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TACA Peru adds the Embraer ERJ 190 on the Lima-Santiago route

TACA Peru (Lima) added the Embraer ERJ 190-100 on the Lima-Santiago route effective on December 15.

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Grupo TACA to fly Miami-Lima starting on December 1

TACA (Grupo TACA) (San Salvador) will launch the daily Miami-Lima route on December 1.

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US Airways to defer 54 Airbus deliveries

 

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US Airways (Phoenix) will defer the delivery of 54 Airbus aircraft from the 2010-2012 period to 2013 and beyond. The A350 XWB first delivery will be deferred from 2015 to 2017.

 

News link:

www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNN2429627720091124?rpc=44

In other news, US Airways and Grupo TACA will begin a new code-share agreement on January 12, 2010.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Airways-Expands-Central-bw-819666487.html?x=0&.v=1

TACA and Avianca to merge under one company

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Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

Grupo TACA (TACA International) (Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano) (San Salvador) and Avianca (Aerovias del Continente Americano) (Bogota) and all of the subsidiary airlines within the two groups will be merged into one single holding company. The Avianca owners (National Federation of Colombia Coffee Growers and the Synergy Group) will control two-thirds of the new holding company. The Grupo TACA owners will control the remaining one-third of the shares of the new holding company. All airlines will retain their independent brands (however Avianca was consolidating its brands) but each will become subsidiaries of the new holding company.

News link:

www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN0748094020091007?rpc=44