Similar to its planned increase in service from Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) to Caracas (CCS) in July, Aerolineas is adding more flights from Ezeiza to Bogota (BOG), going from the present three flights to four, on 02Jul12.
Also like the CCS service the aircraft type used will be the A340, which is a surprise to the editor of this blog because it seems like much too large an aircraft type for a route between two countries that do not have extensive commercial or social connections, nor is BOG a hub of an air carrier that is allied with AR for onward connections to the Caribbean, United States, Canada, Europe, etc. It would seem that AR's 737-800s would be better-suited to this route plus the 800's range should be able to cover the 2,900 mile / 4,650 km stage length, even with a full payload.
The BOG flight presently operates on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays with the new flight being added on Mondays. Departures and returns are on the same day with an early morning departure from EZE, arriving back at the Argentine airport at approx. 2000 or 2100 after a 1:15 turnaround in BOG.
Flight Routing Dep Arr Equipment Days
AR1360 EZEBOG 0625 1055 A340-300 135
AR1360 EZEBOG 0730 1200 A340-300 7
AR1361 BOGEZE 1210 2015 A340-300 135
AR1361 BOGEZE 1315 2120 A340-300 7
Source: http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
ROUTE UPDATE: United Starting Newark (EWR) - Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) Service on April 6
United Airlines' nonstop Washington-Dulles (IAD) to EZE service is being discontinued and Continental's former Newark (EWR) - Houston Intercontinental (IAH) - EZE flights are being split into two flights from each of these US airports to EZE with UA flying the IAH - EZE sector on a daily nonstop basis using 767-200's and, starting on April 6, EWR - EZE using 767-300's, also on a nonstop basis.
Sources: http://www.aviacionnews.com/blog/
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Sources: http://www.aviacionnews.com/blog/
http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/
www.united.com
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
ROUTE UPDATE: Aerolineas Argentinas to increase EZE-CCS Flights to Daily
Aerolineas Argentinas is gradually increasing its service from Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) to Caracas (CCS) from the current four-times weekly to daily flights over the coming year starting on July 1 when the service goes to five-times weekly.
On September 1 the airline will increase flights on the route to six-times weekly and finally go to daily on December 1.
Interestingly, the route is and will continue to be operated with Airbus A340's which would seem to be too big an aircraft for an "Origin & Destination" route of this nature (no hub-connecting traffic) but the Argentine and Venezuelan governments are close politically so that might be a factor.
The flight operates as a same-day roundtrip departing EZE in the early morning and arriving back in Buenos Aires late that same evening.
Flight Routing Dep Arr Equipment
AR1376 EZECCS 0630 1205 A340
AR1377 CCSEZE 1335 2215 A340
Source: http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum
On September 1 the airline will increase flights on the route to six-times weekly and finally go to daily on December 1.
Interestingly, the route is and will continue to be operated with Airbus A340's which would seem to be too big an aircraft for an "Origin & Destination" route of this nature (no hub-connecting traffic) but the Argentine and Venezuelan governments are close politically so that might be a factor.
The flight operates as a same-day roundtrip departing EZE in the early morning and arriving back in Buenos Aires late that same evening.
Flight Routing Dep Arr Equipment
AR1376 EZECCS 0630 1205 A340
AR1377 CCSEZE 1335 2215 A340
Source: http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum
Monday, April 2, 2012
ROUTE UPDATE: QANTAS Switched SYD Service from EZE to SCL on 26Mar12
QANTAS recently changed the destination for its non-stop Sydney (SYD) - South America service from Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) to Santiago (SCL) with the last flight from EZE departing on 25Mar12 and the first flight to the Chilean capital arriving the following day on 26Mar12. The new service will initially be operated thrice-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays using 747-400's with the Australian carrier aiming for daily service "sooner rather than later".
American actor and QANTAS spokesman John Travolta arrived at SCL in his 707-138B (which was originally delivered to QANTAS in 1964) to participate in the route opening ceremony.
