The Airline That Stopped Needing the State

The Airline That Stopped Needing the State

Aerolíneas Argentinas self-funds its biggest fleet renewal in a decade — 20 new Boeing and Airbus jets The Hispano-Luso Report At the Farnborough Airshow this week, among the trillion-dollar order books and the hospitality chalets, a state-owned airline from Argentina...
Spain Wins Another Trophy in America

Spain Wins Another Trophy in America

Mapfre pays $1.5bn for Nasdaq-listed Safety Insurance — Massachusetts’ market leader turns Spanish The Hispano-Luso Report Five days ago, Spain lifted the World Cup on American soil. Last night, as Wall Street closed, it lifted a Nasdaq-listed insurer. Mapfre,...
Ford Hands Geely the Keys in Valencia

Ford Hands Geely the Keys in Valencia

America makes way at its historic Spanish plant — and China steps inside Europe’s tariff wall The Hispano-Luso Report In October 1976, the first Ford Fiesta rolled off the line at Almussafes, the plant Henry Ford II had built on Valencian orchard land three...