ROUTE UPDATES: December 2022 - Part 1 - Aerolineas Argentinas, Air Canada, Air France

Route Updates - December 2022 - 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 - Bariloche (BRC) - El Calafate (FTE) - 02Dec22 - 737-800, 737 MAX 8 - 3x/weekly - Remarks: Year-round Service 

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Florianopolis (FLN) - 08Dec22 - type ? - 2x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal summer service - 2x/weekly in early December, 6x/weekly in late December and 12x/weekly in January, ending on 06Mar23 

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Merlo (RLO) - 01Dec22 - E190 - 2x/weekly - Remarks: Year-round service

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Punta del Este (PDP) - 01Dec22 - 737-800 - 7x/weekly - Remarks: Increasing frequency from 4x/weekly to 7x/weekly on 01Dec22 and 12x/weekly on 22Dec22 until April 2023 when will reduce to 7x/weekly again

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) / Ezeiza (EZE) - Rio de Janeiro Galeao (GIG) - 18Dec22 - 737-800, 737 MAX 8 - 25x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal Summer Service - Increasing frequency from 17x/weekly from the two airports through March

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Bariloche (BRC) - 23Dec22 - A330-200 - 4x/weekly - Remarks: 22 flights round-trip operating between 23Dec22 and 28Jan23 summer high season.  Other types also operating additional flights. 

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Cancun (CUN) - 23Dec22 - A330-200 - 4x/weekly - Remarks: Increasing frequency from 3x/weekly.

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Madrid (MAD) - 18Dec22 - A330-200 - 9x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal Summer Service - Increasing frequency from 7x/weekly until 27Jan23

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Miami (MIA) - 20Dec22 - A330-200 - 12x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal Summer increase in frequency from 7x/weekly 

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Rio de Janeiro Galeao (GIG) - 23Dec22 - A330-200 - 5x/weekly - Remarks: 27 flights round-trip operating between 23Dec22 and 28Jan23 summer high season. 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 operating additional flights.  

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Rome Fiumicino (FCO) - 23Dec22 - A330-200 - 4x/weekly - Remarks: Increasing frequency from 3x/weekly.

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Salvador de Bahia (SSA) - 24Dec22 - 737 MAX 8 - 6x/weekly - Remarks: Increasing frequency from 4x/weekly for seasonal summer service.

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Cordoba (COR) - Mar del Plata (MDQ) - 22Dec22 - E190 - 4x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal Summer Service, increasing from 2x/weekly through March

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Rosario (ROS) - Mar del Plata (MDQ) - 22Dec22 - 737-700 - 2x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal Summer Service until April 2023

* Air Canada - Montreal Trudeau (YUL) - Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - 02Dec22 - 787-9 - 6x/weekly - Remarks: Seasonal Summer Service through March 

* Air France - Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - 04Dec22 - A350-900 - 1x/daily - Remarks: First time AF operating the A350-900 on this route, previously using 777-200 and 777-300.

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES - January 2022 - Part 10 - Air Canada, Air France, British Airways, Iberia

Route Updates - January 2022 - Part 10

The following airlines / flights are confirmed to have started or re-started on the indicated dates.  Most, maybe all, 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.

Airline                      Origin                             Destination                 Eff Date      Type                  Frequency  

Air France               Paris Charles                  Buenos Aires               10Jan22       787-9                5x/weekly

                                 de Gaulle (CDG)             Ezeiza (EZE)

Remarks: Increase from 3x/weekly.

British Airways       London Heathrow           Buenos Aires               10Jan22       A350-1000        1x/daily                                             (LHR)                              Ezeiza (EZE)

Remarks: Now stopping in Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) instead of flying nonstop.

Air Canada              Montreal (YUL)               Buenos Aires               12Jan22       777-300            3x/weekly

                                                                         Ezeiza (EZE)

Remarks: Via Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU)

Iberia                        Madrid (MAD)                 Buenos Aires              13Jan22       A330-200/         10x/weekly

                                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)                                  A350-900

Remarks: Increase from 1x/daily.

                                

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES: February 2021 - Part 2 - Aeromexico, Air France, Alitalia, British Airways

Route Updates - February 2021 - Part 2

The Argentine Government's ANAC national aviation authority issued an order on 26Jan21 requiring airlines to reduce the number of flights from Argentina to Europe, Mexico and the United States by 30% and to Brazil by 50%, effective 01Feb21.

Aeromexico 

* Mexico City (MEX) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE)

Reduced frequency from 7x/weekly to 5x/weekly, effective in February, still using 787-9.

Air France 

* Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 

Operating 2x/weekly pax/cargo flights using 787-9 plus 1x/weekly flight as cargo-only, both in February.

Alitalia

* Rome Fiumicino (FCO) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 

Suspended service until 01Jun21.

British Airways 

* London Heathrow (LHR) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 

Service will remain suspended until at least 16Apr21.

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES: Argentina "Regular" Flights Restart - #4 of 4 - European, US & Worldwide Carriers - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) Departures - Week of 07-13Dec

The text immediately below this introduction is repeated from previous posting "ROUTE UPDATES: Argentina "Regular" Flights Restart - #1 of 4 - Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) Departures - Week of 07-13Dec" to give context to the information regarding resumption of service by other Latin American carriers (non-Argentine) departing Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) in the second half of this posting: 

Regularly scheduled airline services came to an abrupt halt in Argentina on 20Mar20 with only "special" flights operated, mostly for the repatriation of both Argentines stranded overseas and foreigners marooned in Argentina, until 22Oct20 when "regular" flights were resumed. 

Many special cargo flights were also operated (and continue to be flown), such as at least sixteen Aerolineas Argentinas flights to Shanghai, China that brought back to Argentina massive numbers of masks, gowns and other equipment to be used in the fight against COVID-19.     

The resumption of "regular" flights in October was exclusively out of Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) because the capital's two other airports were and still are closed.  

Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) is not operational due to the airfield's sole runway being resurfaced and extended (work scheduled to be finished in March/April) and the reopening of Buenos Aires El Palomar (EPA) was deemed inefficient costwise, considering that Ezeiza is operating well below capacity, so EPA's two carriers, Flybondi and Jetsmart, have been directed to fly out of EZE, at least for now. 

At first, only about a dozen "regular" flights per day flew out of EZE but this increased significantly to an average of 47 daily departures during the week of 07-13Dec with a total of 332 flights being operated by all airlines from EZE during that period.  

Air Europa A330-200, EC-LNH ? (c/n 551), at Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) on 30Jun15.  The airline has retired nearly all of its A330's in favor of 787-8's and 787-9's.  (Phil Perry Photo)  

Services operated during the week of 07-13Dec:

Europe:

Air Europa - Operated 2 flights to Madrid (MAD) using 787-9 - 4 flights per week fewer than normal  

Air France - Operated 4 flights to Paris - Charles de Gaulle (CDG) using 3 787-9 and 1 777-300 - 3 flights per week fewer than normal

British Airways - 5 flights to London-Heathrow (LHR), all with 787-9 - about 1 or 2 flights per week fewer than normal  

Iberia - 6 flights to Madrid (MAD), 5 with A350-900 and 1 with A330-200 - 9 flights per week fewer than normal  

KLM - Operated 5 flights to Amsterdam (AMS) using 777-300 - 1 flight per week fewer than normal  

Level - Operated 2 flights to Barcelona (BCN) using A330-200 - 2 flights per week fewer than normal  

Lufthansa - Operated 3 flights to Frankfurt (FRA) using 747-8 - 4 flights per week fewer than normal  

Lufthansa Cargo - Operated 3 flights to Frankfurt (FRA), sometimes stopping in Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU), using MD-11F - 1 flight per week more than normal  

Martinair Holland - Operated 1 flight to Quito (UIO) - Amsterdam (AMS), using 747-400F - 1 flight per week fewer than normal  

Swiss International - Operated 2 flights to Zurich (ZRH) using 777-300 

Turkish - Operated 4 flights to Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) - Istanbul (IST) using 787-9 

United States:

American - Operated 7 flights to Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) using 787-8 - same number of flights per week as in the past but with a smaller aircraft than the previous 777-200  

American - Operated 7 flights to Miami (MIA) using 777-200 - 7 flights per week fewer than normal  

United - Operated 3 flights to Houston Intercontinental (IAH) using 787-9 - 4 flights per week fewer than normal and with a smaller aircraft than the previous 777-200   

Worldwide:

Ethiopian - Operated 1 flight to Addis Ababa (ADD) using 787-8 - 6 flights per week fewer than normal  

Qatar Cargo - Operated 4 flights to Doha (DOH), sometimes stopping in Quito (UIO), using 777-200F - 1 flight per week more than normal  

Comments:

* The 787 series of aircraft is increasingly popular on flights to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) with nine carriers currently operating the -8 and -9 versions to the city's intercontinental airport; Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air France, American, Avianca, British Airways, Ethiopian, Turkish, and United plus possibly two more, Air Canada and Norwegian, if and when they resume service to EZE.  This compares to six airlines flying the 787 to EZE in June 2018.    

* Air New Zealand and Emirates have already announced that they will not resume flights to Argentina, either now or when the pandemic is over.

Sources:

www.aa2000.com.ar

https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Air%20Europa.htm

ROUTE UPDATES: Air France, Air New Zealand, United

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Newark (EWR) - eff 28Oct17

The US airline will reintroduce service on this route after having dropped it in September 2013.  Flights will be operated 1x/daily using 767-300's complementing the carrier's nightly 777-200 service from EZE to Houston Bush Intercontinental (IAH).   

* Montevideo (MVD) - Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - Discontinued eff 29Oct17

The French airline has operated this route since April 2013 as an extension of its Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) service, most recently 5x/weekly with 777-200's, but the carrier is dropping it in favor of codeshares with Gol Brazilian Airlines from Montevideo (MVD) through Rio de Janeiro Galeao (GIG) and Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) to Paris.

    

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Auckland (AKL) - Increased Frequency eff 07Nov17

Will increase frequency for the southern hemisphere summer adding a fourth weekly 787-9 flight on 07Nov17 increasing to five flights on 05Dec17 until 13Mar18.  

Sources:

http://www.aviacionline.com/2017/05/united-airlines-volvera-a-operar-entre-nueva-yorknewark-y-buenos-aires/
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/primera-plana/item/24523-el-proximo-29-de-octubre-cambia-la-operativa-de-air-france-desde-montevideo
http://www.aviacionline.com/2017/04/air-new-zealand-aumenta-la-frecuencia-de-sus-vuelos-entre-buenos-aires-y-auckland/

ROUTE UPDATE: Air France Resuming Service to Montevideo (MVD) after 12-Year Absence

Airlineroute.net reports that Air France will resume service to Montevideo (MVD) effective 16Apr13 after having been absent from Uruguay since 2001.  

The new service will be a 5-times weekly extension of Air France's existing 777-200 flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to Buenos Aires (EZE), much as in 2000 and 2001 when the flight extended once per week to Uruguay.  Montevideo (MVD) flights will operate every day except Mondays and Saturdays southbound and Tuesdays and Sundays northbound. 

The schedule will be:

Flight   Routing  Dep   Arr      Routing   Dep      Arr       Freq.  Type

AF394  CDGEZE 2320 0805+1 EZEMVD 0945+1 1040+1  x16   777-200ER 

AF393  MVDEZE 1400 1500    EZECDG 1700     1100+1  x27   777-200ER

Additionally, with the start of the northern winter and southern summer schedule effective 30Oct13 several flights per week will be operated by 777-300ER's. 

As a side note, the editor of this blog remembers that Air France flew 707-300's to Montevideo (MVD) in the 1970's, also as an extension of their Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) flights but is not certain of this. 

Sources: http://airlineroute.net/2013/02/07/af-mvd-s13/

             http://airlineroute.net/2013/02/08/af-ezemvd-w13/

             Both via Eric Trum