AVIATION REFUELLING ROW Argentine firms refuse to refuel Cuban state airline’s planes 25-04-2024 11:33 Cuba’s state airline announced Wednesday that it had been forced to cancel two flights to Argentina because fuel suppliers refused to supply the planes.
STRIKE HITS AVIATION SECTOR Anti-Milei strike leads to mass flight cancellations 24-01-2024 09:45 State airline Aerolíneas Argentinas forced to cancel more than 260 flights due to CGT’s anti-Milei walkout; Low-cost carriers JetSmart cancels all business for the day, while FlyBondi moves operations to Ezeiza; More than 20,000 travellers affected.
REFORM BLITZ President sets up Aerolíneas Argentinas and YPF for sell-off 21-12-2023 11:15 Milei announces slew of reforms that would allow tens of state-controlled firms, many of them money-losing, to be sold off. Among them, national airline Aerolíneas Argentinas SA and, after a "transition period," state energy firm YPF.
aviation sector Low-cost airline Flybondi eyes Brazil expansion after SPAC deal 15-11-2023 13:11 Argentine low-cost airline Flybondi is considering an expansion into Brazil, a move that could eventually be financed through public markets.
AIRLINES & AVIATION Low-cost airlines: Domestic passenger growth can take off 24-04-2023 07:00 Mauricio Sana and Gonzalo Pérez Corral, the CEOs of Flybondi and JetSMART respectively, agree that the number of domestic passengers could be doubled with a better commercial aviation policy. The duo offer their opinion on Aerolíneas Argentinas, explain why they cannot get more room at downtown Aeroparque and detail their relationship with government ministries. by Claudio Celano Gómez
Bloomberg Low-cost airline Flybondi doubles down on domestic travel 07-12-2022 13:41 Argentina’s low-cost airline Flybondi is doubling down on its bet that local and regional travel will continue growing at a fast clip.
Labour unrest Strike hits airports in Buenos Aires as labour tensions rise 27-09-2022 16:10 Flights cancelled at Ezeiza and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery due to a trade union action: Measure promoted by ATE workers union affects destinations including San Luis, Formosa, Jujuy, Rosario, Bahía Blanca and Río Grande.
TRAVEL & TOURISM Airline exodus sees Argentina lose connections to 18 cities worldwide 12-07-2022 16:40 Seventeen airlines have left Argentina over the past three years, according to a new report; In the first four months of 2022, there were 50% fewer international flights than in the same period of 2019.
PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY Four killed after medical plane crashes at Río Grande airport 01-07-2022 16:57 Pilot, co-pilot, nurse and doctor killed after a plane on a medical mission crashed during take-off at Río Grande Airport.