ROUTE UPDATES: January 2022 - Part 4 - Aerolineas Argentinas

Route Updates - January 2022 - Part 4

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  

Aerolineas               Buenos Aires                  Mar del Plata (MDQ)    02Jan22      E-190/737-700/  22x/weekly 

Argentinas               Aeroparque (AEP)                                                                  800/MAX 8

Remarks: Increasing from 14x/weekly for summer season. 

Aerolineas               Buenos Aires                  Punta del Este (PDP)   02Jan22      E-190/737-800   9x/weekly

Argentinas               Aeroparque (AEP) 

Remarks: Increasing from 5x/weekly

Aerolineas               Cordoba (COR)              Rio de Janeiro              02Jan22      737-800/            3x/weekly

Argentinas                                                      Galeao (GIG)                                   MAX 8

Aerolineas               Cordoba (COR)              Trelew (REL)                02Jan22       E-190                2x/weekly

Argentinas

Aerolineas               Mendoza (MDZ)              Mar del Plata (MDQ)    02Jan22      737-800            2x/weekly 

Argentinas

Remarks: Seasonal summer beach until March

Aerolineas               Tucuman (TUC)              Mar del Plata (MDQ)    02Jan22      737-700/800      2x/weekly

Argentinas

Remarks: Seasonal summer beach until March

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES - January 2022 - Part 14 - Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE)

Route Updates - January 2022 - Part 14

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                       Mendoza (MDZ)          04Jan22       Saab 340          1x/weekly

del Estado (LADE)  Rivadavia (CRD)

Remarks: Seasonal, via Trelew (REL) - Bahia Blanca (BHI) - Neuquen (NQN) - Malargue (LGS) plus same routing in opposite direction - Malargue (LGS) is a new destination for LADE.

Lineas Aereas         Cordoba (COR)               Mendoza (MDZ)          05Jan22      Saab 340           1x/weekly

del Estado (LADE)

Remarks: Seasonal, plus same routing in opposite direction

                                

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES: Flybondi transferred flights from Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) to Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - 01-03Apr21 - Part 2

Flybondi

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Salta (SLA) - eff 02Apr21 - 737-800

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Trelew (REL) - eff 02Apr21 - 737-800

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Tucuman (TUC) - eff 03Apr21 - 737-800

Sources: 

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aa2000.com.ar

www.flightstats.com

ROUTE UPDATES: Aerolineas Argentinas transferred domestic 737-700 / 800 flights from Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) to Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - 22-27Mar21 - Part 1

All regularly-scheduled commercial flights to/from and between airports in Argentina were cancelled between 20Mar20 and 22Oct20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.    

Many flights were resumed out of Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) starting on 22Oct20 with many of those now being transferred to Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) due to the reopening of this airport after the recent completion of its runway reconstruction work.  

Aerolineas Argentinas transferred all of its E-190 services from EZE to AEP between 16Mar21-21Mar21 to be followed by its 737-800 / 700 flights on 22-27Mar21: 

Aerolineas Argentinas

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Bariloche (BRC) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-800 - first day of flights on this route with 737NG series, started same route last week with E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-800 - first day of flights on this route with 737NG series, started same route last week with E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Mendoza (MDZ) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-800 - first day of flights on this route with 737NG series, started same route last week with E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Neuquen (NQN) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-800 - first day of flights on this route with 737NG series, started same route last week with E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Rio Gallegos (RGL) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-700 

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Salta (SLA) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-800 - first day of flights on this route with 737NG series, started same route last week with E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Trelew (REL) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-700 - first day of flights on this route with 737NG series, started same route last week with E-190  

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Tucuman (TUC) - eff 22Mar21 - 737-800 - first day of flights on this route with 737NG series, started same route last week with E-190

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aa2000.com.ar

www.flightstats.com

ROUTE UPDATES: Aerolineas Argentinas transferred domestic E-190 flights from Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) to Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - 16-21Mar21 - Part 2

Aerolineas Argentinas

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) - eff 17Mar21 - E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Mar del Plata (MDQ) - eff 17Mar21 - E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Parana (PRA) - eff 17Mar21 - E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Santa Rosa (RSA) - Viedma (VDM) - eff 17Mar21 - E-190

* Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - Trelew (REL) - eff 17Mar21 - E-190

