Andes Líneas Aéreas
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| Founded | December 2005 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 20 June 2006 | ||||||
| Hubs | Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Aeroparque Jorge Newbery | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Salta, Argentina | ||||||
| Employees | 250 (2019) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Andes Líneas Aéreas is an Argentine airline based in Salta. It operates regional services, as well as charter flights to tourist destinations in Argentina and Brazil on behalf of local tour operators. Its main hub is at Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport in Salta.[1]
History
Andes Líneas Aéreas began operations on 20 June 2006 with services between Salta and Buenos Aires. From its beginnings, the company has been one of the main charter flight providers in Argentina, covering local destinations as well as destinations in Brazil and in the Caribbean. It has also been the official transport of major Argentine football clubs such as River Plate, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo, etc. After Salta, Andes added regular scheduled flights between Buenos Aires and Puerto Madryn, Jujuy and Cordoba (the latter were later discontinued).[2]
Following the change in government, and therefore airline policy, in December 2015 in Argentina, Andes began expanding its network and fleet.[citation needed]
In February 2017, Andes received formal authorization from the Argentine Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) to fly to a large number of domestic and international destinations including Rosario, Puerto Iguazu, Bariloche, Comodoro Rivadavia, Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia, El Calafate, São Paulo, Santiago de Chile and Lima among others.[3]
In the summer of 2017, the airline inaugurated regular seasonal summer flights to Mar del Plata from Buenos Aires. It also restarted scheduled flights between Cordoba and Buenos Aires, and between Mendoza and Buenos Aires in March 2017.[4] The company was scheduled to add flights to Termas de Rio Hondo (as a replacement for Tucuman while works continued at the airport) in May 2017, as well as flights to Iguazu (July 2017), Bariloche and Comodoro Rivadavia from Buenos Aires, and charter flights to the Dominican Republic from Córdoba, all in 2017.[citation needed] The company also received its first Boeing 737-800 formerly owned by Malaysian Airlines in May 2017.[5]
On 9 November 2019, the airline resumed all flights after the Chubut provincial government approved the payment of ARS199 million pesos (USD3.34 million) that was owed to the airline.[6] However, it suspended operations again in 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Destinations
As of March 2023, the airline flies to the following destinations:[7]
Fleet
Current
The Andes Líneas Aéreas fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2024:[8]
| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | 189 | [9] |
| Total | 2 | — | ||
Former
The airline previously operated:[8]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombardier CRJ900 | 2 | 2010 | 2012 | Leased from Bombardier |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2 | 2006 | 2009 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 11 | 2007 | 2020 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 2 | 2009 | 2017 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-88 | 1 | 2015 | 2015 | Never entered service |
See also
References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 75.
- ^ "Historia | Andes Líneas Aéreas | Buenos Aires, Salta, Córdoba, Madryn". Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Las novedades de Andes en Marzo". www.sirchandler.com.ar. March 3, 2017.
- ^ "El primer Boeing 737 de Andes en camino". www.sirchandler.com.ar. May 17, 2017.
- ^ - Argentina's Andes Líneas Aéreas resumes ops 11 November 2019
- ^ "Conocé nuestros destinos". Andesonline.comlanguage=Spanish. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ a b "Andes Líneas Aéreas Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Andes Líneas Aéreas vuelve a despegar". Aviacioline.com (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2022.
External links
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