Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
[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 route, using 48-seater DC-6 equipment, linking Argentina with Germany for the first time since 1933. [3]
Aerolíneas Argentinas: AR ARG ARGENTINA 1949 Ministro Pistarini International Airport: Flag carrier Andes Líneas Aéreas: OY ANS AEROANDES 2006 Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport Flybondi: FO FBZ BONDI 2016 El Palomar Airport: JetSmart Argentina: WJ JES SMARTBIRD 2019 El Palomar Airport: Líneas Aéreas del Estado: 5U LDE LADE ...
Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini) (IATA: EZE, ICAO: SAEZ), also known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location in Ezeiza in Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-southwest of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, [2] the capital city of Argentina.
[citation needed] The airport is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, DAP and LADE. It is the westernmost Argentinian airport served by scheduled flights. [citation needed] The airport was inaugurated in November 2000, replacing the old Lago Argentino Airport (ING/SAWL). It is now the main entrance to Los Glaciares National Park.
The airline was the second largest in Argentina, after flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas, and operated around 16% of flights in the country in 2019. [7] [8] It was the only significant competitor to Aerolíneas Argentinas, which held around 63% of the domestic market share before the pandemic. [8] [9]
During the late 1980s, the airport was a scheduled stop on a polar route passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia operated by Aerolineas Argentinas with Boeing 747-200 wide body jetliners. [6]
Its first terminal was completed in 1951, by which time the runway was extended to 1,550 m (5,085 ft 4 in). [7] The airport was renamed following the 1955 coup against President Juan Perón in honor of the pioneer of Argentine aviation, Jorge Newbery , and was re-inaugurated in 1960 following work that expanded its main runway to 2,070 m (6,791 ...