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aa2000.com.ar

www.flightstats.com

ROUTE UPDATES: Flybondi - Route History - 2018 - 2020 - Part 3

* Rosario (ROS) - Iguazu (IGR) - eff 13Mar19 - 2x/weekly - CONFIRMED

* El Palomar (EPA) - Trelew (REL) - eff 28Mar19 - 3x/weekly - CONFIRMED

* Cordoba (COR) - Neuquen (NQN) - eff 22Apr19 - 3x/weekly - CONFIRMED

* Mendoza (MDZ) - Neuquen (NQN) - eff 22Apr19 - 2x/weekly - CONFIRMED

* Cordoba (COR) - Salta (SLA) - eff 23Apr19 - 3x/weekly - CONFIRMED

* Rosario (ROS) - Salta (SLA) - eff 23Apr19 - 3x/weekly - CONFIRMED

* Rosario (ROS) - Tucuman (TUC) - eff 24Apr19 - 3x/weekly - CONFIRMED

* El Palomar (EPA) - Bahia Blanca (BHI) - eff 01Jun19 - DROPPED

* Cordoba (COR) - Corrientes (CNQ) - eff 30Jun19 - DROPPED

* Mendoza (MDZ) - Iguazu (IGR) - eff 01Oct19 - DROPPED due to network knock-on effect of court-imposed morning/night curfew at El Palomar (EPA)

ROUTE UPDATES: Flybondi - Route History - 2018 - 2020 - Part 6

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Mendoza (MDZ) - eff 14Dec20 - 2x/weekly - CONFIRMED                       

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Trelew (REL) - eff 14Dec20 - 1x/weekly - CONFIRMED  

                      

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Corrientes (CNQ) - eff 16Dec20 - 2x./weekly - CONFIRMED

                       

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Jujuy (JUJ) - eff 16Dec20 - 2x/weekly - CONFIRMED

                       

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Santiago del Estero (SDE) - eff 17Dec20 - 1x/weekly - CONFIRMED

                        

* Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Neuquen (NQN) - eff 18Dec20 - 1x/weekly - CONFIRMED

                

Post-Quarantine

        

Prior to the pandemic, Flybondi operated a fleet of five 737-800's to 19 destinations covering 28 routes (five of them international) with Buenos Aires service being almost exclusively out of El Palomar (EPA).

Currently, in March 2021, the carrier operates two 737-800's to 12 destinations on 12 routes, all of them being domestic flights out of Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) due to the temporary, and possibly permanent, closure of El Palomar (EPA) to commercial air service.  Most, if not all, of the EZE service is expected to be moved from EZE to Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) on a gradual basis once AEP reopens on 15Mar21 (the airport has been closed for most of the last year due to its sole runway being completely rebuilt, lengthened and widened).

Increased domestic service to more destinations, including between "interior" cities, and international service to Asuncion (ASU), Rio de Janeiro Galeao (GIG) and Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) is expected to be added in the coming months with presumably more aircraft joining the fleet to operate the larger number of flights.  

Sources:

http://argentina-airline-news.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-airline-plans-flybondi-started.html
http://argentina-airline-news.blogspot.com/2018/02/fleet-update-flybondi-receives-its.html
https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/02/flybondi-cumple-hoy-su-primer-mes-y-arranca-dos-nuevas-rutas/
https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/02/flybondi-empezo-a-volar-entre-el-palomar-y-bariloche/
https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/02/flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-entre-el-palomar-y-neuquen/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/02/flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-entre-el-palomar-y-tucuman/

http://argentina-airline-news.blogspot.com/2018/03/route-update-flybondi-added-flights.html

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/03/flybondi-empezo-a-operar-regularmente-a-corrientes/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/03/flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-a-jujuy/

http://argentina-airline-news.blogspot.com/2018/05/route-updates-flybondi-current-route.html

http://argentina-airline-news.blogspot.com/2018/05/flybondi-review-of-first-three-months.html