The Australian carrier explained that the change was due to an internal restructuring but the decision was made shortly after the Argentine aviation authority, ANAC, rejected a request by the airline to codeshare with TAM from Buenos Aires. The Argentine aviation publication Aviacion News opined that QANTAS regarded codesharing into Brazil as essential for the success of the EZE route whereas the Argentine government saw this as a threat to national carrier Aerolineas Argentinas' own route to Australia.
QANTAS will codeshare with its oneworld partner LAN through the latter's Santiago hub with connections throughout Latin America. However, the two airlines will compete with each other to a certain extent as LAN flies from SCL to SYD via Auckland (AKL) six-times weekly.
Sources: www.anna.aero
www.aviacionnews.com
American actor and QANTAS spokesman John Travolta arrived at SCL in his 707-138B (which was originally delivered to QANTAS in 1964) to participate in the route opening ceremony.
The Australian carrier explained that the change was due to an internal restructuring but the decision was made shortly after the Argentine aviation authority, ANAC, rejected a request by the airline to codeshare with TAM from Buenos Aires. The Argentine aviation publication Aviacion News opined that QANTAS regarded codesharing into Brazil as essential for the success of the EZE route whereas the Argentine government saw this as a threat to national carrier Aerolineas Argentinas' own route to Australia.
QANTAS will codeshare with its oneworld partner LAN through the latter's Santiago hub with connections throughout Latin America. However, the two airlines will compete with each other to a certain extent as LAN flies from SCL to SYD via Auckland (AKL) six-times weekly.
Sources: www.anna.aero
www.aviacionnews.com
Friday, March 30, 2012
ROUTE UPDATE: PLUNA started Chilean Domestic Service on 15Mar12
PLUNA CRJ-900, CX-CRA taxis at Buenos Aires - Aeroparque (AEP) on 17Sep10.
In what may be a first in Latin America and is very rare in most parts of the world (in the sense of a foreign airline operating domestic flights in another country), the Uruguayan airline PLUNA started serving the Chilean domestic market on 15Mar12 with six-weekly Bombardier CRJ-900 flights from the country's capital Santiago (SCL) to Concepcion (CCP) the city with Chile's second most populous metropolitan area located approx. 350 miles (580km) south of Santiago along the Pacific coast. The new service was made possible by the open skies agreement between Chile and Uruguay.
PLUNA's main competition on the route are LAN and Sky Airlines with 60 and 18 weekly flights, respectively. The Uruguayan airline's Manager - Sales & Alliances Roberto de Oliveira Luiz, praised the Chilean aviation competition authorities for making sure that the airline would not be subjected to predatory pricing practices by the existing carriers on the route and cited that as a strong motivation for PLUNA entering the Chilean market.
Photo: Phil Perry
Info Source: www.anna.aero
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Learjets at AEP - Part 4 of 4
Learjet 45, LV-CAR, c/n 45-248 on 12Dec10
Learjet 60, LV-CIO, c/n 60-194 on 16Jan11
Learjet 45, LV-BXD, c/n 45-254 on 22Jan11
Learjet 35, LV-BOX, c/n 35-508 on 23Jan11
Baires Fly Learjet 35A, LV-BAW, c/n 35-386 on 29Jan11
Learjet 60, LV-CPL, c/n 60-044, on 11Feb12
Photos: Phil Perry
Info Sources: http://www.laasdata.com/
Sunday, March 25, 2012
ROUTE UPDATES: Austral Starting Route Connecting "Internal" Argentine Cities
Austral recently announced that on 01Jun12 it will start two flights similar to the "Corredor Norte" service initiated by sister airline Aerolineas Argentinas on 18Aug10.
