Latin American aviation stocks are about to take off

The Latin American travel market has been undergoing a shake-up that could make handy profits for UK investors. James McKeigue picks the best ways to buy in.

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LatAm Airlines, formed from the merger of Brazil's TAM and Chile's LAN, is well-placed to benefit

I write this in the middle of the mother of all flights. After spending six weeks in Peru, I was due to head back to London, but decided to pop' over to Ecuador for a weekend before I did. The result is a monster of a return journey going from Guayaquil via Quito to Lima in Peru, then to the US and then finally to London.

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.