Copa Holdings, S.A. and its Copa Airlines and AeroRepublica operating subsidiaries, today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for December 2006

The Metro Country Club Group has commenced issuance of bonds for a total of $38.6 million, mostly meant for foreign investors and the general public. The bonds were approved by the Dominican Exchange Superintendence (SIV) this past July 3.

Developments are moving swiftly in the ongoing talks between LIAT and Caribbean Star to unite the two carriers.

TAM S.A. announces operating data for December 2006, as disclosed by the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) today. According to ANAC, TAM registered a 23.6 percent growth in domestic RPK (demand) compared to the same period last year, and a 23.7 percent increase in domestic ASK (supply).

The mountainous areas in the Cambita community, in the Dominican Republic, are turning into a veritably attractive tourism zone for residents in nearby Santo Domingo and an option for people looking into alternatives to the congested and complicated living standards of the country’s capital city.

Virgin Atlantic has started testing a procedure to reduce the time that airliners run their engines on the ground and so reduce the amount of pollution they cause. The airline’s Boeing 747 jets departing from London Heathrow and Gatwick this month are being towed to a “starting grid” close to the runway before their engines are fired up.