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NEWS FROM THE 8TH ALTA AIRLINE LEADERS RS FOR FORUM OR ORUM UM IN
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Goaaaaal!
Bombardier and CRJ900 customer
Pluna agreed during the awards dinner
on Thursday night it was time to kick
some up some sand. “We talked about
how beautiful the beach was and how
we’d been inside the whole time,” said
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s vicepresident
marketing Philippe Poutissou
(right). “We thought we could use some
fun after a couple of days of hard work.”
Bombardier decided to host an
impromptu soccer match on Barra
da Tijuca Beach on Friday afternoon
to enjoy Rio de Janeiro’s famous
coastline and quickly circulated
word to delegates to step
out for some fresh air and
a kickabout.
The score? Pluna
came out 8-5 victors.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Azul keeps tabs on re-engined E-Jets 4
LAN and TAM talk marriage 6
Challengers emerge to Embraer’s dominance 9
Copa seeks more Argentina service 12
ALTA Airline Business Daily is available online at: flightglobal.com/airlines
State support has
limited shelf life
Airline bosses openly expressed their frustration
with protectionist air transport regimes in Argentina
and Venezuela that dampen competition and hold
back what should be good regional growth markets.
“Argentina is the black eye that many refer to,” said
TACA chairman Roberto Kriete during yesterday’s
Chief Executive Panel, while Venezuela came in for
similar criticism. Airline development in both countries
is falling behind compared to the rest of the region,
although Latin airline chiefs believe the two
countries have what it takes to succeed if liberalisation
takes place.
Copa Airlines head Pedro Heilbron said large cities
Embraer divulges details on product evolution 14
Aeromar plans Mexican expansion 17
ALTA’s conga line 18
Meet the team 34
Continued on P4
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