7 Reasons I'm Voting This Sunday For Recalde...

[thorsten]

Sorry el_expatriado, seems your favorite didn't win. Maybe he should switch the slogan for the next election to "Also corrupt, but only embezzles 5% of the budget - Vote Recalde!"

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Sorry el_expatriado, seems your favorite didn't win. Maybe he should switch the slogan for the next election to "Also corrupt, but only embezzles 5% of the budget - Vote Recalde!"

You mean this?:

http://www.clarin.com/politica/Recalde-campana-rechazo-contado-Clarin_0_1368463430.html

Capital Federal always was anti-peronista. Nothing new.

 

[Supercharged]

I take around 40 flights a year. AA is terrible and their frequent flyer mile a rip off.

After 35 years of flying AA, I cancelled my card and I changed to Delta. I only fly AA when absolutely necessary

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Well, the whole idea of AA is flights for locals. They are developing routes between the provinces without passing by BA. The last one is Rosario/Mendoza.

I disagree here with you, unless you are talking about international flights. However, AA changed a lot in the last few years: new airplanes among other things.

I use a lot also AA on international flights because they have non stop flights and I prefer that as soon as I always travel with my 2 years old daugther.

While it was private it was a disaster.

 

[sleslie23]

No Ajo, i just don't buy rotten fish.

But you do try to sell them and rant about how they don't smell.

 

[citygirl]

AA = American Airlines.
AR = Aerolineas

Those are the correct (IATA) codes for each airline.

 

[ben]

Well, the whole idea of AA is flights for locals. They are developing routes between the provinces without passing by BA. The last one is Rosario/Mendoza.

Well, well. If that is the idea - it certainly is the party line - then please do tell me how far they've gotten with that. As some may know I work in the industry, and while we work more with international flights, and are based in Buenos Aires, I have yet to recall a single flight I've sold between cities in Argentina that doesn't pass through BA.

Firing up my reservations system, I find the following:

Cordoba - second largest city in Argentina

Mendoza - 1-2 daily
Rosario - 6 daily
Salta - 5 weekly
Tucuman - 3 weekly
Bariloche - 1 daily
Calafate - 6 weekly, via Rosario (same flight as below)
Iguazu - 2 weekly via Salta
Santa Fe - 0 weekly
San Juan - 0 weekly

Rosario - 3rd largest city in Argentina

Cordoba - 1 daily
Mendoza - 2 weekly
Bariloche - 1 daily (via Cordoba, same flight as above)
Calafate - 6 weekly
Iguazu - 3 weekly
Salta - 0 weekly

Salta

Cordoba - 5 weekly
Iguazu - 5 weekly
Mendoza - 3 direct, 3 via Cordoba

How about further south?

San Juan
Buenos Aires - 2 daily by AR, 1 by LAN.
Mendoza - 2 weekly, by LAN. Aerolineas - nothing.
Cordoba - nothing.
Salta - nothing.

Trelew
1 direct flight to BA, 1 codeshared-from-Sol bus-style service stopping in Bahia Blanca, Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires.

Rio Gallegos
1 bus-style service, stops in Comodoro Rivadavia, Neuquen, Mendoza and Cordoba. 1-3 more to BA.

Comodoro Rivadavia
1 stop on the aforementioned bus. 2 more to BA (more on Mondays/Tuesdays).
Codeshare from Sol to Bahia Blanca, via Trelew.

Posadas - 3-4 daily flights to BA.
La Rioja - 1 daily flight to BA.
Catamarca - 1 daily flight to BA.
Ushuaia - 1-4 daily flights to BA, 5 flights per week to Calafate.

I mean, things could be worse but frankly, not exactly a great showing if the whole point of the takeover was to provide more local service.
The majority of the direct routes are either between the very largest cities or between the main tourist destinations and as such presumably ought to be profitable.

 

[sleslie23]

I'd love to see the % occupancy on all those flights. Is there really enough traffic between Ushuaia and BsAs to warrant potentially 4 direct flights daily?

Every flight I had to Ushuaia passed through Calafate on the way back. Seems like a more efficient use of the airplane.

 

[ben]

I'd love to see the % occupancy on all those flights. Is there really enough traffic between Ushuaia and BsAs to warrant potentially 4 direct flights daily?

Every flight I had to Ushuaia passed through Calafate on the way back. Seems like a more efficient use of the airplane.

A few points. First of all, I was mistaken - there are only 3 direct AR flights, the fourth is the Calafate one which then continues to BA.
Secondly, LAN also operates the route, so I'd assume the route is indeed profitable.
Thirdly, looking at this coming Thursday/Friday, it looks like most of these flights are booked solid. And it's not even the main tourist season.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

A few points. First of all, I was mistaken - there are only 3 direct AR flights, the fourth is the Calafate one which then continues to BA.
Secondly, LAN also operates the route, so I'd assume the route is indeed profitable.
Thirdly, looking at this coming Thursday/Friday, it looks like most of these flights are booked solid. And it's not even the main tourist season.

It may a profitable route for LAN, but is any AeroCámpora flight profitable?