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AviancaTaca Leads Latin American Consolidation

by Jeff Kriendler

What a difference a decade makes. Colombia had one of the highest murder rates in the world, was a battlefield for brutal narco-gangs, and its economy was in ruins. The last choice for travellers was the country’s flag carrier, Avianca, the second oldest airline in the world. Coming dangerously close to shutting down, Avianca avoided liquidation and began a ‘Transformational Flight Plan’ which, in a merger with Central American neighbor TACA, has placed it among the most successful airline groups in the world.

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Golden Future for Bogotá-Eldorado?

by Andreas Spaeth

The future and past of Bogotá’s Aeropuerto Internacional Eldorado (IATA: BOG) lie only a few meters apart: on the right stands a magnificent, expansive, well-lit, mega-terminal; on the left is an ancient, much-too-short radar tower. Both are part of the reality at this airport, the gateway to a revitalized Colombia.

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Blackout Curtains Wide Open at Popular Airport Hotels

by Christine Negroni

Hotels on airport property used to be lonely places where blackout curtains and soundproof walls were the biggest selling points. Only the travelling salesperson or aviation geek would choose to stay in one. But fellow ’planespotters: our day has come. Hoteliers have woken up, smelled the jet fuel, and realized it is a good thing to keep travellers and their wallets close at hand.

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Bridging the Gap with Twin Cities Air Service

by Valerie Lester

Nova Scotia, Canada, would be an unlikely weekend destination—unless you consider Twin Cities Air Service. This little airline bridges the gap between Maine and Nova Scotia, thanks to the ingenuity of its owner, Nate Humphrey.

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Contingency Planning—How a Pilot Uses a Crystal Ball

by Alan Carter

Sitting here as the captain on the flightdeck of my nice warm Boeing 747-400, I started thinking of what could go wrong, and what action would need to be taken.

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Supplying Canada’s Arctic with Summit Air

by Andreas Rohde

Sitting here as the captain on the flightdeck of my nice warm Boeing 747-400, I started thinking of what could go wrong, and what action would need to be taken.

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Frontier Isolation

by David H Stringer

Frontier's attempts to link isolated communities in the American West. 

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by Nuala C Galbari

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Both Sides:  Paisley Shirts, Airport Bums Like Me, and Bart

by Clayton Taylor

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by Jeff Kriendler

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