the more fuel-efficient and longer-range 737 airplane on international routes. Paulo Kakinoff, Chief Executive Officer of GOL said: “Today is an exciting day […]

LC Peru de Havilland Dash 8-400 Fails to Extend Nose Gear

Reading Time: < 1 minute A LC Peru de Havilland Dash 8-400, performing flight from Lima to Ayacucho (Peru) with 59 passengers and 5 crew, was on approach to Ayscucho when the crew received an unsafe indication for the nose gear. The crew went around, worked the related checklists and decided to return to Lima. The aircraft performed a low […]

Gulfstream G600 To Make Latin American Debut At LABACE

Reading Time: < 1 minute Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s next aircraft to be certified, the award-winning Gulfstream G600, will make its Latin American debut as part of the company’s static display at the upcoming Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) in São Paulo. More than 205 Gulfstream aircraft are based in Latin America; nearly 70 percent are large-cabin models […]