Former Austral E-190, LV-CIF (c/n 421) was recently repainted with Aerolineas Argentinas colors and titles like those on sistership LV-CMA, pictured above at Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) on 26Jul24. (Phil Perry Photo)
Aerolineas Argentinas E-190, LV-CIF (c/n 421) had its Austral colors and titles removed and replaced with the complete Aerolineas scheme at the Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) airfield in Cordoba (not the Cordoba (COR) airport where airline flights operate) on 09Nov24. It is the third former Austral E-190 to be repainted in Aerolineas colors, joining LV-CMA (c/n 445) and LV-CDZ (c/n 377), which were repainted on 03Mar21 and 05Jun23, respectively. The Aerolineas and Austral schemes are very similar, with the main differences being the titles and the red stripe on the Austral fuselage.
Austral was a privately-owned airline formed decades ago that changed hands on more than one occasion until it was finally fully-merged with state-owned Aerolineas Argentinas on 30Nov20.
Now, some four years after the merger was completed, only three of the 24 former Austral E-190's currently in the Aerolineas fleet have been repainted in the Aerolineas Argentinas color scheme. Maybe due to nostalgia among former Austral employees, especially the pilots, who reportedly remember the carrier fondly.
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