Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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 ! 

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Monday, November 29, 2021

ROUTE UPDATES: October 2021 - Part 1 - Aerolineas Argentinas, Flybondi

 Route Updates - October 2021 - Part 1

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   

Flybondi                  Cordoba (COR)              Neuquen (NQN)           01Oct21      737-800       2x/weekly

Aerolineas               Buenos Aires                  Santa Cruz (VVI)          06Oct21      E-190          1x/weekly
Argentinas               Aeroparque (AEP)

Aerolineas               Buenos Aires                  Bogota (BOG)              06Oct21      A330-200    1x/weekly  
Argentinas               Ezeiza (EZE)
* Remarks:  A330-200 replaced 737-700

Flybondi                  Cordoba (COR)               Salta (SLA)                  07Oct21      737-800      1x/weekly

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

ROUTE UPDATES: October 2021 - Part 2 - American, COPA, Jetsmart Argentina

 Route Updates - October 2021 - Part 2

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  

American                 Dallas-Ft. Worth             Buenos Aires                14Oct21      777-200       3x/weekly
Airlines                    (DFW)                             Ezeiza (EZE)
* Remarks: Might have started even earlier than 14Oct21

Jetsmart                  Buenos Aires                  Jujuy (JUJ)                    14Oct21      A320            3x/weekly
Argentina                 Aeroparque (AEP)

COPA                       Panama City (PTY)         Buenos Aires                17Oct21      737 MAX 9   1x/daily       
Panama                                                            Ezeiza (EZE) 

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ROUTE UPDATES: October 2021 - Part 3 - Aerolineas Argentinas, Jetsmart Argentina, LATAM Chile

Route Updates - October 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  

Aerolineas               Buenos Aires                  Rio de Janeiro             19Oct21       737-800      2x/weekly
Argentinas               Aeroparque (AEP)          Galeao (GIG)

Jetsmart                   Salta (SLA)                     Iguazu (IGR)               19Oct21       A320           2x/weekly
Argentina

LATAM Chile            Santiago (SCL)               Buenos Aires               19Oct21      A320 
                                                                          Aeroparque (AEP)

LATAM Chile            Sao Paulo                       Buenos Aires               19Oct21      A320 
                                  Guarulhos (GRU)            Aeroparque (AEP) 
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ROUTE UPDATES: October 2021 - Part 4 - Jetsmart Argentina, LATAM Brasil, LATAM Chile

Route Updates - October 2021 - 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  

LATAM Chile           Santiago (SCL)               Mendoza (MDZ)           19Oct21      A320            3x/weekly

Jetsmart                  Buenos Aires                  Comodoro                     20Oct21      A320            3x/weekly
Argentina                 Aeroparque (AEP)          Rivadavia (CRD)

LATAM                     Sao Paulo                       Mendoza (MDZ)           20Oct21      A320            3x/weekly
Brasil                        Guarulhos (GRU)

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ROUTE UPDATES: October 2021 - Part 5 - Aerolineas Argentinas, Flybondi, Jetsmart Argentina

Route Updates - October 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  

Aerolineas               Cordoba (COR)               El Calafate (FTE)        25Oct21      E-190 /         2x/weekly            Argentinas                                                                                                              737-800

Jetsmart                  Rosario (ROS)                 Neuquen (NQN)          29Oct21      A320            2x/weekly
Argentina
* Remarks:  Dropped route eff 29Oct21

Flybondi                  Cordoba (COR)               Iguazu (IGR)                31Oct21     737-800        2x/weekly

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

FLEET UPDATE: Flybondi 737-800, LV-HKN, returned from Mexico to Argentina with new tail design on 04Nov21

Flybondi 737-800, LV-HKN (c/n 30734/2477), flew to Mexico for maintenance work in early October where its normal yelow tail color design was replaced with a white tail featuring images representative of the various provinces of Argentina that Flybondi flies to, as illustrated in this photo: 

Flybondi 737-800, LV-HKN (c/n 30734/2477), on final approach to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) upon its return from Mexico City (MEX) on 04Nov21, sporting its new tail design.  (Gabriel Gomez photo reproduced with his permission)

Link to Gabriel's photo of LV-HKN on jetphotos.com: 


Link to all 91 photos by Gabriel Gomez on jetphotos.com:


The design reportedly represents a change of livery for the Argentine LCC, which, if true, would mean that the rest of the carrier's fleet will be repainted with tail images too.

LV-HKN has seven different images on the right side of its tail but a total of eighteen images representing Argentine wildlife, natural landmarks, iconic structures and other cultural symbols, will reportedly be applied to Flybondi's fleet.

LV-HKN flew from Mexico City (MEX) to Guayaquil (GYE) and on to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE), arriving at the Argentine capital's main international airport on 04Nov21.  The aircraft immediately went back into service with Flybondi on the morning of 05Nov21, flying 3-4 roundtrips from Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) to Argentine domestic destinations each day since then. 

