Airline News - Latin America / Caribbean.Venezualan president Hugo Chavez has threatened to stop US carriers flying to his country in retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and for the US continuing to restrict access to the South American country's airlines. Delta and Continental Airlines face the prospect of losing their rights to capital Caracas, while American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the will have its schedule drastically dras·tic adj. 1. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution. 2. cut. The move is the latest in an ongoing spate between Chavez and George Bush's administration as Venezuela accuses Washington of trying to destabilize de·sta·bi·lize tr.v. de·sta·bi·lized, de·sta·bi·liz·ing, de·sta·bi·liz·es 1. To upset the stability or smooth functioning of: the country. Mar 12, 2006 Air Jamaica Air Jamaica has reported 2005 as its best-ever year in the decade its has been serving the UK. The carrier, which reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. last November, maintained an 81% load factor on its Heathrow-Jamaica routes last year. This year it said it has started well, with network schedules completed to almost 100%. The airline started in 1996 with three weekly flights using an Airbus A310 and it now operates daily with A340s. http://www.airjamaica.com Mar 12, 2006 |
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