Aerolíneas Argentinas

34°36′12″S 58°22′54″W / 34.6033°S 58.3817°W / -34.6033; -58.3817

Aerolíneas Argentinas

IATA ICAO Callsign AR ARG ARGENTINA
Founded	14 May 1949; 74 years ago (1949-05-14)
Commenced operations	7 December 1950 (1950-12-07)
AOC #	AISF117C^[1]
Hubs	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Focus cities	Córdoba Airport^[2] Rosario Airport^[2]
Frequent-flyer program	Aerolíneas Plus
Alliance	SkyTeam SkyTeam Cargo
Subsidiaries	Aerohandling Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo JetPaq S.A. Optar S.A.
Fleet size	82
Destinations	58^[citation needed]
Parent company	Government of Argentina
Headquarters	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Key people	Pablo Ceriani (President)
Revenue	US$ 1.33 billion (FY 2019)^[3]
Net income	US$ –603.15 million (FY 2019)^[3]
Total assets	US$ 1.6 billion (FY 2019)^[3]
Total equity	US$ –213.9 million(FY 2019)^[3]
Employees	10,230 (FY 2019)^[3]
Website	www.aerolineas.com.ar/en-us

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 operations in December 1950. A consortium led by Iberia took control of the airline in 1990, and Grupo Marsans acquired the company and its subsidiaries in 2001, following a period of severe financial difficulties that put the airline on the brink of closure. The airline was renationalized in late 2008. It has its headquarters in Buenos Aires. The airline joined the SkyTeam alliance in August 2012; the airline's cargo division became a member of SkyTeam Cargo in November 2013.

Aerolíneas Argentinas and its former sister company Austral Líneas Aéreas operate from two hubs, both located in Buenos Aires: Aeroparque Jorge Newbery and Ministro Pistarini International Airport. Its narrow-body fleet, used on domestic and regional routes, consists of the Brazilian-made Embraer 190, as well as the Boeing 737-700, -800 and MAX 8, whereas intercontinental and transoceanic services are flown on the wide-body Airbus A330-200.

History

Early years to privatization

 

An Aerolíneas Argentinas DC-4 at Ministro Pistarini International Airport, circa 1958

The history of the airline began in 1929, when Compagnie Générale Aéropostale (Aéropostale) started airmail operations between Buenos Aires and Asunción using Laté-25 equipment, later expanding its network to cities located in Patagonia.^[7] Many French pilots (including aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) flew for the company in its beginnings.^[8] Argentine personnel replaced the Frenchmen as they gradually withdrew from the airline, and shortly after Aéropostale's Argentine subsidiary Aeroposta Argentina was formed. In 1947, this airline became a mixed-stock company in which the government had a 20% stake and private investors held the balance.^[7] As Aeroposta expanded its network southwards and incorporated the Douglas DC-3 into its fleet, another three mixed-stock companies were in operation at the time: ALFA mainly operated flying boats northwards to the Mesopotamia, FAMA operated overseas services with DC-4s as its mainstay equipment, and ZONDA was mainly concerned with operations in the northwest region.^[7] These carriers became unprofitable and President Juan Perón had them amalgamated into a single state-owned company on 14 May 1949.^[7][9][10] The state holding was officially rebranded as Aerolíneas Argentinas-Empresa del Estado.^[11] The four companies comprising the state holding ceased independent operations on 31 December 1949.^[11]

 

