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3 unusual facts about Aerolíneas Argentinas


1998–2002 Argentine great depression

Aerolíneas Argentinas was one of the most affected Argentine companies, canceling all international flights for various days in 2002.

Newsweek Argentina

The magazine is also distributed as an in-flight magazine in Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas as a reprint within Cielos Argentinos.

Raúl Barragán

Barragán became a general manager of Aerolíneas Argentinas in 1978 at Concordia, a border city between Argentina and Uruguay.


Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport

Aerolíneas Argentinas used to use Jujuy Airport for refuelling before long flights to Bogotá, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Lima.

Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport

The construction of a second and third floor began in 2000, designed by prominent local architect Mario Roberto Álvarez; by 2002, it was finished and Aerolíneas Argentinas decided to make the Taravella airport a hub for domestic flights.

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

It was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas.


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