ROUTE UPDATES: February 2021 - Part 4 - American Airlines, Level, Swiss, Air Europa

Route Updates - February 2021 - Part 4

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.

Airline                      Origin                             Destination                      Eff Date     Type          Frequency   

American                 Dallas - Ft. Worth            Buenos Aires                    01Feb21     787-9        3x/weekly

Airlines                    (DFW)                              Ezeiza (EZE)
*Remarks: Reduced frequency from 7x/weekly to 3x/weekly, still using 787-9.

Level                        Barcelona (BCN)             Buenos Aires                    02Feb21     A330-200  2x/weekly

                                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)

* Remarks: Reduced frequency from 3x/weekly to 2x/weekly, still using A330-200.

Swiss                       Zurich (ZRH)                    Buenos Aires                    05Feb21    777-300     1x/weekly

                                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)

*Remarks: Resumed passenger flights using 777-300 1x/weekly.   

Air Europa               Madrid (MAD)                  Buenos Aires                    08Feb21    787-9         2x/weekly

                                                                          Ezeiza (EZE)

* Remarks: Reduced frequency from 3x/weekly to 2x/weekly, still using 787-9.

American                  Miami (MIA)                     Buenos Aires                   12Feb21    777-300     1x/daily

Airlines                                                              Ezeiza (EZE)

* Remarks: Upguaged equipment from 777-200 to 777-300 on their 1x/daily flight on this route.  

Sources:

www.aviacionline.com

www.sirchandler.com

www.aviacionnews.com

ROUTE UPDATES: Air Canada, Edelweiss

* Toronto (YYZ) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - eff 02May18 - Flight changes to non-stop

Air Canada has been flying from Toronto (YYZ) to Buenos Aires (EZE) via  Santiago (SCL) for several years, most recently 4x/weekly using 787-9's.

Effective 02May18, Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) and Santiago (SCL) will both be served non-stop from Toronto (YYZ); Buenos Aires 3x/weekly and Santiago 5x/weekly, both with 787-9's.  The reason for Santiago having more flights than Buenos Aires is that there is more business travel between Chile and Canada due to the very active mining industries in both countries.     

One consequence of the new routings is the loss of the cheap one-way fares offered by Air Canada between Santiago and Buenos Aires and v.v. as a way of filling empty seats on these legs.   

* Zurich (ZRH) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) - eff 07Nov18 - 2x/weekly

Edelweiss is the leisure division of Swiss International Airlines and part of the larger Lufthansa Group of carriers.  The new service will be operated with A340-300's, presumably because these aircraft are written down on the carrier's accounting books, appropriately lending themselves to low-fare tourist    traffic.  

Sources:

http://www.sirchandler.com.ar/2017/09/air-canada-pasa-directo-vuelo-toronto/

https://aviacionline.com/2017/11/edelweiss-air-unira-a-buenos-aires-con-zurich/
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/276013/edelweiss-air-opens-buenos-aires-reservation-for-nov-2018-launch/ via Eric Trum