An Aerolíneas Argentinas de Havilland Comet 4 at Idlewild Airport in 1965

Aerolíneas Argentinas started operations on its own on 7 December 1950.^[12] In February 1950, almost 10 months prior to the start of operations, five new Convairs were already acquired.^[13] As early as 1950, the Douglas DC-6 was added to the fleet, and was used to launch a weekly Buenos Aires–Rio de Janeiro–Natal–Dakar–Lisbon–Paris–Frankfurt flight in late 1950.^[14] Soon afterwards, Douglas DC-4s joined the fleet and services were inaugurated to Santiago de Chile, Lima, Santa Cruz, and São Paulo. By March 1953, the airline's network was 35,000 miles (56,000 km) long, flown with DC-3s, DC-4s, DC-6s, Convair-Liner 240s, and Short Sandringhams.^[15] The company carried 291,988 passengers in 1954,^{[16][nb 1]} and 327,808 in 1955.^[18] On 8 February 1957, it was reported that Aerolíneas Argentinas had ordered ten F-27 Friendships.^{[19][nb 2]} The Comet had begun commercial jet services in the 1950s, and the carrier once again set the pace among the South American airlines, when Aerolíneas' president A. Cdre. Juan José Güiraldes persuaded Argentina's President Arturo Frondizi to buy six of them,^[9] becoming the first overseas airline in ordering the type.^[22] The first of these aircraft departed Hatfield Aerodrome on 2 March 1959; over 18 hours were needed for it to cover a distance of 7,075 miles (11,386 km) between Hatfield and Buenos Aires.^[23] On 7 March, she was christened Las Tres Marías by Frondizi's wife Elena Faggionato at Ezeiza Airport.^[24] Comet flights to New York City began in May 1959.^[25]: 589

 

Aerolíneas Sud Caravelle at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires in 1972

In the early 1960s, the fleet consisted of four Comet 4s, four Convair 240s, 15 DC-3s, six DC-4s, five DC-6s and six Sandringhams, whereas the ten F-27s ordered in 1957 were still pending delivery.^[26] The 1960s saw the carrier ordering the Avro 748 turboprop airliner.^[27] The aircraft started services on 15 February 1962 between Buenos Aires and Punta del Este.^[11] The first flight for the Caravelle in Aerolíneas colors was Buenos Aires–Santiago de Chile on 1 April 1962.^[11] At April 1965 the carrier had 5,960 employees, and the fleet consisted of three Comet 4s, one Comet 4C, three Caravelles, 12 DC-3s (three of them freighters), six DC-4s, three DC-6s and 12 HS-748s.^[28] In 1966, loans granted by the Ex-Im Bank and Boeing permitted the purchase of a number of Boeing 707-320Bs in a deal worth US$37,000,000 (equivalent to $333,721,026 in 2022).^[29] In November 1969, the carrier entered a pool agreement with Lufthansa covering services between Germany and Argentina.^[30]

 

A Boeing 707-320B at Frankfurt Airport in 1976

By March 1970, Aerolíneas Argentinas had a fleet of six Boeing 707s that served routes to Europe and the United States, three Caravelles 6Rs and four Comet 4s that flew regional services, and 12 HS-748s that flew domestically, whereas six Boeing 737-200s were on order.^[31] During the decade, the fleet had the arrival of three different aircraft types from Boeing: the 727—the first example entered the fleet in December 1977 on lease from Hughes AirWest and three more were ordered directly from Boeing^[32][33]—, the 737,^[34] and the 747.^[35] The incorporation of the Fokker F-28 into the fleet in the mid-1970s, prompted the withdrawal of the last HS-748s, making the company to be the first South American airline in operating an all-jet aircraft park.^[36] Frankfurt, Madrid, and Rome became the first destinations to be served with the new 747s, starting January 1977.^[37] Another milestone for the company took place in June 1980, with the first south polar scheduled service, linking Buenos Aires with Hong Kong via Auckland.^[38] Late that year, a second-hand Boeing 747SP was acquired from Braniff for US$51,000,000 (equivalent to $181,136,511 in 2022).^[39]

 

An Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 747-200B on approach to London Heathrow Airport in 1979

The airline was assigned by law the monopoly of international operations from Argentina in 1971.^[40] This meant no other Argentine airline was able to operate international flights, let alone the already created Austral. The carrier therefore became the flag carrier of the country. The same law also assigned Aerolíneas Argentinas a 50% share of the domestic market.^[40]

Following the acquisition of Austral by the Argentine government in 1980, both Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral became government-owned, to the extent that some routes were simultaneously operated, even using similar equipment. However, a state of continuous tension existed over salary differences between both companies that eventually led the Aerolíneas Argentinas' pilots to a three-week-long strike that started on 1 July 1986.^[41] During this strike, the government leased pilots from the Argentine Air Force to operate some aircraft. Other companies took advantage of this situation and gained the market share that Aerolíneas Argentinas lost, as domestic routes were operated by Austral, LADE, and LAPA, and the government temporarily authorized foreign carriers to exploit the company's international routes.^[42]

Using a Boeing 747-200, the airline operated the first transantarctic commercial flight on 7 June 1980.^[43] During and shortly after the Falklands War in 1982, the airline was banned from British airspace. A flight from London-Gatwick to Argentina's capital was once scheduled, but because of the ban, passengers bound to Argentina had to change planes at Madrid-Barajas.^[44]

At March 1985, Aerolíneas Argentinas had 9,822 employees. At this time, the fleet comprised one Boeing 707-320B, one Boeing 707-320C, seven Boeing 727-200s, 10 Boeing 737-200s, two Boeing 737-200Cs, five Boeing 747-200Bs, one Boeing 747SP, two Fokker F28-1000s, and a Fokker F28-4000. The international network radiated from Buenos Aires and served Asuncion, Auckland, Bogotá, Cape Town, Caracas, Frankfurt, Guayaquil, Hong Kong, La Paz, Lima, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Montevideo, Montreal, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Porto Alegre, and Zurich.^[45] Sydney was first served in 1989, and flights to London resumed in January 1990.^[46]

Privatisation: 1990–2008

Position of the company upon the acquisition by Iberia and when it was sold in 2001

Item	1991	2001
Assets (without routes, brand, etc., US$ mil.)	636^[47]-776^[48]	?
Annual Balance (US$ mil.)	18	–390
Debt (US$ mil.)	0	900^[48]
Aircraft (owned/leased)	28^[40]/1	1^[40]/43
Flight simulators	3	2
Number of employees	10,372^[46]	6,734^[49]

The privatisation of the airline started being considered under the government of Raúl Alfonsín, when SAS was proposed to become a 40% shareholder of the state company.^[50][51][52] This was firmly resisted by the Peronist opposition.^[47][53] The staff had grown to 10,372 by March 1990.^[54] Late this year^{[nb 3]} a consortium led by Iberia and Austral's owner Cielos del Sur S.A. acquired an 85% stake in Aerolíneas Argentinas for US$130,000,000 (equivalent to $291,192,053 in 2022) in cash, the same amount to be injected within a 10-month period, and a debt-equity exchange worth US$2.01 billion.^[47][55] Another consortium led by Alitalia, American Airlines, KLM and Varig had earlier pulled out from the process.^[55] Paradoxically, one of the first actions taken by the new Peronist government was to privatise the carrier, after airily opposing to the privatisation propositions of its predecessor.^[47][53] The sale of the airline followed the divestiture of the government shareholding in the national telephone company, which also took place in 1990 during the Carlos Menem presidency's privatization wave, intended to divest the participation of the state in a number of enterprises to reduce the US$40 billion debt to foreign banks by US$7 billion.^[57] Aimed at favoring the privatization process, the government absorbed a US$741 million debt the company took between 1981 and 1982 for capitalization purposes.^[47] Despite the carrier being regarded as overstaffed and bureaucratic, it was debt-free at that time, having an average profitability of US$90 million a year;^[47][58] it actually had US$719 million in revenues for the year prior to the privatization.^[57] The privatization contract, which specified the buyer should pay US$260 million in cash and US$1,610 million in external debt bonds, was ratified by the Supreme Court. Furthermore, a clause enabled the buyer to indebt Aerolíneas Argentinas for the buyout process; this was reflected in the airline's 1991 balance, which included debts worth US$390 million for its own acquisition.^[56] This privatization process was not ruled as illegal until 2009.^[53]

Revenue Passenger-Kilometers, scheduled flights only

Year	Millions
1950	253
1955	353
1960	592
1965	948
1969	1,615
1971	2,069
1975	3,441
1980	6,927
1989	8,254
2000	11,111
2008	12,107^[59]
2009	11,477^[59]
2010	13,640^[59]
2011	13,649^[59]
2012	14,150^[59]
2013	17,753^[59] (projected)
2016	18,933^[60]
2017	20,390^[60]
source	* ICAO Digest of Statistics for 1950–55 * IATA World Air Transport Statistics, 1960–2000

Austral's owner Cielos del Sur S.A. was sold to Iberia in March 1991, further increasing the Spanish flag carrier's stake in the Argentine air market.^[61] Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral never merged throughout the private era, and remained as separate companies with the same shareholder. Iberia subsequently boosted its stake in the airline to 85% in April 1994 after a US$500,000,000 (equivalent to $987,202,515 in 2022) cash injection.^{[47][62][63][64]} Out of the remaining 15%, the Argentine government held the 5% stake it was initially assigned, while 10% belonged to the employees.^[48] Furthermore, at this stage the Argentine government resigned to the voting privilege it had in the directory of the airline.^[47] Iberia was subsequently obliged by the European Commission to cut its stake in Aerolíneas Argentinas as a condition for receiving state aid.^[62] It thence reduced its participation to 20%, transferring the remaining 65% to Interinvest/Andes holding, a consortium comprising the Spanish government holding company (SEPI) – the actual owner of Iberia before it was privatised in 2001 – and banks Merrill Lynch and Bankers Trust, among others.^[62][65] In July 1997, Iberia cut again its stake in Aerolíneas Argentinas from 20% to 10%, while American Airlines's parent company AMR acquired a 10% stake of Aerolineas Argentinas/Austral's major stockholder Interinvest,^[66] equivalent to a participation of 8.5% in both Argentine companies,^[67] with the commitment of finding investors for Aerolíneas Argentinas.^[68] AMR's 8.5% operation was finally cleared by the United States Department of Justice in early July 1998.^[62] By that time, the Argentine government still owned a 5% stake in Aerolíneas Argentinas.^[69] Losses had mounted to US$927 million since 1992,^[70] totaling US$150 million only for 1999. The restructuring plan presented by AMR, mainly aimed at reverting these losses, was rejected by the SEPI.^[71] Furthermore, given that the AMR Corporation did not find purchasers for the company, the SEPI put the control of the airline back into Spanish hands.^[68] The vacancy left in the management positions that followed the departure of the AMR holding from Aerolíneas was soon filled in by the SEPI. To protect the interests of the Argentine national carrier, the government suspended an open skies agreement between Argentina and the United States that would come into force in September 2000.^[70]

The airline had 5,384 employees at March 2000. At this time, the aircraft park consisted of two Airbus A310-300s, four Airbus A340-200s, four Boeing 737-200s, Boeing 737-200 Advanced, one Boeing 737-200C, and nine Boeing 747-200Bs, whereas six Airbus A340-600s were on order.^{[nb 4]} The list of international destinations served at the time was Asunción, Auckland, Bogotá, Cancún, Caracas, Florianópolis, Lima, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Montevideo, New York, Orlando, Paris, Punta del Este, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Santiago, São Paulo, and Sydney; domestic services to Catamarca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Cordoba, Corrientes, Esquel, Iguazu, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Neuquen, Posadas, President Roque Saenz Pena, Resistencia, Rio Gallegos, Rio Grande, Rosario, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Trelew, Tucuman, Ushuaia, and Villa Gesell were also operated.^[72]

 

An Aerolíneas Argentinas MD-88 on short final to London Gatwick Airport in 2002

Allegations of corruption were made on the basis of the price paid by Iberia and the Spanish firm's ulterior conduct (including some convoluted lease-back operations), with the airline paying the price for its own purchase with its assets.^[47] Subsequent management by American Airlines and SEPI drove Aerolíneas Argentinas into an almost terminal crisis in 2001.^[58][73] In June 2001, the aftermath began after the airline filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors,^[74] and went into administration;^[75] the salaries were paid by the Argentine government, instead of using money coming from the SEPI.^[76] The payment of salaries for the upcoming months was suspended, as the mechanics union refused to accept the reorganisation plan raised by the SEPI to keep the company afloat.^[77][78][79] On 6 June,^[80] flights to Auckland, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, São Paulo, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro were halted.^[48][81] Owing to a US$15 million debt with the fuel supplier,^[82] the suspension of the daily flight to Madrid, which also served Rome and was the last connection with Europe,^[83] followed a week later.^[80] After this, most of the fleet was grounded, and only 30% and 10% of domestic and international flights, respectively, were operating.^[75]

Marsans group acquired a 92% stake through its subsidiary Air Comet from the SEPI in late 2001,^[84] and committed to inject US$50 million capital with the intention of resuming short– as well as long–haul services.^[75][85][86] The resumption of international flights started in early November 2001.^[80][87] At July 2002, the airline and its subsidiaries employed 7,090.^[88] The company exited bankruptcy in January 2003, and emerged from administration a month later.^[86][89] That year, the first profit in five years was announced, along with an important increase in market share.^[90]

Renationalisation: 2008–onwards

Aerolíneas and Austral Net Income

Years	Losses (in non-inflation adjusted pesos)	Losses (in US dollars as official rate)^[91]	Source
2008	1,814,518,196	525,490,355	^[92]
2009	1,661,074,557	437,124,883	^[92]
2010	1,611,603,589	405,332,895	^[93]
2012	2,407,120,549	489,451,108	^[94]
2013	2,781,683,300	426,573,118	^[95]^[96]
2014	5,486,921,815	641,670,192	^[95]^[96]
2015	9,278,058,094	711,507,523	^[97]^[98]
2016	7,035,221,506	442,745,217	^[97]^[98]
2017	6,379,021,189	342,057,011	^[99]^[98]
2018	21,804,470,692	578,367,923	^[99]^[100]
2019	41,182,297,596	687,632,286	^[3]^[101]

In May 2008, an initial agreement between the Argentine government and Grupo Marsans in which the latter would decrease its participation in the airline to 35% was announced; in reducing their holding, Marsans would make room for new private investors, as well as for the government of Argentina to increase its stake in the airline from 5 to 20%.^[102][103] Amid accusations from Marsans^[104] and following the disclosure of an agreement,^{[105][106][107]} the Argentine government took the airline back under state control in July 2008, after acquiring 99.4% of the stake for an undisclosed price; the remaining 0.6% continued being owned by the company's employees.^[8][108]

 

An Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 on short final to Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in 2012.

At this time, the company had 40% of its fleet grounded.^[109] The act renationalizing Aerolíneas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral Líneas Aéreas was passed by the Chamber of Deputies in August 2008,^[110] and became law in September 2008 following the 46–21 vote in the Argentine Senate.^{[111][112][113]} There were disagreements regarding the value to be paid by Grupo Marsans to the government.^[114] Negotiations fell through, and an administrator was appointed by an Argentine court in November that year to oversee the running of the company.^[115] A vote by both the lower and the upper houses of the Argentine Congress in support of taking over the company and its subsidiaries took place in December,^[116] when the Chamber of Deputies voted 152–84 in favor of the expropriation,^[117] and the Senate approved the bill by a 42–20 vote.^[118][119]

In September 2011, the airline emerged from the reorganization proceedings it had filed in 2001.^[120] In late November 2011, the government announced an austerity plan for the company to reduce the deficit it has been incurring since being taken over from Marsans; the plan included the revision of unprofitable routes, the reduction of pilot/aircraft pay rates, and the abandonment of obsolete equipment, among others.^[121][122]

Passenger traffic for the group reached a record 8.5 million in 2013, a 57% increase from the time of its renationalization in 2008. Revenues rose to a record of US$2 billion in 2013, an 85% increase from 2008 levels; losses likewise declined from $860 million (78% of revenues) to $250 million (12% of revenues). Corporate assets as of 2012 had tripled to over $1.6 billion, as the group's fleet grew from 26 to 63 planes and the average age of same was reduced from 20 years to 7.5.^[59] In 2017, projections for 2018 were given at 14.5 million passengers and a loss of $90 million.^[123]

Between 2008 and 2021, Aerolíneas Argentinas received over $8 billion USD in subsidy from the Argentine government.^[124]

Proposed privatization under Javier Milei

Following the election of Javier Milei as president of Argentina in 2023, he affirmed his intention to privatize the airline again.^[125] Under his proposal, shares in the airline would be handed over by the state to its workers along with an end in state support for the airline.^[126] Unions have expressed opposition to the proposal with one union head promising violence before apologizing.^[127][128] On December 21, 2023, Milei announced a presidential decree to begin the process of privatization and transfer of shares, likely to employees.^[129] He would also implement open skies policies including cabotage to improve competitiveness.^[124]

Corporate affairs

Ownership and subsidiaries

 

Austral Líneas Aéreas was a subsidiary of Aerolíneas Argentinas.

Aerolíneas Argentinas was completely owned by the government of Argentina, as of December 2014^[update].^[130] As of December 2013^[update], Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo, domestic airline Austral Líneas Aéreas, ramp service provider Aerohandling, cargo division JetPaq S.A., and tourism operator Optar S.A. are listed as Aerolíneas Argentinas subsidiaries.^[131] The airline and its subsidiaries operate from two hubs, both located in Buenos Aires.^[132] Operations of domestic and regional flights by the smaller aircraft types in the fleet are concentrated at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, which also serves as its operating base, whereas Ministro Pistarini International Airport is mainly used for international services,^[133] although some regional and a few domestic services are operated, as well.^[134] The company provides free-of-charge transportation to those passengers who need to change from one airport to the other.^[135]

As of December 2019^[update], the airline and its subsidiaries employ 10,230.^[3]

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aerolíneas Argentinas and its Austral subsidiary merged. Austral's fleet was integrated into Aerolíneas' fleet, agreements were reached with both airlines' pilot and cabin crew unions, and the Aerolíneas Argentinas brand was retained.^[136]

Key people

As of December 2023^[update], Pablo Ceriani has held the president position since 2008.^[124][137]

Headquarters

Aerolíneas Argentinas is headquartered at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, located in Buenos Aires city.^[4]

Destinations

Main article: List of Aerolíneas Argentinas destinations

Alliances

With the mentoring of Delta Air Lines,^[138] the company signed an agreement to begin the process of joining SkyTeam in late November 2010.^{[139][140][141]} It became the first South American and the second Latin American carrier in joining the alliance in August 2012,^[142][143] as well as its 18th overall member.^[144] The airline's cargo division, Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo, joined SkyTeam Cargo in November 2013, becoming the 12th member airline of the alliance.^[145][146]

Codeshare agreements

Aerolíneas Argentinas has codeshare agreements with these airlines:^[147]

• Aeroméxico
• Air Europa
• Air France
• Delta Air Lines
• El Al
• Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
• ITA Airways
• KLM
• Korean Air

Fleet

Current

 

An Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A330-200

Aerolíneas Argentinas, following its merger with subsidiary Austral, operates the following aircraft as of October 2023^[update].^{[6][148][149]}

Aerolíneas Argentinas Fleet^{[nb 5]}

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers^[154]			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Airbus A330-200	10^[155]	—	24	248	272	Two aircraft to be leased from Aircastle.^[156]
Boeing 737-700	8	—	8	120	128^[157]
Boeing 737-800	31	—	8	162	170^[157]
Boeing 737 MAX 8	7^[158]	4	8	162	170^[159]	^[160]
Embraer 190	24	—	8	88	96^[161]	Transferred from merged Austral Líneas Aéreas.^[162]
Embraer 195-E2	—	12	TBA			Deliveries begin in 2024. To replace E190.^[163]
Cargo fleet
Boeing 737-800BCF	2	—	Cargo			Deliveries from 2023.^[158]^[164]
Total	82	16^[nb 6]

Retired

Aerolíneas Argentinas historical fleet

 

An Airbus A310-300 landing at Mexico City International Airport in 2007

 

A Boeing 747-400 on short final to Madrid-Barajas Airport in 2009

 

A Boeing 737-200 at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in 2009. A number of aircraft of this type had been leased from Pegasus Aviation in 1999.^[165]

 

An HS 748 at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in 1972.

Aerolíneas Argentinas previously operated the following aircraft:^[21]

• Airbus A310-300^[72]
• Airbus A320-200
• Airbus A340-200^[166]
• Airbus A340-300^[167]
• Avro York
• Boeing 707-320B^[46]
• Boeing 707-320C
• Boeing 727-100
• Boeing 727-200^[46]
• Boeing 737-200^[72]
• Boeing 737-200 Advanced^[72]
• Boeing 737-200C^[72]
• Boeing 737-300F
• Boeing 737-500
• Boeing 747SP^[46]
• Boeing 747-200B^[72]
• Boeing 747-400^[168][169]
• Caravelle III
• Caravelle VI-N
• Caravelle VI-R^[28]
• Convair CV-240^[9]
• Comet 4^[28]
• Comet 4C^[28]
• Douglas C-47
• Douglas C-47A
• Douglas C-47B
• Douglas C-54A
• Douglas DC-3^[26][28]
• Douglas DC-4^[26][28]
• Douglas DC-6
• Fokker F28 Mk-1000^[46]
• Fokker F28 Mk-4000^[46]
• Hawker Siddeley 748^[170]
• Lockheed Constellation
• McDonnell Douglas MD-83^[171]
• McDonnell Douglas MD-88^[171]
• Short Sandringham^[9]
• NAMC YS-11-100
• Vickers Viking^[170]

Recent developments

 

An Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737-800.

