Chilean Flights

Chilean Latam Airlines Flight LA800 was travelling from Sydney to Auckland on Monday when a sudden drop in altitude threw passengers into the ceiling of the plane.

Twelve Chilean airports were paralyzed on Sunday as workers remained on strike over pension demands, forcing airlines to cancel flights and angering crowds of holiday travelers.

With year-end holidays fast approaching, Chileans faced a third day of canceled and delayed domestic flights Saturday as airport workers vowed to continue a strike "indefinitely" over pension demands.

Ash from the Chilean volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week, reached as far as southern Brazil today and prompted some airlines to cancel flights to the capitals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

Airline officials say an ash cloud from a recently reawakened volcano in southern Chile has once again forced the cancellation of scores of flights in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Steaming rivers filled with hot ash, rocks, and rain threatened to overflow their banks in southern Chile on Friday and ash clouds from a volcano that began erupting nearly a week ago kept some airports closed across much of the southern part of the continent.In towns bordering the Cordon Caulle volcano, authorities warned that rivers were about to...

Chilean Latam Airlines Flight LA800 was travelling from Sydney to Auckland on Monday when a sudden drop in altitude threw passengers into the ceiling of the plane.

Twelve Chilean airports were paralyzed on Sunday as workers remained on strike over pension demands, forcing airlines to cancel flights and angering crowds of holiday travelers.

With year-end holidays fast approaching, Chileans faced a third day of canceled and delayed domestic flights Saturday as airport workers vowed to continue a strike "indefinitely" over pension demands.

Ash from the Chilean volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week, reached as far as southern Brazil today and prompted some airlines to cancel flights to the capitals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

Airline officials say an ash cloud from a recently reawakened volcano in southern Chile has once again forced the cancellation of scores of flights in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Steaming rivers filled with hot ash, rocks, and rain threatened to overflow their banks in southern Chile on Friday and ash clouds from a volcano that began erupting nearly a week ago kept some airports closed across much of the southern part of the continent.In towns bordering the Cordon Caulle volcano, authorities warned that rivers were about to...