Avianca-Taca and Copa Airlines join Star Alliance
Two Latin America airlines have announced that they will join Star Allicance that includes Continental Airlines. It is anticipated that they will fully integrate into the alliance by the middle of 2012. This is great news for Star Alliance passengers as it opens up access to flights connecting through Panama City, Panama, Bogata, Columbia with [...]
More Airline News, This Time South America
Brazilian airline TAM is to merge with Chilean rival LAN, the companies announced last week. This creates yet another ‘super carrier’ in the airline industry and one that is going to have a huge impact on travel throughout he Americas. The combined travel figures for TAM and LAN in 2009 were 45 million passengers! The [...]
Iberia Launches New Flights To Central America
From the beginning of October Iberia, the national carrier for Spain, introduced new flights to Central America. These new flights will fly to San Salvador and Panama direct from Madrid. Previously these flights went via Guatemala. Iberia now flies to four Central American countries including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama. The flights to [...]