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/05/flybondi-empieza-a-volar-hoy-a-posadas-y-vamos-a-bordo-del-vuelo-inaugural/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/06/flybondi-empezo-a-volar-a-bahia-blanca/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/06/flybondi-empezo-a-volar-entre-buenos-aires-el-palomar-y-salta/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/07/flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-entre-bs-as-el-palomar-y-puerto-iguazu/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/07/la-era-low-cost-llego-a-santiago-del-estero-flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-desde-el-palomar/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2018/11/reporte-de-vuelo-flybondi-empezo-a-operar-entre-corrientes-y-cordoba/

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2018/avn181227/avn-181227.html

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/01/flybondi-lanza-siete-nuevas-rutas-y-llega-a-rosario/

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2019/avn190328/avn-190328.html

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2019/avn190425/avn-190425.html

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/05/flybondi-deja-de-volar-a-bahia-blanca-y-realiza-otras-modificaciones-en-su-red/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/07/flybondi-carioca-en-octubre-empieza-a-volar-a-rio-de-janeiro/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/07/flybondi-volara-a-florianopolis/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/09/mendoza-puerto-iguazu-la-primera-ruta-suspendida-por-flybondi-tras-la-restriccion-horaria-en-el-palomar/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/10/flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-a-rio-de-janeiro/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/11/flybondi-volara-a-punta-del-este-desde-aeroparque-y-el-palomar/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/12/porto-alegre-cuarto-destino-de-flybondi-en-brasil/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2019/12/flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-a-florianopolis/

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2019/avn191226/avn-191226.html

https://www.aviacionline.com/2020/01/flybondi-empieza-a-volar-a-san-pablo/

https://www.aviacionline.com/2020/03/flybondi-inauguro-sus-vuelos-a-porto-alegre/

http://argentina-airline-news.blogspot.com/2021/01/route-updates-aerolineas-argentinas.html

https://www.aviacionline.com/2021/02/flybondi-traslado-a-ezeiza-sus-equipos-de-rampa-y-volvio-a-autoprestarse-el-servicio/

ROUTE UPDATES: Aerolineas Argentinas to establish Cordoba (COR) hub effective 03Apr17

Map of Argentine cities to be connected through Aerolineas Argentinas / Austral Cordoba (COR) hub.  (Aerolineas Argentinas (?) via aviacionline.com) 

Aerolineas Argentinas announced that it will establish a hub in Cordoba (COR), which is Argentina's second-largest city and is ideally located in the country's center, on 03Apr17.  

The airline plans to have two banks of flights, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, with flights from six northern Argentine points connecting in Cordoba (COR) to seven southern points.  The flights would be timed for convenient connections in both directions.  

Passengers traveling between the cities that would be connected by the hubs are currently connecting on Aerolineas and Austral through Buenos Aires, mostly Aeroparque (AEP), which adds travel time, but the main reasons for having a second major hub in the country are to avoid saturating Aeroparque (AEP) which has only one runway and limited space to expand, plus to help development and spur growth of employment in Argentina's "Interior". 

The cities to be connected include, as illustrated above, (plus El Calafate (FTE) and Trelew (REL)):

NORTH

Iguazu (IGR)
Jujuy (JUJ)
Resistencia (RES)
Rosario (ROS)
Salta (SLA) 
Tucuman (TUC)
                
SOUTH

Bariloche (BRC)
Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) 
El Calafate (FTE)
Mendoza (MDZ)
Neuquen (NQN) 
Trelew (REL)
Ushuaia (USH)

Sources:

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2017/avn170202/avn-170202.html
http://www.lavoz.com.ar/negocios/ahora-si-aerolineas-pone-en-marcha-un-centro-distribuidor-de-vuelos-desde-cordoba
http://www.aviacionline.com/2017/02/aerolineas-argentinas-empezo-a-promocionar-su-hub-cordobes-en-el-interior/
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2017/avn170316/avn-170316.html

ROUTE UPDATE: Aerolineas Argentinas operates sporadic flights from Mendoza (MDZ) and Trelew (REL) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU)

Aerolineas Argentinas 737-7Q8, LV-CMK (c/n 28240/832) operated the inaugural Trelew (REL) - Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) flight on 18Oct14. It is seen here landing at Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) on 14Aug14. (Phil Perry Photo)

Aerolineas Argentinas recently tried some flights from "interior" points of Argentina, specifically Mendoza (MDZ) and Trelew (REL) directly to Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU), bypassing the usual connections through Buenos Aires.  The flights were promoted as a joint initiative with the provinces of Mendoza and city of Trelew, respectively. 