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

ROUTE UPDATES: September 2021 - Part 1 - Aerolineas Argentinas - New Domestic Flights

 Route Updates - September 2021 - Part 1 - New Domestic Flights

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               Rosario (ROS)                Salta (SLA)                  01Sep21      E-190          2x/weekly
Argentinas

Aerolineas               Iguazu (IGR)                   Mendoza (MDZ)           01Sep21     E-190          2x/weekly
Argentinas
* Remarks:  via Salta (SLA)

Aerolineas               Neuquen (NQN)              Salta (SLA)                  03Sep21     E-190          2x/weekly
Argentinas
  
Aerolineas               Rosario (ROS)                 Mendoza (MDZ)          03Sep21     E-190          2x/weekly
Argentinas
  
Aerolineas               Cordoba (COR)               Tucuman (TUC)           06Sep21     E-190          2x/weekly
Argentinas

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ROUTE UPDATES: September 2021 - Part 2 - Aerolineas Argentinas - New International Flights

 Route Updates - September 2021 - Part 2 - New International Flights

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                  Montevideo (MVD)       14Sep21    E-190          2x/weekly
Argentinas               Aeroparque (AEP) 

Aerolineas               Buenos Aires                  Punta del Este (PDP)   16Sep21    E-190         2x/weekly
Argentinas               Aeroparque (AEP) 

Aerolineas               Mendoza (MDZ)             Santiago (SCL)             25Sep21    E-190         1x/weekly
Argentinas

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

FLEET UPDATE: Aerolineas Argentinas placed fourth 737 MAX 8, LV-HKV, back into service on 01Oct21

Aerolineas Argentinas 737 MAX 8, LV-HKV (c/n 44294/6807), taxis at Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) on 29Mar18, a little over a month after it was delivered to the carrier.  (Phil Perry Photo) 

Aerolineas Argentinas grounded all five 737 MAX 8's in its fleet when the type of aircraft was grounded worldwide in March 2019.  With the recertification of the type in November 2020, Aerolineas started to prepare its MAX's for a return to service on a gradual basis as air traffic resumed in Argentina.  

Aerolineas' first 737 MAX 8, LV-HKU (c/n 44293/6753) returned to regularly-scheduled service on 23Mar21, followed by LV-GVD (c/n 64207/6661) and LV-HKW (c/n 44296/6926) on 20Jul21 and 05Aug21, respectively.     

The latest MAX to be reactivated was LV-HKV (c/n 44294/6807) on 01Oct21.  The sole remaining MAX is LV-GVE (c/n 64208/6717) which is expected to return online in December.  Aerolineas holds orders for seven more of the 737 MAX series for a total of twelve airframes expected to be delivered by the latter part of the decade. 

So far, the reactivated Aerolineas 737 MAX 8's have flown exclusively domestic services in Argentina with only a handful of exceptions, but they are slated to eventually fly internationally, especially on "longer" and "thinner" routes with less passenger traffic, such as Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) to Cancun (CUN) and Punta Cana (PUJ).   

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https://www.aviacionline.com/2021/10/aerolineas-argentinas-reactivo-otro-boeing-737-max-solo-queda-uno-almacenado/      

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Sunday, October 10, 2021

FLEET UPDATE: Jetsmart Argentina added a fifth A320, LV-JQE, featuring a penguin on its tail, to its fleet on 29Sep21

Jetsmart Argentina took delivery of A320, LV-JQE (c/n 8539), when the aircraft arrived at Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) on 29Sep21 with the plane entering service with the airline on 06Oct21.  

LV-JQE sports a Penguin on its tail and is the fifth A320 in the Argentine LCC's fleet, joining LV-HEK (c/n 8599) Huemul (deer), LV-IVO (c/n 8838) Cardinal, LV-HVT (c/n 8574) Jaguar, and LV-IVN (c/n 8730) Fox.     

Photo of LV-JQE:


With five A320's, Jetsmart Argentina now has its largest fleet of A320's to date, exceeding the four aircraft of the type that it had prior to the start of the pandemic in March 2020.  The carrier also operated a fleet of three ex-Norwegian Air Argentina 737-800's in early 2020 wearing the colors of the European parent carrier, but with no titles.

The new addition will facilitate planned new service by Jetsmart Argentina between Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) and Jujuy (JUJ) and Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) on 14Oct21 and 20Oct21, respectively, plus new flights from Salta (SLA) to Iguazu (IGR) on 19Oct21. 

LV-JQE was originally delivered to Jetsmart Chile in Santiago (SCL) on 21Nov18 as CC-AWG.  The aircraft was re-registered in Argentina in May 2021 with Jetsmart Argentina apparently planning to add the plane to its fleet in August but the carrier was denied permission to add the aircraft by the Argentine governmental  authorities because of "lack of space" at Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) where it would have been based.  However, the authorities eventually relented, reversing their decision and allowing Jetsmart Argentina to bring LV-JQE to join its four other A320's.  

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Saturday, October 2, 2021

FLEET UPDATE: Aerolineas Argentinas retired A330-200, LV-FNI, its first A330

Aerolineas Argentinas A330-200, LV-FNI (c/n 290) on approach to an unnamed airfield.  (Phil Perry Collection) 

Aerolineas Argentinas recently retired the first A330 that it ever took delivery of, A330-200, LV-FNI (c/n 290). 

The aircraft was first delivered to SABENA of Belgium in 1999, continuing to fly for several carriers, including VG Airlines and Delsey, both also of Belgium, and, more recently, Malaysia Airlines, until it joined Aerolineas in September 2013.  LV-FNI soldiered on with the Argentine national flag carrier until it was withdrawn from use and stored locally in Argentina on 16Jun21.  The aircraft was finally returned to the lessor (appears to be AerCap) when it departed Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) on 23Sep21 to Miami (MIA) and Roswell (ROW), arriving at the New Mexico facility on 25Sep21.

Aerolineas Argentinas built up a fleet of ten A330-200's between 2013 and 2017 in replacement of its long-range A340 and 747 fleets..  In addition to LV-FNI being returned, LV-FNJ (c/n 300) and LV-GKO (c/n 587) have been parked since March 2020 with LV-FNK (c/n 358) and LV-FNL (c/n 364) possibly to be returned to their lessor when their current leases expire in April 2022.  However, two A330-200's will be added to the Aerolineas fleet when LV-KAN (c/n 877) and LV-KAO (c/n 899), both formerly of TAP Air Portugal, are delivered to Argentina before year's end.  

If LV-FNK and LV-GKO both return to service with Aerolineas, the carrier will have a total of nine long-range Airbus twins in service.  

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