Airbus jets for Italy and Mexico
Airbus has received firm orders for 46 passenger aircraft from airlines in Italy and Mexico.
Air One, a carrier with 25% of the Italian market, ordered 30 Airbus A320 and announced options to buy a further 60 of the 159-seater planes.
Mexican start-up airline Volaris will buy 16 of the slightly smaller Airbus A319, with 40 options for A320 planes.
The deals give Airbus an early edge over Boeing, which last year sold more planes than its European rival.
Air One, founded 10 years ago, will use the Airbus A320 to replace its current fleet of 30 Boeing 737s.
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Mexicos Archundia to handle Germany-Italy semifinal
Mexicos Benito Archundia was selected to handle the semifinal match between host Germany and Italy, making him the first referee to control five matches at one soccer World Cup tournament.
His fellow Mexican Jose Ramirez and Canadas Hector Vergara will work the touchlines for Tuesdays match in Dortmund, with Japanese pair Toru Kamikawa and Yoshikazu Hiroshima serving as the fourth and fifth officials, FIFA announced yesterday.
Archundia has already been referee for first-round matches between Brazil-Croatia, France-South Korea and Czech Republic-Italy, and the second-round match between Switzerland and Ukraine.
This is the first World
Airbus Wins $600 Million Order From Mexico's Interjet (Update1)
Airbus SAS, the world's largest aircraft maker, won an order from Mexico's Interjet for 10 A320s, worth $600 million based on list prices.
Interjet, a new low-cost airline owned by Mexico's ABC Aerolineas de CV, first signed a commitment for 10 A320s and took options for another 10 planes at the Paris air show in June, Airbus said in a press release on its Web site. Each plane has a list price of $60 million. Interjet officials were not available for comment this morning, said Lucia Sanchez, who answered the phone
History of Puebla
The city of Puebla was founded as "La Puebla de los Ãngeles" or "La Angelópolis" on April 16, 1531. It was the first city in central Mexico founded by the Spanish conquistadors that was not built upon the ruins of a conquered Amerindian settlement. Its strategic location, half-way from the port of Veracruz to Mexico City, made it the second most important city during the colonial period. It was in this period that Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, playwright, writer, poet and nun lived a prolific life, until her confrontation with the Bishop of Puebla.
Four decades after
Frontier Continues March Through Mexico With Launch of Acapulco and Cozumel Service
Post-Hurricane Wilma, Cozumel is 'Open for Business'; Frontier is First and Only Airline to Offer Non-Stop Service From Denver
The past weekend was busy for Denver-based Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq: FRNT - News) as the airline launched its latest two Mexican resort destinations -- Cozumel and Acapulco on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18 respectively. The two cities are Frontier's sixth and seventh destinations in Mexico, complementing its existing non-stop Denver service to Cancun, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo. Both Cozumel and Acapulco will utilize Frontier's new 132
Mexico call-up for Argentines
Mexico have called up uncapped Argentine-born forward Guillermo Franco and striker Luis Angel Landin for a World Cup warm-up against fellow finalists Ghana next Wednesday (Thursday AEDT).
Coach Ricardo La Volpe also recalled Bolton Wanderers striker Jared Borgetti to an 18-man squad but he overlooked the experienced Cuauhtemoc Blanco.
The match will be played across the US border at the Pizza Hut stadium in the Texan city of Frisco.
Mexico are in Group D with Angola, Iran and Portugal at the World Cup in Germany. Ghana are in Group E with Italy, Czech Republic and the US.
U.S., Turkey and Mexico reach quarterfinals
Ofori Sarkodie, Kile Nakazawa and Ryan Soroka all scored second-half goals Tuesday to lead the United States past Italy 3-1 at the Under-17 World Cup.
After a scoreless first half, Sarkodie put the U.S. ahead two minutes after the break, followed by Kile Nakazawa off a free kick in the 67th minute.
Andrea Russoto cut the American's lead in half in the 74th on a free kick, then Ryan Soroka restored the two-goal margin in the 90th.
Italy finished the match a man short after Salvatore Foti was given a red card for arguing with the referee.
In
US Sends Offensive Signal to Mexico
House approval of a restrictive law that criminalizes immigration without papers is officially seen in Mexico as a "terrible sign" from the US government and legislature to the neighbor country.
Mexican President Vicente Fox affirmed that what had been decided is "appalling" and "does not speak well for a country that prides itself on being democratic" and he pointed out, is a nation of immigrants.
For these reasons it is shameful to be tolerant of xenophobes, to construct new walls, set more police and more soldiers on a frontier between two partner nations, Fox said at a
Cdn. reportedly home after being held in Mexico
A Mississauga, Ont. man who was forced to spend a night in a Mexican jail because his name appears on a U.S. no-fly list is reportedly back home on Saturday.
American fighter jets tailed an Air Transat flight earlier this week, following 38-year-old Canadian citizen Sami Kahil and his family en route to Mexico from Toronto, the Toronto Star reported.
Kahil was on his way to an all-inclusive vacation in Ixtapa with his wife, Rima Masri, and their two sons, eight-year-old Karim and six-year-old Adam.
During a stopover in Acapulco on Thursday afternoon, his family was
Mexicana to Introduce New Non-Stop Service Between Mexico City and Baltimore-Washington International
Mexicana de Aviacion, the first airline of Mexico and the leading carrier serving the Mexico-U.S. market,
announced today that it will launch a new service between Mexico and the Washington D.C. area starting December 1st with daily, non-stop service between Mexico City International Airport (MEX) and Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI).
"We are proud to connect Mexico's capital city with the Baltimore- Washington Capital Region," said Emilio Romano, chief executive office of Mexicana. "This is an historic moment for us and we are honored to be a
bridge between our capital
U-17 Men Fall to Mexico 2-1
The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team fell to Mexico 2-1 this evening at East Central Hornets High School in San Antonio, Texas.
The match, played on artificial turf, was preparation for the upcoming 2005 FIFA Under-17 World Championship. The majority of the matches during the tournament will be played on artificial turf, similar to the tournament two years ago in Finland.
In an evenly contested match, Mexico was able to slip two goals by U.S. goalkeeper Bryant Rueckner in the second half. Mexico was reduced to 10 men after 80 minutes and Jeremy Hall