Air transportation in Argentina has traditionally been centered on Buenos Aires with nearly all domestic flights originating or terminating at one of the city's two main airports, Aeroparque or Ezeiza. However, the introduction of Aerolineas' "Corredor Norte" in 2010 alleviated the inconvenience this caused foreign tourists and travelers from the country's "interior" by offering a circular Buenos Aires-Aeroparque (AEP) - Puerto Iguazu (IGR) - Salta (SLA) - Mendoza (MDZ) - Bariloche (BRC) - Buenos Aires-Aeroparque (AEP) routing.
All of these cities are attractive to tourists with Iguazu's famous falls, Salta's high desert and indigenous culture, Mendoza's wine country, and Bariloche's lake district and skiing areas. Previously, tourists that wanted to visit two or more of these regions had to backtrack to Buenos Aires to fly to each additional area they wanted to visit. Aerolineas' flying the "Corredor Norte" twice per week in each direction has made it much easier to visit Argentina's key attractions plus Argentine travelers can also travel more easily within their own country.
The new routes that are similar to the "Corredor Norte" to be introduced by Austral are:
Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) - Cordoba (COR) - Mendoza (MDZ) - Neuquen (NQN) - Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) on 135 (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).
Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) - Cordoba (COR) - Mendoza (MDZ) - Bariloche (BRC) x135 (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday).
Both routes will be flown with the carrier's new EMB-190 fleet.
While Cordoba is not generally a tourist destination for foreigners, it is Argentina's second-largest city so there is a lot of demand going there. Mendoza is an important tourist center as well as being the country's fourth largest city, and both Neuquen and Bariloche are significant tourist destinations in Rio Negro province.
Instead of being flown as circle routes from Buenos Aires all the way around to Buenos Aires, both flights will be operated to the end point and then flown in the reverse direction back to Buenos Aires in the same day.
Sources: Aerolineas Argentinas Press Release
http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum
Air transportation in Argentina has traditionally been centered on Buenos Aires with nearly all domestic flights originating or terminating at one of the city's two main airports, Aeroparque or Ezeiza. However, the introduction of Aerolineas' "Corredor Norte" in 2010 alleviated the inconvenience this caused foreign tourists and travelers from the country's "interior" by offering a circular Buenos Aires-Aeroparque (AEP) - Puerto Iguazu (IGR) - Salta (SLA) - Mendoza (MDZ) - Bariloche (BRC) - Buenos Aires-Aeroparque (AEP) routing.
All of these cities are attractive to tourists with Iguazu's famous falls, Salta's high desert and indigenous culture, Mendoza's wine country, and Bariloche's lake district and skiing areas. Previously, tourists that wanted to visit two or more of these regions had to backtrack to Buenos Aires to fly to each additional area they wanted to visit. Aerolineas' flying the "Corredor Norte" twice per week in each direction has made it much easier to visit Argentina's key attractions plus Argentine travelers can also travel more easily within their own country.
The new routes that are similar to the "Corredor Norte" to be introduced by Austral are:
Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) - Cordoba (COR) - Mendoza (MDZ) - Neuquen (NQN) - Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) on 135 (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).
Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) - Cordoba (COR) - Mendoza (MDZ) - Bariloche (BRC) x135 (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday).
Both routes will be flown with the carrier's new EMB-190 fleet.
While Cordoba is not generally a tourist destination for foreigners, it is Argentina's second-largest city so there is a lot of demand going there. Mendoza is an important tourist center as well as being the country's fourth largest city, and both Neuquen and Bariloche are significant tourist destinations in Rio Negro province.
Instead of being flown as circle routes from Buenos Aires all the way around to Buenos Aires, both flights will be operated to the end point and then flown in the reverse direction back to Buenos Aires in the same day.
Sources: Aerolineas Argentinas Press Release
http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum
Thursday, March 22, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Learjets at AEP - Part 3 of 4
Salta Provincial Government Learjet 45XR, LV-ARD,
c/n 45-232, lands on 10Oct10.
Bairesfly Learjet 60, LV-CCO, c/n 60-076 taxis on 11Oct10.
