The growth in the number of passengers passing through airports around the world continues to rise, but the economic crisis affecting European countries began to be felt in some terminals. Although figures are not yet final, the Airports Council International ahead the list of the 100 most visited airports in 2011.
After decades overshadowed by their military peers, executive aviation exhibitions appeared to come of age at FIDAE 2012. Chile’s steady economical and business evolution has sparked a surge in interest from executive aircraft manufacturers, which have identified an attractively growing market among South American economic groups now doing business on a regional or global basis. And Chilean aerospace firms, either seasoned aviation natives or new business ventures, have positioned themselves smartly as value added partners offering a variety of integrated services to their local customer base. Check our in-depth debriefing to learn about the key industry players at the show, their local counterparts and the products they showcased in Pudahuel.
Published and sold by Ediciones Argentinidad since March 2012, is the first of two volumes revealing complete data on close to 9,000 registrations in official Argentine civil aircraft records. The result of a massive research effort by historians Michael Magnusson and Gabriel Pavlovcic, “Complete Civil Aircraft Argentine Register 1938-2011 (Volume 1: LV-A to LV-M)”, opens up an informed window to registrations in Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Agency records, complemented by author’s research elsewhere. Attaining the highest score in our media rating system, this book is a must for any serious Argentine civil aviation expert.
