ROUTE UPDATES: May 2024 - Aerolineas Argentinas, Cubana, Jetsmart Argentina, Jetsmart Chile

Route Updates - May 2024

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 usually not verified by your editor.

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

* Aerolineas Argentinas - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Rio Cuarto (RCU) - 13May24 - E-190 - 4x/weekly - Remarks: Service on this route was suspended on 21Apr24 until at least 01Jul24 but it  restarted early due to the Rio Cuarto city government agreeing with Aerolineas Argentinas to cover the cost of any shortfall below a 80% load factor.  

* Cubana - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Cayo Coco (CCC) - Havana (HAV) - 01May24 - A330-200 - Remarks: Service cancelled due to YPF Argentina oil company suspending fuel supplies at EZE to Plus Ultra airlines of Spain operating flights wet-leased to Cubana

* Jetsmart Argentina - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Jujuy (JUJ) - 15May24 - A320-200 - Remarks: Suspending route for 180 days 

* Jetsmart Argentina - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Montevideo (MVD) - 29May24 - A320-200 - 2x/daily - Remarks: First competition for Aerolineas Argentinas on the route since Amaszonas Uruguay before the pandemic

* Jetsmart Chile - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Lima (LIM) - 28May24 - A320-200 - 11x/weekly - Remarks: Increasing frequency from 1x/daily.  JA Jetsmart Chile two-letter code

* Jetsmart Chile - Concepcion (CCP) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - 22May24 - A320-200 - 3x/weekly - Remarks: Route cancelled after only nine weeks of service   

Sources:

www.aa2000.com.ar

www.aviacionline.com
www.aviacionnews.com

www.flightradar24.com

www.flightstats.com

www.sirchandler.com

ROUTE UPDATES: May 2023 - American Jet, COPA, Cubana, Gol, Sky Airline

Route Updates - May 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 - Route - Eff Date - Aircraft Type - Flight Frequency - Remarks  

* American Jet - Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Mercedes (Corrientes Province) (MDX) - 25May23 - ERJ 145 - 2x/weekly - Remarks: Tourist flights to the Esteros del Ibera natural habitat area.  

* COPA - Panama City (PTY) - Cordoba (COR) - 02May23 - 737-800 - 10x/weekly - Remarks:  -Increasing frequency from 7x/weekly.

* Cubana - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Cayo Coco (CCC) - Havana (HAV) - 02May23 - A340-300 - 1x/weekly - Remarks:  Flights operated by Plus Ultra of Spain.

* Gol Linhas Aereas - Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) - Mendoza (MDZ) - 30May23 - 737 Series - 5x/weekly - Remarks: Increasing frequency from 3x/weekly until 31Jul23 for Winter Ski High Season.

* Sky Airline - Santiago (SCL) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Lima (LIM) - 10May23 - A321neo - 3x/weekly - Remarks: First use of A321neo to Argentina by Sky Airline

* Sky Airline - Santiago (SCL) - Merlo (RLO) - 25May23 - A320neo - One-Time Charter -  - Remarks: One-time charter flight with return to SCL on 28May23 as promotional test run for future travel from Chile to Valle de Conlara, San Luis, Argentina tourism area.  San Luis province, where Merlo is located, hopes that this route will be operated on a monthly basis. 

Sources:

www.aa2000.com.ar

www.aviacionline.com
www.aviacionnews.com

www.flightradar24.com

www.flightstats.com

www.sirchandler.com

ROUTE UPDATES - January 2022 - Part 7 - Aerolineas Argentinas, Cubana, LATAM Brazil

Route Updates - January 2022 - Part 7

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  

LATAM                     Santiago (SCL)               Sao Paulo                    03Jan22       A320                 4x/weekly

                                                                         Guarulhos (GRU)

Remarks: Via Mendoza (MDZ). Increase from 3x/weekly.

  

Aerolineas               Salta (SLA)                     Resistencia (RES)       04Jan22      737-700             2x/weekly 

Argentinas

Cubana                    Havana (HVA)                 Buenos Aires               04Jan22      IL-96-300          1x/weekly

                                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)

                               

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES: November 2021 - Part 5 - Boliviana, Cubana, Jetsmart Argentina, Jetsmart Chile

Route Updates - November 2021 - Part 5

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   

Cubana                    Havana (HAV)                 Buenos Aires               20Nov21     IL-96-300     1x/weekly

                                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)

Boliviana                 Santa Cruz (VVI)             Buenos Aires               26Nov21     737-700/800 9x/weekly

                                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)                                  767-300

* Remarks: Increase from 7x/weekly for December and January on seasonal basis    

Jetsmart                  Santiago (SCL)                Buemos Aires                                  A320            5x/weekly

Argentina & Chile                                            Ezeiza (EZE)

* Remarks: Jetsmart Chile 4x/weekly and Jetsmart Argentina 1x/weekly with many different animal tails ! 

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES: May 2021 - Iberia, Cubana

Route Updates - May 2021

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   

Iberia                        Madrid (MAD)                 Montevideo (MVD)           18May21    A330-200    5x/weekly  

* Remarks: Increase from 3x weekly 

Cubana                     Havana (HAV)                Buenos Aires                    30May21    IL-96-300   2x/monthly                                                                                     Ezeiza (EZE)

* Remarks: Restart of service that operated in December 2020 and January 2021 that also included Cayo Coco      

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES - Aerolineas Argentinas, Alitalia, American, Cubana, Delta, Flybondi, Jetsmart Argentina - December 2020 - Start-Ups

Route Updates - December 2020

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.

