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92-562: 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 , the capital city of Argentina . Covering 3,475 hectares (13.42 sq mi; 8,590 acres), it

184-401: A US$ 15  million debt with the fuel supplier, the suspension of the daily flight to Madrid, which also served Rome and was the last connection with Europe, followed a week later. After this, most of the fleet was grounded, and only 30% and 10% of domestic and international flights, respectively, were operating. Marsans group acquired a 92% stake through its subsidiary Air Comet from

276-402: A US$ 741  million debt the company took between 1981 and 1982 for capitalization purposes. 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; it actually had US$ 719  million in revenues for the year prior to the privatization. The privatization contract, which specified

368-537: A "reciprocity fee" to enter Argentina, equivalent to the price the countries charge Argentine citizens for a visa. Until December 2012  ( 2012-12 ) the tax was collected, in Argentine pesos or US dollars , at the airport; since then, the tax must be paid in advance online from the country of origin. As of 23 August 2016, the Argentine Government (Presidential Decree No. 959/2016) has resolved to suspend

460-502: A distance of 7,075 miles (11,386 km) between Hatfield and Buenos Aires. On 7 March, she was christened Las Tres Marías by Frondizi's wife Elena Faggionato at Ezeiza Airport . Comet flights to New York City began in May 1959. 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. The 1960s saw

552-468: A loss of $ 90 million. Between 2008 and 2021, Aerolíneas Argentinas received over $ 8 billion USD in subsidy from the Argentine government. Following the election of Javier Milei as president of Argentina in 2023, he affirmed his intention to privatize the airline again. 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

644-550: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

736-632: A participation of 8.5% in both Argentine companies, with the commitment of finding investors for Aerolíneas Argentinas. AMR's 8.5% operation was finally cleared by the United States Department of Justice in early July 1998. By that time, the Argentine government still owned a 5% stake in Aerolíneas Argentinas. Losses had mounted to US$ 927  million since 1992, totaling US$ 150  million only for 1999. The restructuring plan presented by AMR, mainly aimed at reverting these losses,

828-432: 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. In 2017, projections for 2018 were given at 14.5 million passengers and

920-444: A single state-owned company on 14 May 1949. The state holding was officially rebranded as Aerolíneas Argentinas-Empresa del Estado. The four companies comprising the state holding ceased independent operations on 31 December 1949. Aerolíneas Argentinas started operations on its own on 7 December 1950. In February 1950, almost 10 months prior to the start of operations, five new Convairs were already acquired. As early as 1950,

1012-499: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

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1104-600: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

1196-518: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

1288-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

1380-429: Is named after Juan Pistarini , Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Juan Perón , who placed the cornerstone of the project on 22 December 1945. It was designed and erected by Argentine technicians. Its construction, which took four years to be completed, was one of the major projects in the five-year plan of the first presidency of Juan Perón . The airport was inaugurated on 30 April 1949. When it opened it

1472-532: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

1564-458: Is one of two commercial airports serving Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area , along with Aeroparque Jorge Newbery . Pistarini Airport is the country's largest international airport by number of passengers handled—85% of international traffic—and is a hub for international flights of Aerolíneas Argentinas , which operates domestic services from the airport as well. It has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. since 1998. The airport

1656-451: Is the state-owned flag carrier of Argentina , and the country's largest airline. 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

1748-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

1840-561: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

1932-510: 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. These carriers became unprofitable and President Juan Perón had them amalgamated into

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2024-623: 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. 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 . The company carried 291,988 passengers in 1954, and 327,808 in 1955. On 8 February 1957, it

2116-621: 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 $ 347,458,462 in 2023). In November 1969, the carrier entered a pool agreement with Lufthansa covering services between Germany and Argentina. 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. During

2208-532: The alliance in August 2012, as well as its 18th overall member. The airline 's cargo division, Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo, joined SkyTeam Cargo in November 2013, becoming the 12th member airline of the alliance. Aerolíneas Argentinas has codeshare agreements with these airlines: As of September 2024 , Aerolíneas Argentinas operates the following aircraft: Aerolíneas Argentinas previously operated