Only nine flights were operated from Mendoza (MDZ) during the June - August period after which they were cancelled due to light loads.  

The Trelew (REL) flights were reportedly operated in October and November to coincide with the whale-watching season in the hopes of bringing Brazilian tourists directly to the region.

Sources:

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn140911/avn-140911.html

http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn141023/avn-141023.html
http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Aerolineas%20Argentinas-active-b737ng.htm

ROUTE UPDATES: Aerolineas Argentinas Plans Major Increase in Domestic & Regional Service from Buenos Aires Ezeiza

As Aerolineas Argentinas enters the Skyteam airline alliance as a full member, the carrier is adding many flights at Ezeiza International, Buenos Aires' intercontinental airport, to connect with its own overseas flights and those of the six Skyteam members that fly into EZE; Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air France, Alitalia, Delta and KLM.

Most of the new domestic flights will be added starting in July with regional South American flights to be added later in 2012. 

Many of the domestic flights will be routes that were previously operated from EZE that will be reinstated after having moved to Aeroparque (AEP), Buenos Aires' domestic airport, a few years ago, while others will be new destinations never before served from EZE with all service until now always having been from AEP.

DOMESTIC SERVICE:

Eff 01Jul12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Iguazu (IGR):  

New daily nonstop service with the 737-700. 

IGR serves Iguazu Falls, the most extensive waterfalls in the world and Argentina's number one tourist destination.

Flight      Routing    Dep   Arr      Equipment  Days

AR1724   EZEIGR    0655  0840   737-700     Daily
AR1725   IGREZE    1820  2010   737-700     Daily

Eff 01Jul12 - 31Aug12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Bariloche (BRC): 

Sister-company Austral Embraer 190's will replace Aerolineas 737-700's.  It is surprising that they will be using a smaller aircraft in July and August considering that these are the high-season winter months for skiing at Bariloche's Cerro Catedral mountain, one of the most heavily-skied resorts in Argentina.

Flight     Routing    Dep    Arr      Equipment   Days

AR2698   EZEBRC   0715   0935   EMB-190     Daily
AR2687   BRCEZE   1840   2045   EMB-190     Daily

Effective 01Sep12 the service will operate as a circle route in each direction daily, also with Austral EMB-190's but to be replaced by AR 737-700's on 01Nov12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) – Bariloche (BRC) – El Calafate (FTE) – Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP)

Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) - El Calafate (FTE) - Bariloche (BRC) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) 

Eff 02Aug12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Ushuaia (USH):

Austral EMB-190 service increases from 4 to 10 weekly to this natural beauty destination located on the Beagle Channel with a mountainous backdrop and known as the southernmost city in the world.

Eff 01Nov12 the flights will be taken over by Aerolineas with 737-700's.

Eff 01Sep12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Trelew (REL):

New daily nonstop service using 737-700's extending to El Calafate (FTE) southbound and operating Ushuaia (USH) - Trelew (REL) - Buenos Aires (EZE) northbound.   

Trelew is in Patagonia on the Atlantic Ocean near Puerto Madryn, which is famous for whale-watching.

Eff 07Sep12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - El Calafate (FTE):

New daily nonstop service using 737-700's extending to Ushuaia (USH) in both directions with an upgrade to 737-800's eff 01Nov12.

El Calafate is near the Perito Moreno glacier, one of Argentina's foremost tourist sights.  

Eff 01Oct12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Tucuman (TUC):  

New daily nonstop service using Austral EMB-190's.  Despite being a relatively short flight it will be operated with a very late departure and return in the middle of the night as indicated below.

Flight       Routing   Dep    Arr        Equipment  Days

AR2478    EZETUC   2235  0030+1  EMB-190    Daily
AR2479    TUCEZE   0210  0350      EMB-190    Daily

Eff 01Dec12:

Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - Mendoza (MDZ):
  
Aerolineas 737-700's will replace Austral EMB-190's on this once-daily nonstop service in each direction.

The editor of this blog believes that this will be the first time that Iguazu, Trelew, and Tucuman have been served from EZE and possibly El Calafate and Ushuaia too.

Information on international service changes by AR at EZE will follow in the next blog posting.

Source: http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum