Aerolineas Argentinas sells 900,000 seats for its snow destinations «Diario La Capitale de Mar del Plata

Aerolineas Argentinas has launched its winter flight program. With a focus on snow destinations, the company has put in place a special reinforcement for the months of July and August with 900,000 places available for Mendoza, Neuquén, Bariloche, Chapelco, El Calafate and Ushuaia. This means an 8% increase in supply compared to the same period of 2018.

The route between Ushuaia and Buenos Aires will have during the months of July and August 29% more flights than in 2018. There will be 41 weekly frequencies. This represents a total of 108,340 seats, 25% more than the previous year.

In the case of the connection between Ushuaia and Córdoba, there will be a daily flight, contrary to 2018 where there were 4 weekly frequencies, which represents an increase of 71%. Similarly, the connection with Bahía Blanca will have an additional flight, rising from 4 to 4 weekly frequencies in 2018, while connectivity with El Calafate will retain its 3 weekly services, corresponding to the offer of the previous year although with an increase in seat offerings of 67% when operating with larger planes.

In total, Ushuaia will represent 136,000 seats in July and August, serving all destinations.

The intercity link between El Calafate and Buenos Aires will have 22 weekly frequencies in July (10% more than last year), or 28 in August (28% more than in 2018). This is in addition to the 3 weekly frequencies that will connect the city of Santa Cruz to Ushuaia. In total, there will be 78,000 bimonthly places available.

In the case of San Carlos de Bariloche, on the connection with Buenos Aires, an additional flight was added compared to 2018, with 63 weekly frequencies. This represents 190,740 bimonthly places. In addition, the offer of a daily flight between Bariloche and Rosario is maintained with a total of 11,904. For Bariloche-Córdoba, there will be this year a daily flight with an 8% increase in the number of seats. operate with larger aircraft. In total, Aerolíneas will offer 217,000 seats in Bariloche over the two-month period.

San Martin de los Andes is another of Aerolineas Argentinas' most popular destinations for the snow season. In the connection linking it to Buenos Aires, there will be 16 weekly frequencies in July and 19 in August. This represents a 10% increase in the number of frequencies in August when the destination reaches its operational peak. Similarly, the number of seats offered in July and August will be 53,720, an increase of 11% compared to the same period of 2018. Neuquén offers other typically winter destinations, such as Caviahue, accessible from the provincial capital. The city of Neuquén will perform 41 weekly flights to Buenos Aires and daily frequencies to Córdoba, Mendoza and Comodoro Rivadavia. Thus, the capital will count for 168,000 seats in two months.

The city of Mendoza is another destination that extends its programming during the winter months: on the link with Buenos Aires, 69 weekly frequencies will be available in July and 72 in August. The number of seats will be 170,000, with an increase of 32% over last year. And it will maintain the offer of 2018 for its flights to Córdoba (2 daily frequencies) in addition to daily flights to Neuquén and Comodoro Rivadavia. On the other hand, the province will have a special reinforcement for the San Rafael – Buenos Aires route, adding two weekly flights compared to eight flights operated in 2018. There are 16,000 additional seats. This means an increase of 28% over a two-month period.

In the case of Esquel, Aerolineas Argentinas will operate 8 weekly frequencies this year in winter, 30% more than the previous year. There will be 13,000 seats between July and August, which represents a 30% increase over 2018.

"This offer we have come to bring is the expression of the leadership of Aerolíneas Argentinas on the cabotage market and manifests itself in our hubs of Córdoba and Ezeiza and in the multiple federal options that we have to offer our pbadengers, "explained Máximo. Amadeo, commercial director of Aerolineas Argentinas.

Thus, Aerolíneas Argentinas supports a wide range of tourism in the country. The company will offer 900,000 seats for the main snow destinations this winter. This figure represents an increase of 8% over the previous year, boosting the domestic tourism industry.

It should be noted that in the last month, Aerolineas Argentinas reached the highest number of pbadengers carried on its cabotage flights during a month of March. The 867,043 travelers who traveled the country constitute an absolute record for this period, surpbading even the excellent performance recorded in the same month of last year, with 840,635 pbadengers. One of the factors that explains this growth is the strong dynamics of flights within the country without pbading through Buenos Aires. In the last year, the number of Cordoba Hub flights has increased by 44%. The Hub has just celebrated its second anniversary and transports 500,000 pbadengers each year via Córdoba, connecting the entire country in minimal time.

Starting this month, the new Ezeiza Hub is operational. Since the transfer of regional flights to the international airport, Aerolíneas Argentinas is working to improve the interconnection between the outside and the interior of the country by this connection with minimum waiting times. The company will provide flights to Ezeiza from Cordoba, Mendoza, Salta, Silver Mar, Bariloche, El Calafate, Iguazú, Trelew, Rosario, Tucumán and Ushuaia, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Asunción, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Rio de Janeiro, San Pablo, Santiago de Chile and Montevideo. These flights are added to those already in service from the airport Ministro Pistarini: Bogota, Cancun, Lima, Madrid, Miami, New York, Punta Cana, Rome and San Salvador de Bahia.

This month, Aerolineas Argentinas received the traveler's choice award from the TripAdvisor site, based on the qualifications and opinions of thousands of travelers. This year, the Aerolíneas Group won the category "Best Latin American Airline", which rewards the biggest airlines in the region. This distinction is in addition to the three awards won last year in the categories Best Airline in Latin America, Best Business Clbad in Latin America and Best Economy Clbad in Latin America.