LATAM – The News Desk

29Dec

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LATAM to suspend Heathrow-Lima service – Business Traveller

LATAM has announced plans to suspend its flights between London and Lima from 2 February, 2024. The route was only launched at the start of December, and Business Traveller’s Hannah Brandler reviewed the carrier’s business class service on the London-bound leg. Flight review: LATAM Boeing 787 Premium Business Lima-London As flagged on our forum, the latamtrade.com website has published an alert confirming that the route will be suspended between 2 February and 20 March, 2024, with the carrier citing “commercial adjustments”. In addition to the confirmed suspension dates, LATAM said that flights on subsequent dates “will be closed for sale in the system until further notice”. LATAM has provided Business Traveller with the following statement: “From December 1, 2023 we began our direct Li...

Costa Rica arrests ex-Panama presidential hopeful tied to money laundering case

5Dec

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Costa Rica arrests ex-Panama presidential hopeful tied to money laundering case

SAN JOSE/PANAMA CITY, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Costa Rican police on Tuesday arrested Panamanian businessman and former presidential hopeful David Ochy on charges of fraud and money laundering, judicial authorities said on Tuesday, following an Interpol request.Ochy was wanted by Interpol for being central to a case linked to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who was in July sentenced to over a decade in prison for money laundering.Ochy enrolled as a presidential pre-candidate for Martinelli's Realizing Goals party ahead of the 2024 vote, which protected him from facing trial in the Martinelli case last summer. That immunity has since been lifted.Randall Zuniga, head of the country's judicial investigation unit, told a press conference that Ochy arrived in Costa Rica over three mon...

LATAM launches only direct route from London to Peru – Business Traveller

4Dec

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LATAM launches only direct route from London to Peru – Business Traveller

Business Traveller also enquired about the lack of premium economy onboard. “At the moment, analysing our customers and the demand for South America, we consider that there is no need for premium economy. We have premium seats within economy, called LATAM+, with a little bit more comfort, legroom, a specific compartment for luggage and premium boarding. It’s located in the front rows of the economy cabin.” The flight was largely smooth, although there was an hour delay on the tarmac at Heathrow due to ice conditions as a result of the cold weather in London. As such, we took off at 2255 and landed at 1205 local time. Ioppolo also spoke of additional routes planned for the next year: “We’ve been opening up a lot of new routes this year and will do the same next year, especially within cou...

Colombian President Petro’s son arrested in money laundering probe

30Jul

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Colombian President Petro’s son arrested in money laundering probe

[1/3]Police officers walk outside the attorney general's office on the day Nicolas Petro, son of Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, was arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, in Bogota, Colombia, July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Vannessa JimenezBOGOTA, July 29 (Reuters) - Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, the attorney general's office said early on Saturday.The younger Petro, a politician in Atlantico province, had welcomed the investigation when it began in March and has previously called accusations that he took money from drug traffickers in exchange for including them in his father's peace efforts to end civil strife unfounded and harmfu...