LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 29 January 2018

Argentina: Argentina’s transport ministry has awarded low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle the Certificado de Explotador de Servicios Aéreos (Cesa) certificate to operate in Argentina having passed the necessary quality and security checks. This allows the company to begin running in Argentina from February and eventually to fly to 152 destinations. Norwegian Air Shuttle becomes the second low-cost airline to operate in Argentina after local company Flybondi launched its first domestic flight on 26 January. In a statement, Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich said promoting affordable air travel was part of a wider government plan to increase tourism and promote greater development and integration between different parts of Argentina.

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