Aeroman opened in El Salvador its sixth hangar, which has an area of two thousand square meters and capacity to maintain 14 narrow cabin aircraft simultaneously.
The new hangar, which began construction in March 2018 and whose investment in infrastructure amounted to $20 million, is located on land adjacent to the Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport.
Aeroman has announced that it will be investing $45 million in the construction of the sixth aircraft maintenance and repair hangar at the Monseñor Romero airport in El Salvador.
Authorities at Aeroman said that the hangar, which will be located on the west side of the air terminal, will be larger than hangar 5, inaugurated in 2015, and will have capacity to accommodate larger aircraft.
Aero Expo Panama Pacifico will take place at Panama Pacifico Airport from March 21 to 22, 2018, and will bring together aeronautical companies from all over Latin America.
Aero Expo Panama will feature a static presentation of various executive aircraft and expert speakers on the subject who will give seminars on topics of great importance to executives in aviation companies, such as management of the costs of aircraft operations.
Aero Expo Panama Pacific will be held at the Panama Pacific Airport on April 20 and 21 2017, and will bring together companies linked to the Latin American aeronautical industry.
The website states that"...Aero Expo 2017 Panama Pacific is the most important event for general and private aviation in Latin America.It will explore the latest trends in the business aviation and helicopters sector in Latin America, the Caribbean and Panama.
The airline of Salvadoran origin will suspend its operations for three months to resolve "financial problems" and a carry out restructuring.
The airline that in late 2014 announced flights between the capitals of Central America for $199 for two people, is now facing financial problems that has forced it to close its operations for at least three months in order to restructure the company.This was confirmed to Elsalvador.com by the principal adviser to the group ofcompanies Alba and by Vuelos Económicos Centroamericanos (CASI), José Luis Merino.
The new parking platform raises to 22 the number of aircraft that can be attended to simultaneously at the international airport in San Salvador.
Elsalvador.com reports that "...The work represents the first expansion project with a direct impact on customer service for passenger aircraft at San Salvador International Airport in the last 18 years and will be crucial in improving its operational capacity."
Aeroman has announced that together with the CEPA it is preparing for the construction of a sixth aircraft maintenance hangar at the airport of Comalapa.
VivaLatinoamérica has announced that it will base its operations in the country in order to cater for flights from Central America in 2016.
Viva Group, consisting of the Grupo IAMSA and Irelandia Aviation, revealed that it will base its operations center in Costa Rica for Central American flights.
With a school of aeronautical firefighters, a center for aircraft maintenance and better programs of aviation mechanics, the country aims to become a regional aviation cluster.
Although the promised expansion of the international airport Ronulfo Monsignor is still going at a slow pace, the area of aviation training and commercial aircraft maintenance is prepared to improve its services and turn the country into a hub for the aircraft industry at the regional level. Mario Martinez, director of the Central Institute of Aeronautics Training (ICCAE), told Elsalvador.com that "... it is right time for the country to take advantage of all the elements that it can intergrate in order to be eligible to be a cluster in the coming years. 'The location we have is key. We can create a first class logistics platform. '"
The airline Viva founded with Colombian capital has announced it is requesting permission to fly to Costa Rica and then Central America, through the airline Viva CAN.
The construction of the new Aeroman hangar in El Salvador is going according to schedule, therefore in September 20 thousand square meters will be added costing $55 million.
The hangar under construction will be the company's fifth, and it is expected that in September it will be avialable for use for aircraft maintenance.
Avianca announced the purchase of 100 aircraft manufactured by Airbus, which will be used to gradually replace aircraft currently operating from Bogota, San Salvador and Lima.
The airline confirmed the purchase of 100 A320neo aircraft type, with the goal of replacing those that operate on the routes to Colombia, El Salvador and Peru.
Starting from May 1 Aeromexico will operate a second daily frequency between the capital of El Salvador and Mexico City.
With this new frequency there will be 14 direct flights between the two countries per week operated by the airline. At the close of 2014 AeroMexico reported having transported about 44 thousand passengers on the San Salvador - Mexico City route.
VECA Airlines has announced the start of flights from El Salvador to Guatemala and Costa Rica, with capital contributed by Empresas Alba.
$60 million is the amount that Empresas Alba has contributed as seed money to VECA Airlines, and it is expected that this will cover the operation of the company until December this year.
With the construction by Avianca of a training and aircraft maintenance center in Colombia, the potential of the aviation market in the region has been confirmed.