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The airport was named after Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina [ es], one of the founders of the Argentine Air Force. In August 2008 it was renamed in honour of composer and musician Ástor Piazzolla, who was born in Mar del Plata. [5] The airport covers an area of 436 hectares (1,080 acres) [2] and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
Aerolíneas Argentinas was formed by the Argentine's Ministry of Transport as a state corporation in May 1949, when it took over the routes and assets of four struggling airlines. [1][2] A year and a half later, in late December 1950, the company introduced the Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro – Natal – Dakar – Lisbon –Paris– Frankfurt ...
Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is short for "Mar del Rio de la Plata," and has the meaning of "sea of the Rio de la Plata basin" or "adjoining sea to the (River) Plate region". [1] Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil: GIG: SBGL: Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport: Rosario: Argentina: ROS: SAAR: Islas Malvinas International Airport [27] Salta: Argentina: SLA: SASA: Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport [28] Salvador: Brazil: SSA: SBSV: Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport [9] San Andres Island ...
Aerolíneas Argentinas, formally Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A., [4] is the state-owned flag carrier of Argentina, [5] and the country's largest airline. [6] The airline was created in 1949, from the merger of Aeroposta Argentina (AA), Aviación del Litoral Fluvial Argentino (ALFA), Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina (FAMA), and Zonas Oeste y Norte de Aerolíneas Argentinas (ZONDA), and started ...
Pan American Goodwill Flight, 1926-1927. Clinton Fisk Woolsey (August 29, 1894 – February 26, 1927) was an early United States Army aviator and flying instructor. He served as a pilot in World War I and on the Mexican border. Woolsey was slated to become the first pilot to travel over the Atlantic Ocean when, as part of the 22,000 mile first ...
History of Mar del Plata. Paseo General Paz, February 1904. The first European navigator to visit the beaches and cliffs of what one day would become Mar del Plata was Sir Francis Drake in his 1577 circumnavigation voyage. He introduced the name Cape Lobos in the cartography of his time, due to the large colony of sea lions (lobos de mar in ...
Mar del Plata (officially named "Estación Ferroautomotora Eva Perón") [2] [3] is a railway and bus terminus in the homonymous city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Opened in 2009 as a bus terminus only, the railway tracks from the old "Norte" station (distant a few meters from there) were extended to connect both terminals in 2011 by architect Claudio Luis Lucarelli, adding new platforms ...