2300-562: The Argentine Congress in support of taking over the company and its subsidiaries took place in December, when the Chamber of Deputies voted 152–84 in favor of the expropriation, and the Senate approved the bill by a 42–20 vote. In September 2011, the airline emerged from the reorganization proceedings it had filed in 2001. In late November 2011, the government announced an austerity plan for

2392-686: 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 . 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 . Many French pilots (including aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ) flew for

2484-525: The Chamber of Deputies in August 2008, and became law in September 2008 following the 46–21 vote in the Argentine Senate. There were disagreements regarding the value to be paid by Grupo Marsans to the government. Negotiations fell through, and an administrator was appointed by an Argentine court in November that year to oversee the running of the company. A vote by both the lower and the upper houses of

2576-521: The SEPI in late 2001, and committed to inject US$ 50  million capital with the intention of resuming short– as well as long–haul services. The resumption of international flights started in early November 2001. At July 2002, the airline and its subsidiaries employed 7,090. The company exited bankruptcy in January 2003, and emerged from administration a month later. That year, the first profit in five years

2668-610: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . Aerol%C3%ADneas Argentinas 34°36′12″S 58°22′54″W  /  34.6033°S 58.3817°W  / -34.6033; -58.3817 Aerolíneas Argentinas , formally Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A. ,

2760-404: The United States that would come into force in September 2000. 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. The list of international destinations served at

2852-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

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2944-406: The acquisition of 20 more aircraft of the type, worth US$ 1.8  billion, was announced. In addition to the lease of four used 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. In a transaction worth US$ 887  million, the order

3036-522: The aircraft flew its first revenue service on the Buenos Aires-Ezeiza–Mendoza route. In June 2010, Aerolíneas Argentinas revamped its image to give the airline a more modern appearance. The new logo is a combination of light blue and grey colours. Likewise, the previous eurowhite livery is replaced with a combination of the Argentine flag colours plus grey. Subsidiary airline Austral also adopted this new livery, additionally including

3128-526: 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. Aimed at favoring the privatization process, the government absorbed

3220-886: 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

3312-436: The airline. Unions have expressed opposition to the proposal with one union head promising violence before apologizing. Workers have also gone on strike over the issue. On 21 December 2023, Milei announced a presidential decree to begin the process of privatization and transfer of shares, likely to employees. He would also implement open skies policies including cabotage to improve competitiveness. Aerolíneas Argentinas

3404-567: The airport in January ;2012  ( 2012-01 ) , but in August 2020 discontinued the route. Turkish Airlines extended its Istanbul – São Paulo service to end at Ezeiza in December 2012. Air New Zealand started non-stop flights between the airport and Auckland in December 2015, but discontinued them in 2020. United Airlines cancelled non-stop flights from Newark, New Jersey , in October 2019. In January 2018, Aerolineas Argentinas cancelled

3496-492: The airport indicated a 7.3% increase over the previous year. Figures for July 2013 showed that the airport handled 688,397 passengers, an 8.9% decrease over the previous year. Terminal C was inaugurated in July 2011; as of December 2011, its facilities were in use by Aerolíneas Argentinas , Air France , and Alitalia for their operations. In March 2013, terminal B, with an area of 28,795 square metres (309,950 sq ft),

3588-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

3680-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

3772-506: 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. Subsequent management by American Airlines and SEPI drove Aerolíneas Argentinas into an almost terminal crisis in 2001. In June 2001, the aftermath began after the airline filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors, and went into administration ;

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3864-524: 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. This privatization process was not ruled as illegal until 2009. Austral's owner Cielos del Sur S.A.

3956-642: The carrier ordering the Avro 748 turboprop airliner. The aircraft started services on 15 February 1962 between Buenos Aires and Punta del Este . The first flight for the Caravelle in Aerolíneas colors was Buenos Aires–Santiago de Chile on 1 April 1962. At April 1965 the carrier had 5,960 employees, and the fleet consisted of three Comet 4s, one Comet 4 C, three Caravelles , 12 DC-3s (three of them freighters), six DC-4s, three DC-6s and 12 HS-748s . In 1966, loans granted by

4048-491: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

4140-542: The collection of the reciprocity fee from US passport holders who visit the country for less than 90 days, for tourist or business purposes. In October 2012, Ezeiza Airport recorded the highest annual traffic growth of all the airports operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 . For this month, the airport handled 767,824 passengers, a 10.9% increase compared to the previous October; the volume of international and domestic traffic for October 2012 increased 8.7% and 108.3%, respectively, year-on-year. Overall, 2012 traffic figures for

