Colombia has completed the 8-year accession process, now making it a full member of the OECD: The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development based in Paris.
Several international airlines had a few months to live if their planes were still on the ground. In the case of Latin American airlines, Avianca was forecast three months; to LATAM four months; to Azul six months and to COPA ten months, among others.
Proposals came from countries such as Colombia, Germany, the United States, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Chile, Brazil, Spain, Peru, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Venezuela, Ireland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and China.
According to aviation publication Simple Flying, LATAM Airlines (NYSE:LTM, IPSA: LTM) has reduced its order for Airbus A350 XWB aircraft from 25 to 15.
The rating downgrades of Ecopetrol, OCENSA and A.I. Candelaria reflect the direct and indirect linkage of these companies to the Sovereign Rating downgrade of Colombia, which Fitch downgraded to 'BBB-' from 'BBB'. The ratings for Emgesa, Isagen and UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones have...
In a new report, Fitch Ratings said that it expects a combined $202 million USD in debt due this year and owed by Avianca, Odebrecht and Digicel will not be repaid by the issuers.
Finance Colombia's Loren Moss talks with Duleesha Kulasooriya, executive director of Deloitte's Center For The Edge on how disruptive transformation can benefit developing economies...but the right strategy is the key to success.
With travel restrictions in place due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Copa Airlines issued a filing indicating that the company will reduce capacity by 80% but may shut down completely.
While Copa & Viva Airlines have not announced any fleet groundings so far, this week, Avianca & LATAM have announced significant cutbacks on routes, grounding between 30-40% of their fleets in the face of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic.