ROUTE UPDATES: January 2022 - Part 3 - Conviasa, GOL Linhas Aereas, Paranair

Route Updates - January 2022 - Part 3

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  

Conviasa                 Caracas (CCS)               Buenos Aires                01Jan22     A340-300     1x/weekly

                                                                         Ezeiza (EZE) 

Remarks: First regularly-scheduled service by Conviasa to EZE since May 2017

GOL Linhas             Florianopolis (FLN)         Buenos Aires                01Jan22    737 MAX 8    2x/weekly

Aereas                                                             Aeroparque (AEP)

Remarks: Using 737 MAX 8 on route

GOL Linhas             Rio de Janeiro                 Buenos Aires                01Jan22    737-800        1x/daily

Aereas                     Galeao (GIG)                   Aeroparque (AEP)

Remarks: Increasing frequency to 1x/daily

Paranair                   Asuncion (ASU)               Buenos Aires                01Jan22    CRJ-200       1x/daily

                                                                          Aeroparque (AEP)

Remarks: Moved their daily fight from Ezeiza to Aeroparque.  Still operating 4x/weekly from Ezeiza to Asuncion, so there is an overall increase in frequency between Buenos Aires and Asuncion to 11x/weekly.   

                         

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATE: Conviasa flights to Ezeiza by Wamos discontinued in May, operated by Turpial 737-400's and Conviasa E190's

Wamos Air of Spain had been operating 747-400, EC-KXN (c/n 25703/1025), on behalf of the Venezuelan state-owned carrier Conviasa between Caracas (CCS) and Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) and Madrid (MAD) for a couple of years after the European Union rescinded Conviasa's route rights after failing a safety audit in 2012.  However, Wamos operated its 747-400 to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) for the last time on 03May17 citing "political reasons" for the suspension, stranding hundreds of passengers in the process.  

In response, Conviasa chartered two of the three 737-400's operated by the privately-owned Venezuelan carrier Turpial Airlines, YV-613T (c/n 24795/1870) and YV-622T (c/n 27384/2673), to fly between Ezeiza and Caracas (CCS) with stops in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (VVI) on 08May17.  The airline's third 737-400, YV-621T (c/n 27352/2624) also flew this route on 11May17. These flights were later complemented by a flight by one of Conviasa's own E190's on 13May17, also with a stop in Santa Cruz (VVI) for refuelling.       

Sources:

https://aerospotter.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/tapando-agujeros.html

https://aerospotter.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/conviasa-apela-al-e190.html

ROUTE UPDATES: Conviasa, Gol and Qatar Airways Cargo

Conviasa

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Porlamar (PMV) - eff 07Jan17

Operating 2x/weekly to Porlamar on Venezuela's Margarita Island until the end of the southern hemisphere summer in late March using 747-400, EC-KXN (c/n 25703/1025) leased from the Spanish charter carrier Wamos.  

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Manaus (MAO) - eff 04Feb17

   Operated 1x/weekly using 737-800's

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Belo Horizonte (CNF) - eff 05Mar17

   Operated 1x/weekly using 737-800's

QATAR AIRWAYS CARGO

 * Doha (DOH) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza    (EZE) - Quito (UIO) - Miami (MIA) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Doha (DOH) - eff 02Feb17

   Operated 2x/weekly using 777-200F's

Sources:

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2017/avn170105/avn-170105.html

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2017/avn170126/avn-170126.html
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271271/gol-adds-new-argentina-routes-in-1q17/ via Eric Trum

http://www.qatarairways.com/qa/en/press-release.page?pr_id=pressrelease_cargodestinations

ROUTE UPDATES: Odds & Ends - Air Canada, American, Avianca, British, Conviasa, Emirates

* Air Canada 

Replaced the usual 767-300 aircraft on its Toronto (YYZ) - Santiago (SCL) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Toronto (YYZ) "triangle" route with the 777-300ER for the southern hemisphere "summer" period from October 2015 to March 2016, which resulted in a 65% increase in seating capacity with a total of 349 seats on each flight. 

The Canadian airline will once again operate the 777-300ER on the route from 30Oct16 to 24Mar17.

* American Airlines

Operated the 787-8 between Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) and Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) for only five months (June - November 2015) and then went back to the 777-200, which it is still flying on the route today. 

* Avianca 

Started operating the 787-8 on the Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Bogota (BOG) route on 01Feb15 but apparently replaced it with the A330-200, with the exception of the 787-8 again for a month from 16Aug15 to 17Sep15.  Avianca is currently operating the A330-200 between Argentina and Colombia on a daily basis.   

* British Airways 

After having reduced the frequency on its London Heathrow (LHR) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) route from daily to 5x/weekly on 31Mar15, the carrier returned to daily service operated by 777-200's in November 2015, which it is still flying to this day.   

* Conviasa

Leased a 747-446, EC-LNA (c/n 26346/897), that it started flying from Caracas (CCS) to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 2x/weekly on 01Nov15.  It is still flying to Argentina on the same basis.  

* Emirates 

Upgauged from the 777-200 to the 777-300ER on its daily Dubai (DXB) - Rio de Janeiro Galeao (GIG) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) service on 01Sep15, which it still maintains today.  

Sources:

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2015/avn151029/avn-151029.html
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2015/avn150924/avn-150924.html
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/250247/avianca-adds-boeing-787-buenos-aires-sao-paulo-service-in-augsep-2015/ via Eric Trum
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/251801/conviasa-adds-leased-boeing-747-operation-from-nov-2015/ via Eric Trum

ROUTE UPDATES: COPA adds Montevideo (MVD) flights / Conviasa to fly A340's to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) / Amazonas adds Salta (SLA) - Tarija (TJA) / LAN adding Salta (SLA) - Iquique (IQQ)

* Conviasa - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Caracas (CCS)

Leasing an A340-300 from Air Asia X to operate on this route on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, effective mid-August 2014.  The aircraft will also be operated between Caracas (CCS) and Madrid (MAD). 

* Amaszonas - Salta (SLA) - Tarija (TJA) (Bolivia)

Amaszonas Linea Aerea of Bolivia to operate 50-seat Canadair CRJ-200's on the 35-minute flight between these two cities on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, effective 19Nov14. 

* COPA - Montevideo (MVD) - Panama City (PTY)

Increasing from 7 to 11 weekly flights on this route with the additional frequencies being operated by 737-800's on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, effective 06Dec14.  

* LAN - Salta (SLA) - Iquique (IQQ) (Chile)

Will resume summer seasonal service on this route from 03Jan15 - 28Feb15, possibly extending into March as they did in 2014.  Flights will be operated 2x/weekly (both on Saturdays) with A320's.

Sources:

http://airlineroute.net/2014/08/27/v0-ezemad-aug14/ via Eric Trum
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn140904/avn-140904.html
http://airlineroute.net/2014/07/26/cm-w14update1/ via Eric Trum
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn141120/avn-141120.html

ROUTE UPDATES: Argentina & Uruguay Airline Route Additions & Changes

Sol Lineas Aereas - Effective 23Dec13

Increased service from Rosario (ROS) - Punta del Este (PDP) to 6x/weekly for the summer season with their Saab 340's.    

Sol Lineas Aereas - Effective 01Jan14

Started 6x/weekly summer service from both Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) and Rosario (ROS) to Villa Gesell (VLG).

Conviasa - Effective First Quarter 2014 (unconfirmed)

Luis Graterol, president of the Venezuelan state airline that replaced the defunct VIASA, announced in a television interview that the carrier would start 2x/weekly service from Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) to Porlamar (PMV) on the Venezuelan resort island of Isla Margarita sometime during the first quarter of 2014. 

Conviasa already flies from EZE to Caracas (CCS) 3x/weekly using 767's, possibly leased from Vision Air as the Venezuelan airline does not have long-range aircraft of its own.  Presumably the same type will be used to Porlamar (PVM).      

Air Europa - Effective March 2014

The Spanish low-cost carrier announced that it will increase its Montevideo (MVD) - Madrid (MAD) flights from the current 3x/weekly to 4x/weekly in March with plans to add a fifth flight on the route in 2015.  These flights are operated with A330-200's.  

The addition of more flights would seem to signal that this is a profitable route for Air Europa meaning that they are more likely to stay for the long run. This is good news for Uruguay as Air Europa flies the only non-stop service to Europe from the South American country.    

Aerolineas Argentinas - Effective 01Jun14

Starting Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Porto Alegre (POA) daily service with 737-700's.   

Sources:

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn140102/avn-140102.html
http://www.aeropuertosarg.com.ar/2014/01/conviasa-operara-entre-buenos-aires-y-porlamar/
http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/ConViasa.htm
http://www.flightstats.com
http://www.conviasa.aero/2012/site.php
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviasa
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn140206/avn-140206.html
http://airlineroute.net/2014/02/06/ar-poa-jun14/ via Eric Trum