Aerolíneas Argentinas began to modernise its fleet in 2009, when it agreed to lease 10 Boeing 737-700s and to purchase two more of these aircraft that would act as a replacement for the ageing Boeing 737-200s and MD-80s.^[172] Along with the first leased ones, the two brand new aircraft, which became the first ones acquired by the company in 17 years, were incorporated into the fleet in mid-2009.^[150][151] In October 2009, the carrier had announced it was looking for about six Boeing 737-800 aircraft, both to complement the 12 Boeing 737-700s and to replace the ageing Boeing 737-500s.^[173] In November, the Boeing 737-200 made its last flight on a scheduled Buenos Aires–Catamarca–La Rioja–Buenos Aires passenger service.^[174] In late November 2010, the airline agreed to lease a further ten aircraft of the –700 series from ILFC,^[175] which started being delivered in April 2011.^[176] As of November 2012^[update], the airline was considering both the Airbus A350-900 and the Boeing 787-9 as replacement aircraft for the long-haul fleet.^[177] The incorporation of leased Airbus A330-200s in 2013 for serving routes to Bogotá, Cancún, Caracas and Miami was also planned, whereas an increased maximum takeoff weight version of the same type was also under consideration to partly replace the Airbus A340-200s by 2016.^[178]

In April 2013, Air Lease Corporation announced the lease of six Boeing 737-800s to the company, with deliveries starting in November 2014;^[179] in May 2013, CIT Group announced the lease of four additional aircraft of the same type, with deliveries starting in January 2014.^[180][181] In October the same year, an agreement for the acquisition of 20 more aircraft of the type, worth US$1.8 billion, was announced.^{[182][183][184]} In addition to the lease of four used^[185] Airbus A330-200s from ILFC —the first of them delivered in September 2013— Aerolíneas Argentinas signed in November a memorandum of understanding with Airbus, aimed at acquiring four more aircraft of the type.^[186][187] In a transaction worth US$887 million,^[188][189] the order was firmed up in February 2014.^[190][191] These aircraft will be fitted with GE Aviation CF6-80E1 engines.^[192] The first Airbus A330-200 directly purchased from Airbus was delivered in March 2015.^[193][194]

With its ageing long-haul fleet in need of replacement, Aerolineas CEO Mario Dell’Acqua stated in November 2017 that the company was evaluating a replacement for the Airbus A340, with a decision to be made in 2018. The company was considering either the Boeing 787 or the Airbus A350 as possible replacements, with the intention of the new fleet entering service in 2020.^[195] The Airbus A330 will also be replaced as part of the long-haul fleet replacement, though they are to be retired progressively after the A340s.^[123] In November 2017, Aerolíneas Argentinas became the first Latin American airline in taking delivery of a Boeing 737 MAX 8; the aircraft flew its first revenue service on the Buenos Aires-Ezeiza–Mendoza route.^[196][197]

Livery

In June 2010, Aerolíneas Argentinas revamped its image to give the airline a more modern appearance.^[198][199] The new logo is a combination of light blue and grey colours.^[200] Likewise, the previous eurowhite livery is replaced with a combination of the Argentine flag colours plus grey.^[200] Subsidiary airline Austral also adopted this new livery, additionally including a red cheatline.^[201]

Accidents and incidents

Main article: Aerolíneas Argentinas accidents and incidents

According to the Aviation Safety Network database, the last fatal accident at the airline was in 1970. As of June 2023, Aviation Safety Network records 47 accidents or incidents for Aerolíneas Argentinas since it started operations in 1950.^[202] The company ranks among the safest airlines in the world.^[203]

See also

• Transport in Argentina

Notes

1. The figures for this particular year are discrepant as Flight also informed the total number of carried passengers for 1954 to be 280,683.^[17]
2. Despite Flight confirming the order a week later,^[20] the carrier never operated the type.^[21]
3. There is a discrepancy regarding the precise date of the award, as it was informed to be in July 1990^[55] and in November the same year.^[56]
4. The airline never operated the type.^[21]
5. Information concerning seat configuration is accurate for most of the fleet; nevertheless, on some equipment this information differs from the one shown in the table.^{[150][151][152][153]}
6. These figures include firm orders placed directly by the carrier and those by lessors assigned to the carrier.

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