This aircraft skidded off the runway at AEP when it landed during heavy rain after a flight from IGR (Puerto Iguazu) on 23May10. None of the 11 people on board (9 pax and 2 crew) was hurt but the airport was shut down for four hours and 20 commercial flights diverted to other airports (EZE, MVD and FDO - San Fernando) until the plane was removed.
Learjet 45, LV-BOU , c/n 45-050 taxis on 28Oct10.
This aircraft is currently for sale:
Baires Fly Learjet 35, LV-ZZF, c/n 35-049 on 29Oct10.
Learjet 40, LQ-BFS, c/n 45-2003, taxis out on 29Oct10.
All Photos: Phil Perry
Info Sources: http://www.laasdata.com/Friday, March 9, 2012
ROUTE UPDATES: Austral continues International Route Growth replacing Aerolineas Argentinas out of EZE to GRU
Aerolineas Argentinas will discontinue its 4x/week EZE - GRU service on 31May12 to be replaced by Austral on 02Jun12, initially on a one-for-one basis but increasing to daily flights on 01Jul12.
This change will see AU's EMB-190's replacing AR's larger 737-700's but the greater frequency will result in an overall increase in capacity on the route from approx. 560 to 700 seats per week.
These will be AU's first international flights out of EZE but the airline does fly domestically from there to COR, MDZ, and ROS. Lately AU's smaller EMB-190's have been increasingly favored over AR 737-700's for new routes (they are both owned by the Argentine government) even as AR takes delivery of more -700's.
Interestingly the Austral flight will be a very late evening / early morning operation:
EZE-GRU 2210 0155+1
GRU-EZE 0135 0430
Not very convenient for those departing Brazil !
Source: http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum
This change will see AU's EMB-190's replacing AR's larger 737-700's but the greater frequency will result in an overall increase in capacity on the route from approx. 560 to 700 seats per week.
These will be AU's first international flights out of EZE but the airline does fly domestically from there to COR, MDZ, and ROS. Lately AU's smaller EMB-190's have been increasingly favored over AR 737-700's for new routes (they are both owned by the Argentine government) even as AR takes delivery of more -700's.
Interestingly the Austral flight will be a very late evening / early morning operation:
EZE-GRU 2210 0155+1
GRU-EZE 0135 0430
Not very convenient for those departing Brazil !
Source: http://airlineroute.net via Eric Trum
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: A Different Perspective - AEP Climbout Shots - 14Feb12 - Part 2/2
More climbout shots from February 14 at Aeroparque:
GOL 737-800, PR-GGV
Austral EMB-190, LV-CPJ
SOL Lineas Aereas Saab 340A, LV-BTP
PLUNA CRJ-900, CX-CRE
Photos: Phil Perry
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Hot New Photo ! ! ! - Austral MD-83 LV-BGZ Sole Example of this Type to appear in New Livery
Check this link for a photo of Austral MD-83 LV-BGZ soon after it came out of the hangar at AEP painted in the carrier's new colors. It will be the only Austral MD-80 series aircraft to be painted in the new livery as Austral only has four MD-80's left in service and they will be retired in the coming months, including LV-BGZ, now that all of the airline's new Embraer 190's have been delivered.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: A Different Perspective - AEP Climbout Shots - 14Feb12 - Part 1/2
Tuesday, February 14 was a beautiful hot and sunny day at Aeroparque. I had the opportunity to get some interesting climbout shots in the shadow of the small monument at the airport's southeast corner as the planes took off from Runway 13.
Austral MD-83, LV-WGM, c/n 49784/1627, one of only four of the MD-80 series still active with the airline.
LAN Argentina A320, LV-BET, c/n 1854
Learjet 60, LV-CCO, c/n 60-076
Cessna 560XLS Citation Excel, LV-BIB, c/n 560-5696
PLUNA CRJ-900, CX-CRG (also flew with AeroVIP as LV-BYW)
LAN Argentina A320, LV-BET, c/n 1854
Learjet 60, LV-CCO, c/n 60-076
Photos: Phil Perry
Info Sources: LAAS International
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