Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
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Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
2w ago
Route Updates - April 2023 - Part 1
The following airlines / flights are confirmed to have started or re-started service on the indicated routes on the listed dates. Many of the services are the resumption of flights that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increases / decreases in flight frequency are not always verified by your editor.
Airline - Route - Eff Date - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks
* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Montevideo (MVD) - xxApr23 - aircraft type va ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
2w ago
Route Updates - April 2023 - Part 2
The following airlines / flights are confirmed to have started or re-started service on the indicated routes on the listed dates. Many of the services are the resumption of flights that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increases / decreases in flight frequency are not always verified by your editor.
Airline - Route - Eff Date - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks
* Jetsmart Argentina - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Asuncion (ASU) - 03Apr23 - A320-200 - 3x/weekly ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
11M ago
Aerolineas Argentinas' latest acquisition, A330-243, LV-KHT (c/n 1191), landed at Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) at 6:55am on the morning of 21May23 on its delivery flight from the Mojave (MZJ), Arizona, USA aircraft storage facility.
Sister ship LV-KHU (c/n 1223), also an A330-243, is scheduled for delivery in the near future.
Both aircraft were originally delivered to South African Airways in 2011 before being returned to lessor Air Castle in 2020. With these two new additions, Aerolineas Argentinas' A330 fleet will once again reach the pe ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
1y ago
Aerolineas Argentinas A330-202, LV-FVH (c/n 1605), in special 2022 World Cup scheme featuring vinyl lacquer stickers with the images of Lionel Messi, other star Argentine players and the team's official Adidas game jersey at Madrid (MAD) on 12Oct22. (Photo: Lanzarote Spotter - Jesus M. de Leon)
Aerolineas Argentinas has operated several types of aircraft on its long haul / intercontinental routes, including in the jet age - the de Havilland Comet 4, Boeing 707 / 747 (200, 400 and SP) and Airbus A310 / A340, followed by the introduction of the Airbus A330 in 2013.
The airline has operate ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
1y ago
Route Updates - March 2023 - Part 1
The following airlines / flights are confirmed to have started or re-started service on the indicated routes on the listed dates. Many of the services are the resumption of flights that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increases / decreases in flight frequency are not always verified by your editor.
Airline - Eff Date - Route - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks
* Aerolineas Argentinas - Corrientes (CNQ) - Cordoba (COR) - 15Mar23 - E190 - 4x/weekly ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
1y ago
Route Updates - February 2023
The following airlines / flights are confirmed to have started or re-started service on the indicated routes on the listed dates. Many of the services are the resumption of flights that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increases / decreases in flight frequency are not always verified by your editor.
Airline - Eff Date - Route - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks
* Avianca - San Jose (SJO) - Quito (UIO) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - 01Feb23 - A320, A320neo - 4x/w ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
1y ago
Aerolineas Argentinas has operated a total of 22 737-700's with 14 having left the fleet and 8 still with the carrier.
* 14 Retired 737-700's
Of Aerolineas' 14 retired airframes, 9 were originally delivered to Virgin Blue and 4 to EasyJet, with all 13 aircraft leaving the Boeing factory in the 2000-2001 timeframe. Aerolineas took delivery of these planes between 2009-2012 with all of them going on to Southwest between 2016-2018.
One airframe had a different career path from those above, having first been delivered to Sky Airlines (Turkey) before joining Aerolineas and cont ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
1y ago
Viva Air A320neo HK-5388 (c/n 10693) taxis for takeoff at Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) on 26Aug22 on its return trip to Colombia after having been diverted to AEP while operating inbound to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) due to fog earlier that morning. Viva Air never operated scheduled flights to Aeroparque. (Phil Perry Photo)
Viva Air shut down operations on 27Feb23 after on again-off again plans for its acquisition by Avianca for several months due to the ULCC carrier's financial problems. As of this writing, the carrier might still be acquired by Avianca with much depending ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
1y ago
Route Updates - January 2023 - Part 1
The following airlines / flights are confirmed to have started or re-started service on the indicated routes on the listed dates. Many of the services are the resumption of flights that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increases / decreases in flight frequency are not always verified by your editor.
Airline - Eff Date - Route - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks
* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Punta Cana (PUJ) - Havana (HAV)  ..read more
Argentina Airline News, Photography & Spotting
1y ago
The following airlines / flights are confirmed to have started or re-started service on the indicated routes on the listed dates. Many of the services are the resumption of flights that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increases / decreases in flight frequency are not always verified by your editor.
Airline - Eff Date - Route - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks
* Aerolineas Argentinas - Bariloche (BRC) - El Calafate (FTE) - 02Dec22 - 737-800, 737 MAX 8 - 3x/weekly - Remarks: Year ..read more