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With 19 bases, 1,500 employees, and a fleet of more than 50 aircraft, Líder Aviação has a large reach in Latin America's business aviation scene.

AEPM's investment at Guarulhos Airport could signal a move to accommodate eVTOL operations.

After years of visiting the show, ABS Jets is exhibiting at LABACE for the first time.

With the 2020 and 2021 editions canceled due to the Covid pandemic, Brazil's LABACE is back, now in improved facilities at São Paulo's Congonhas Airport.

Brazilian business aviation services company TAM Aviação Executiva has received IS-BAH registration for its flagship FBO at São Paulo Congonhas Airport.

Brazilian FBO operator TAM Aviação Executiva is exhibiting at NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference for the first time.

Exhibiting for the first time at Heli-Expo, Brazil-based AGS plans to add bases and personnel.

A Dassault Falcon 2000, one of nine business jets seized in 2012 on charges of evading import tax, goes to auction December 15 in Brazil.

A chartered Beechcraft King Air 90 crashed Friday in Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing 26-year-old Latin Grammy winner Marília Mendonça and four others.

Helicopter resellers and trading firms at Heli XP report business is white hot.

The Heli XP show being held today and tomorrow at Helipark in São Paulo is Brazil’s second in-person event since the pandemic began.

LABACE, which organizers delayed until November in hopes of the pandemic’s passing, will now happen only next year on the traditional August timetable.

The loss of a 30-year tax exemption from Brazilian import duties and other taxes would increase airlines’ tax burden by $955 million.

The Brazilian federal police seized a chartered Turkish-registered Gulfstream IV that was found to be carrying 1,304 kilos of cocaine.

Brazilian fractional provider Amaro Aviation took delivery of its first Pilatus PC-24, which will be based at São Paulo Catarina International Airport.

Now Brazil’s number-two airline, Gol will gain 26 slots at Congonhas Sao Paulo Airport with its purchase of MAP.

Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos expects to benefit from the connection capabilities of its parent company’s bus fleet.

Brazil’s largest domestic carrier has made a virtue of a varied fleet.

Latin America’s largest business aviation event is poised to return this year, organizer ABAG said yesterday.

As the Covid pandemic continues to rage in Brazil, Latam takes further steps to cut capacity with the retirement of its A350s.

With light-hearted animation, “The Flight of the Impossible” film celebrates Embraer founder Ozires Silva, who turned 90 on January 8.

Heli Show, Brazil’s first in-person aviation fair this year, was held through Saturday as part of the São Paulo Boat Show.

The Latin America business aviation fair, which traditionally takes place in mid-August in São Paulo, is another Covid casualty.

Webinar hosted by Airport Infra Expo explores Covid-19 challenges and opportunities for business aviation in Brazil.

Normally held in May, Brazilian helicopter show Heli XP is now scheduled for October 21 and 22 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Airline and airport groups decry the Argentine government’s decision to close the country to air travel for another four months.

Show organizer said it is delaying LABACE 2020 due to Covid-19, but hasn't yet set dates for the later-than-usual Latin American business aviation event.

The spread of Covid-19 has hit airlines in Brazil and Colombia particularly hard.

David Neeleman’s Breeze Aviation plans to take 28 of Azul’s E195s.

ANAC certification for Pratt & Whitney Canada's new engine overhaul center was obtained in December with the first testbed to be ready by end of January.