4232-454: The company in its beginnings. 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. As Aeroposta expanded its network southwards and incorporated

4324-406: 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. 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

4416-454: 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 —, the 737 , and the 747 . 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

4508-409: The disclosure of an agreement, 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. At this time, the company had 40% of its fleet grounded. The act renationalizing Aerolíneas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral Líneas Aéreas was passed by

4600-919: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

4692-520: 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. 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

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4784-547: The first South American airline in operating an all-jet aircraft park. Frankfurt, Madrid , and Rome became the first destinations to be served with the new 747s, starting January 1977. 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 . Late that year, a second-hand Boeing 747SP was acquired from Braniff for US$ 51,000,000 (equivalent to $ 188,592,892 in 2023). The airline

4876-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

4968-472: The fleet in mid-2009. 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. In November, the Boeing 737-200 made its last flight on a scheduled Buenos Aires– Catamarca – La Rioja –Buenos Aires passenger service. In late November 2010, the airline agreed to lease a further ten aircraft of

5060-402: The following aircraft: 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 . 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

5152-474: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

5244-593: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

5336-482: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

5428-537: 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. Using a Boeing 747-200, the airline operated the first transantarctic commercial flight on 7 June 1980. 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

5520-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

5612-597: The new Domestic Arrivals Terminal. Qantas withdrew its service to the airport in favour of Santiago in March 2012; flights to Ezeiza Airport had begun in November 2008. This followed Malaysia Airlines ' termination of its Boeing 747 -served Kuala Lumpur – Cape Town –Buenos Aires route in early 2012 to cut costs. Aerolíneas Argentinas discontinued the Auckland stopover on the Buenos Aires–Sydney run in July 2012; Sydney

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5704-473: The non-stop flight to Barcelona . Later, low-cost carriers LEVEL and Norwegian started long-haul flights to Ezeiza airport from Barcelona and London-Gatwick , respectively. The Norwegian carrier discontinued the route in April 2020. Ethiopian Airlines and Swiss carrier Edelweiss Air launched new flights to Buenos Aires. Aerolíneas Argentinas started flights to Orlando in December 2019, but in March 2020

5796-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

5888-516: The remaining 15%, the Argentine government held the 5% stake it was initially assigned, while 10% belonged to the employees. Furthermore, at this stage the Argentine government resigned to the voting privilege it had in the directory of the airline. Iberia was subsequently obliged by the European Commission to cut its stake in Aerolíneas Argentinas as a condition for receiving state aid. It thence reduced its participation to 20%, transferring

5980-531: 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. 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, equivalent to

6072-435: The route was discontinued. LATAM Argentina ended its operations in June 2020 and discontinued routes to Miami and Brazil . In July 2020, American Airlines discontinued its Los Angeles route. As of August 2011, Aviation Safety Network recorded 30 accidents/incidents for aircraft that departed from the airport or had it as a destination. The list below provides a summary of the fatal events that took place at or in

6164-399: The salaries were paid by the Argentine government, instead of using money coming from the SEPI. 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. On 6 June, flights to Auckland, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, São Paulo, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro were halted. Owing to

6256-431: The same amount to be injected within a 10-month period, and a debt-equity exchange worth US$ 2.01  billion. Another consortium led by Alitalia , American Airlines , KLM and Varig had earlier pulled out from the process. 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. The sale of

6348-501: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

6440-473: The same type was also under consideration to partly replace the Airbus A340-200s by 2016. In April 2013, Air Lease Corporation announced the lease of six Boeing 737-800s to the company, with deliveries starting in November 2014; in May 2013, CIT Group announced the lease of four additional aircraft of the same type, with deliveries starting in January 2014. In October the same year, an agreement for

6532-424: 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, although some regional and a few domestic services are operated, as well. In 2010, the company began providing free-of-charge transfers to passengers connecting between the two airports. The service

