ROUTE UPDATES: March 2021 - Part 3 - Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE), Turkish Airlines

Route Updates - March 2021 - 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   

Lineas Aereas         Comodoro                       Puerto Madryn (PMY)      30Mar21     Twin Otter  2x/weekly 

del Estado (LADE)  Rivadavia (CRD)

Turkish Airlines       Buenos Aires                  Istanbul (IST)                   30Mar21      A350-900  3x/weekly    

                                  Ezeiza (EZE)                   

Remarks: 

Stop in Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) enroute.  

Passenger flights previously operated by 787-9 replaced by A350-900.  

Apparently cargo flights operated by passenger-configured 777-300's since at least August 2020. 

Sources: 

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aa2000.com.ar

www.flightstats.com

ROUTE UPDATES: February 2021 - Part 3 - Delta, Lufthansa, Turkish, United

Route Updates - February 2021 - Part 3

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.

Delta Air Lines 

* Atlanta (ATL) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE)

Reduced frequency from 3x/weekly to 2x/weekly for at least February and March. 

Upguaged equipment from 767-400 to A330-300 in February.

Lufthansa German Airlines

* Frankfurt (FRA) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 

Continues 3x/weekly flights with 747-8 but with 2x/weekly both pax and cargo and 1x/weekly only cargo (still using a pax aircraft)  

Turkish Airlines 

* Istanbul (IST) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 
 

Reduced frequency on the route (with stop in Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU)) from 3x/weekly to 2x/weekly, effective in February.

 

United Airlines 

* Houston Bush (IAH) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 

Continues 3x/weekly flights with 787-9 but with two IAH-EZE legs for pax and one for cargo only. All three EZE-IAH legs continue to be available for pax.  

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com