Monday, October 21, 2024

ROUTE UPDATES: September 2024 - Part 1 - Aerolineas Argentinas, COPA, Flybondi, Gol

Route Updates - September 2024 - 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 verified by your editor only where indicated.

Airline - Route Eff Date - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks  

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Bahia Blanca (BHI) - Trelew (REL) - 30Sep24 - Remarks: Route "suspended" (cancelled?), apparently as a cost-saving measure 

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Cordoba (COR) - Punta Cana (PUJ) - 13Sep24 - 737 MAX 8 -  2x/weekly - Remarks: Restart of service between COR and PUJ since before the pandemic with connections to/from various points of the Argentine "Interior" through AR's COR hub.  Operated as a throughflight originating in AEP to COR and PUJ.

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Mar del Plata (MDQ) - Bahia Blanca (BHI) - 30Sep24 - Remarks: Route "suspended" (cancelled?), apparently  as a cost-saving measure 

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Mendoza (MDZ) - Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) - 29Sep24 - Remarks: Route "suspended" (cancelled?), apparently  as a cost-saving measure 

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Trelew (REL) - Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) - 30Sep24 - Remarks: Route "suspended" (cancelled?), apparently  as a cost-saving measure 

* COPA - Panama City (PTY) - Cordoba (COR) - 18Sep24 - 737 Series - 11x/weekly - Remarks:
Decreasing frequency from 14x/weekly.  Shifting three rotations to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE). Some of COPA's frequencies are operated by its Colombian subsidiary Wingo from Medellin to PTY to EZE under Fifth Freedom rights to bypass bilateral air agreements between Panama and Argentina.  Fifth Freedom, in this case, permits a Colombian carrier to fly from a city originating in its home country (Colombia) to its destination (Argentina) stopping in a third nation (Panama) enroute. 

* Flybondi - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - San Juan (UAQ) - 02Sep24 - 737-800 - 4x/weekly - Remarks: New route

* Gol Linhas Aereas - Montevideo (MVD) - Rio de Janeiro Galeao (GIG) - 01Sep24 - 737 Series - 3x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal Summer Service increasing to 4x/weekly on 28Oct24.

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