Argentina advances with the sale of 8 Pampas aircraft in Paraguay and Guatemala

The Ministry of Defense has made progress in recent days in concrete negotiations for the sale of 6 Pampa aircraft for the Paraguayan Air Force and two other similar aircraft for the Guatemalan army in a global agreement that sets the FADEA aviation plant that will leave Argentina at about 130 million dollars.

According to the record at Infobae qualified sources of the Ministry of Defense, an Argentine delegation led by Luis Riva, director of production for defense, met in Asunción the Paraguayan military authorities under the authority of the President Abdo Benitez.

"It was a meeting where there was a very good agreement and a predisposition of Paraguay to advance in the purchase of six Pampas aircraft," confirmed a senior official of the Ministry of Defense. From Argentina, a small delegation traveled but made significant progress that had not yet been achieved. And on the Paraguayan side, they confirmed the good predisposition of the armed forces of this country.

In this way, the FADEA plant is able to deliver 6 Pampa aircraft over the next few years, for a total cost of 110 million USD. The possibility that Paraguay will accept a loan from BICE for a period of 10 years for the acquisition of these aircraft was mentioned.

A delegation of Argentine officials went to Paraguay last week to advance the sale of six Pampas planes

Argentina's proposal in Paraguay must now be translated into a contract that will include training of military personnel for the treatment of aircraft.

At the same time, defense sources pointed out that the contract with the air force of the Guatemala for the sale of two Pampa aircraft at a cost of 25 million USD which could be delivered before the end of the year.

These negotiations with Guatemala had already begun last year and in the national budget of the Central American country, the expenditures were already envisaged.

With the sale of these aircraft in Guatemala and Paraguay, Argentina is seeking to position FADEA in the military market. In fact, during the recent visit of Evo Morales to Argentina the President of Bolivia forwarded to Mauricio Macri the intention to acquire more aircraft Pampa above the closed gas agreement. This agreement provides for the delivery of a Pampa aircraft to Bolivia in the event that a higher annual volume of cubic gas would be sold to Argentina.

In addition, there are negotiations that the Argentina with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Honduras also for the sale of Pampas aircraft.

In the case of Saudi Arabia, as reported by Infobae a few months ago, FADEA has advanced a contract extension of the cooperation agreement with the company Etihad Engineerin. This is a five-year contract for the maintenance, repair and general circulation of aircraft belonging to the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 families. But the novelty is that in Arabia, Pampa aircraft are of interest to them. would open new markets to Argentina.