6624-497: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

6716-681: 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 , Córdoba , Corrientes , Esquel , Iguazú , Jujuy , La Rioja , Mar del Plata , Mendoza , Neuquén , Posadas , Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña , Resistencia , Rio Gallegos , Río Grande , Rosario , Salta , San Carlos de Bariloche , Santa Cruz , Santa Fe , Santiago del Estero , Trelew , Tucuman , Ushuaia , and Villa Gesell were also operated. Allegations of corruption were made on

6808-504: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

6900-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

6992-839: The vicinity of the airport. [REDACTED] Media related to Ministro Pistarini International Airport at Wikimedia Commons IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

7084-477: The –700 series from ILFC , which started being delivered in April 2011. As of November 2012 , the airline was considering both the Airbus A350-900 and the Boeing 787-9 as replacement aircraft for the long-haul fleet. 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

7176-464: Was announced, along with an important increase in market share. 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%. Amid accusations from Marsans and following

7268-500: Was assigned by law the monopoly of international operations from Argentina in 1971. 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. Following the acquisition of Austral by the Argentine government in 1980, both Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral became government-owned , to

7360-518: Was completely owned by the government of Argentina, as of December 2014 . As of December 2013 , 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. The airline and its subsidiaries operate from two hubs , both located in Buenos Aires. Operations of domestic and regional flights by

7452-569: Was considering either the Boeing 787 or the Airbus A350 as possible replacements, with the intention of the new fleet entering service in 2020. 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. In November 2017, Aerolíneas Argentinas became the first Latin American airline in taking delivery of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 ;

7544-449: Was discontinued in 2020. As of December 2019 , the airline and its subsidiaries employ 10,230. 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. Pablo Ceriani

7636-523: Was firmed up in February 2014. These aircraft will be fitted with GE Aviation CF6-80E1 engines. The first Airbus A330-200 directly purchased from Airbus was delivered in March 2015. 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

7728-609: Was first served in 1989, and flights to London resumed in January 1990. 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. This was firmly resisted by the Peronist opposition. The staff had grown to 10,372 by March 1990. Late this year 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 $ 303,178,808 in 2023) in cash,

7820-403: Was inaugurated, for use by Aerolíneas Argentinas and KLM . On April 14, 2023, the new Departures Terminal ( Terminal de Partidas ) was inaugurated. The new terminal features 50,000 square meters (538,195 sq ft) of open surface over 4 floors, with a projected capacity of 30 million passengers per year. The old Terminal A became the new International Arrivals Terminal and the old Terminal C became

7912-766: Was once scheduled, but because of the ban, passengers bound to Argentina had to change planes at Madrid-Barajas . 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, São Paulo , Santiago , Porto Alegre , and Zürich . Sydney

8004-443: Was president of the airline until 2023. Fabian Lombardo, previously its chief commercial officer, in 2024. Aerolíneas Argentinas is headquartered at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, located in Buenos Aires city. With the mentoring of Delta Air Lines , the company signed an agreement to begin the process of joining SkyTeam in late November 2010. It became the first South American and the second Latin American carrier in joining

8096-554: Was rejected by the SEPI. 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. 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

8188-406: Was removed from the airline's network in April 2014. South African Airways discontinued its Johannesburg –Buenos Aires service in March 2014. In June 2010  ( 2010-06 ) , Qatar Airways launched direct flights between the airport and Doha , but in August 2020 cancelled the route. After a ten-year gap, KLM resumed operations at the airport in October 2011. Emirates launched services to

8280-579: Was reported that Aerolíneas Argentinas had ordered ten F-27 Friendships . 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, becoming the first overseas airline in ordering the type. The first of these aircraft departed Hatfield Aerodrome on 2 March 1959; over 18 hours were needed for it to cover

8372-421: Was sold to Iberia in March 1991, further increasing the Spanish flag carrier's stake in the Argentine air market. 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 $ 1,027,840,144 in 2023) cash injection. Out of

8464-453: Was the third-largest airport in the world. A 1949 diagram shows three runways crossing at 60-degree angles: 9,353 feet (2,851 m) runway 10/28, 7,220 feet (2,200 m) 4/22 and 6,892 feet (2,101 m) 16/34. The Ezeiza massacre took place near the airport in 1973. Since December 2012, citizens from countries requiring an entry visa for Argentine nationals – including Australia and Canada – are charged

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