Please note that Flybondi's and Jetsmart Argentina's domestic flights from Buenos Aires would normally fly out of El Palomar (EPA) and Aerolineas Argentinas' domestic flights would operate from Aeroparque (AEP) but both of these airports are currently closed, with EPA possibly not to re-open and AEP likely to be operational again in the coming months when the extension and repaving of its runway are complete.  In the meantime, all three carriers are flying out of Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE).  

Airline             Origin                       Destination          Eff Date         Type             Frequency   Remarks

American        Buenos Aires             Dallas - Ft.             02Dec20        787-8            1x/daily

                        Ezeiza (EZE)            Worth (DFW)

Jetsmart          Buenos Aires            Iguazu (IGR)          04Dec20        A320            

Argentina         Ezeiza (EZE)

Jetsmart          Buenos Aires            Ushuaia (USH)       05Dec20        A320

Argentina         Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Iguazu (IGR)          12Dec20        737-800        2x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Bariloche (BRC)     12Dec20        737-800        5x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Tucuman (TUC)      12Dec20       737-800        2x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Posadas (PSS)       13Dec20       737-800       2x/weekly                                                           Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Salta (SLA)             13Dec20       737-800       2x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Cordoba (COR)       14Dec20       737-800       2x/weekly    

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Mendoza (MDZ)      14Dec20      737-800       2x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Trelew (REL)           14Dec20      737-800       1x/weekly   

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Jetsmart          Salta (SLA)               Neuquen (NQN)      14Dec20      A320 

Argentina          

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Corrientes (CNQ)     16Dec20     737-800     2x./weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)      

 

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Jujuy (JUJ)                16Dec20    737-800      2x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Santiago del              17Dec20     737-800      1x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)            Estero (SDE) 

Jetsmart          Cordoba (COR)        Bariloche (BRC)        17Dec20     A320      

Argentina 

Flybondi          Buenos Aires            Neuquen (NQN)        18Dec20     737-800     1x/weekly

                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Aerolineas       Buenos Aires            Salvador de Bahia     19Dec20    737-800     1x/weekly   Seasonal

Argentinas       Ezeiza (EZE)            (SSA)                                                                                until March

Delta                Atlanta (ATL)            Buenos Aires             19Dec20     767-400     3x/weekly

                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)

Alitalia              Rome Fiumicino       Buenos Aires             19Dec20     777-200     1x/weekly

                        (FCO)                        Ezeiza (EZE)

Aerolineas        Buenos Aires            Cancun (CUN)           20Dec20     A330-200  1x/weekly       

Argentinas        Ezeiza (EZE)

Cubana            Havana (HAV)          Buenos Aires              20Dec20     IL-96-300  1x/weekly 

                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)

Jetsmart           Neuquen (NQN)       Rosario (ROS)            22Dec20     A320   

Argentina

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aa2000.com.ar

ROUTE UPDATES: Copa, Sky, Azul, Cubana

* Cordoba (COR) - Panama City (PTY) - eff 02Dec17 - Adding Second Daily Flight

Copa will add a second daily 737-800 flight from Cordoba (COR) to its hub in Panama City (PTY), joining the many other international flights starting up from Argentina's second-largest city. 

With this flight, Copa will operate 46 weekly frequencies from Argentina to Panama City (PTY) composed of 7x/weekly from Rosario (ROS), 14/weekly from Cordoba (COR), 21/weekly from Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) (increasing from 17x/weekly soon), and 4x/weekly from Mendoza (MDZ), which is a new service to be added on 16Nov17.         

* Santiago (SCL) - Punta del Este (PDP) - eff 13Dec17-11Mar18

Sky Airline will switch two of its existing five weekly flights between Santiago (SCL) and Montevideo (MVD) to the Uruguayan summer resort of Punta del Este (PDP) for three months during the southern hemisphere summer season to be operated with A319 aircraft.      

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Belo Horizonte (CNF) - eff 15Dec17 - One of two daily frequencies to be operated with A320neo

Azul operates two daily flights on this route with 118-seat E195's but one of them will be upgraded to the 174-seat A320neo, signaling high demand and success on the route, which it started flying in March of this year.   

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Havana (HAV) - eff 19Dec17 - Adding second weekly frequency

Cubana will add a second-weekly Ilyushin Il-96-300 flight between Ezeiza (EZE) and Havana (HAV), stopping in Santa Clara, Cuba (SNU).  The existing 1x/weekly flight stops in Cayo Coco, Cuba (CCC) prior to arriving in Havana (HAV).    

Sources:

http://www.aviacionline.com/2017/08/copa-airlines-suma-un-segundo-vuelo-diario-entre-cordoba-y-panama/
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/primera-plana/item/24865-cambios-en-vuelos-y-frecuencias-de-sky
http://www.aviacionline.com/2017/09/azul-aumenta-la-capacidad-en-su-ruta-a-buenos-aires-al-incorporar-el-a320neo/
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/274569/cubana-boosts-argentina-service-from-dec-2017/  via Eric Trum