Andes Líneas Aéreas
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Andes Líneas Aéreas is an airline
based in Salta
, Argentina
. It operates regional services, as well as charter flights to tourist destinations in Argentina and Brazil
on behalf of local tour operators. Its main base is Martín Miguel de Güemes Airport, with a hub at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
, Buenos Aires
.
Charters and seasonal destinations
Two previously owned 90-seat Bombardier CRJ900 are going to replace 2 MD-8S planes.
With the new CRJ900 aircraft, Andes Líneas Aéreas plans to increase its services to include daily flights to Salta, Jujuy, Cordoba, Puerto Madryn and thrice-weekly flights to Puerto Iguazu and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Salta
Salta
Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. Along with its metropolitan area, it has a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , making it Argentina's eighth largest city.-Overview:...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It operates regional services, as well as charter flights to tourist destinations in Argentina and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
on behalf of local tour operators. Its main base is Martín Miguel de Güemes Airport, with a hub at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
-Accidents and incidents:*On 17 December 1969, an Austral Líneas Aéreas C-46 Commando, lost engine 1 due to fuel exhaustion shortly after take-off. The plane failed to gain height and made a crash landing in a small sport field...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
.
History
Andes Líneas Aéreas began operations on 20 June 2006 with services between Salta and Buenos Aires. On December 4, 2006, the airline added scheduled service to Puerto Madryn. The airline is preparing to add service to Tucuman and other cities.Destinations
- ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
- Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
- Aeroparque Jorge NewberyAeroparque Jorge Newbery-Accidents and incidents:*On 17 December 1969, an Austral Líneas Aéreas C-46 Commando, lost engine 1 due to fuel exhaustion shortly after take-off. The plane failed to gain height and made a crash landing in a small sport field...
Focus City - CórdobaCórdoba, ArgentinaCórdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...
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- Cataratas del Iguazú International AirportCataratas del Iguazú International AirportCataratas del Iguazú International Airport , also known as Mayor Carlos Eduardo Krause Airport, is an airport in Misiones Province, Argentina serving the city of Puerto Iguazú and providing access to the nearby Iguazú Falls .... - SaltaSaltaSalta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. Along with its metropolitan area, it has a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , making it Argentina's eighth largest city.-Overview:...
- Martín Miguel de Güemes International AirportMartín Miguel de Güemes International AirportMartín Miguel de Güemes International Airport is located southwest of the center of Salta, a city in the Salta Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 208 hectares and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A....
Hub - San Salvador de JujuySan Salvador de JujuySan Salvador de Jujuy , commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands....
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- Buenos Aires
Charters and seasonal destinations
- ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
- Bariloche - Teniente Luis Candelaria International AirportTeniente Luis Candelaria International AirportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport is an airport in Río Negro Province, Argentina serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. In 2007, the airport handled 724,010 passengers...
- El CalafateEl Calafate- Population :In the last census 6,143 permanent residents were counted . This represents a 20.1% increase compared with the 1991 census. However, due to the expansion of tourism, the population was estimated at 8,000 people in 2005.- Wildlife :...
- Comandante Armando Tola International AirportComandante Armando Tola International AirportComandante Armando Tola International Airport is an airport in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is located approximately east of the city of El Calafate. The airport is jointly operated by the government and London Supply... - Rio Gallegos - Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International AirportPiloto Civil Norberto Fernández International AirportPiloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport is located west-southwest of the center of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1150 hectares and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.It is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, LAN...
- Rio GrandeRio GrandeThe Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
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- Rosario - Islas Malvinas International Airport - UshuaiaUshuaiaUshuaia may refer to the following:*Ushuaia, a city in Argentina.**Ushuaia Department, an administrative division**Ushuaia River**Ushuaia International Airport**Colegio Nacional de Ushuaia, National School of Ushuaia....
- Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport
- Bariloche - Teniente Luis Candelaria International Airport
- BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
- Cabo FrioCabo FrioCabo Frio is a Brazilian municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, founded by the Portuguese on November 13, 1615.The city's economy is mainly based on tourism, as most of the cities situated in the called Região dos Lagos . The city is usually visited by people from Minas Gerais, Brasília and Rio de...
- Cabo Frio International AirportCabo Frio International AirportCabo Frio International Airport is the airport serving Cabo Frio, Brazil.The airport is owned by the municipality of Cabo Frio and operated by the private company .-History:... - FlorianópolisFlorianópolis-Climate:Florianópolis experiences a warm humid subtropical climate, falling just short of a true tropical climate. The seasons of the year are distinct, with a well-defined summer and winter, and characteristic weather for autumn and spring. Frost is infrequent, but occurs occasionally in the winter...
- Hercílio Luz International AirportHercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport , is the airport serving Florianópolis, Brazil. It is named after Hercílio Pedro da Luz , 3 times Governor of Santa Catarina and senator.It is operated by Infraero.... - MaceioMaceióMaceió is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state Alagoas, Brazil. The name "maceió" is of Indian origin, and designates the natural spontaneously courses of water which flow out of the soil...
- Zumbi dos Palmares Airport - NatalNatal, Rio Grande do Norte-History:The northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque, to the north of Natal and the closest point to Europe from Latin America, was first visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day...
- Augusto Severo International AirportAugusto Severo International AirportAugusto Severo International Airport , formerly called Parnamirim Airport, is the airport serving Natal, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Parnamirim... - Porto AlegrePorto AlegrePorto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
- Salgado Filho International AirportSalgado Filho International AirportSalgado Filho International Airport is the airport serving Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is named after the Senator and first Minister of the Brazilian Air Force Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho , killed on June 20, 1950 in an accident with an aircraft which departed from Porto Alegre.In 2010 the airport... - Porto SeguroPorto SeguroPorto Seguro is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It is the site where the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral first set foot on Brazilian soil on April 22, 1500...
- Porto Seguro AirportPorto Seguro AirportPorto Seguro Airport is the airport serving Porto Seguro, Brazil.It is operated by .-History:The airport was inaugurated in 1982 but in 1997 brand new passenger terminal and apron were opened.... - RecifeRecifeRecife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
- Guararapes International AirportGuararapes International AirportRecife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport is the airport serving Recife, Brazil. The name Guararapes is a reference to the Guararapes Battle, fought in the surrounding area... - Río de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
- Galeão International Airport - São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
- Guarulhos International AirportGuarulhos International AirportSão Paulo/Guarulhos – Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport , formerly called Cumbica Airport after the district where it is located and the Air Force Base that still exists at the airport complex, is the main airport serving São Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the adjoining... - Salvador da Bahia - Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportDeputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport , formerly called Dois de Julho International Airport is the airport serving Salvador da Bahia, Brazil...
- Cabo Frio
- UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
- Punta del EstePunta del EstePunta del Este is a resort town on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It is located on the intersection of Route 10 with Route 39, directly southeast of the department capital Maldonado and about east of Montevideo...
- Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International AirportCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International AirportCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport , formerly called Laguna del Salce International Airport, is the airport serving Punta del Este, Uruguay, located in the adjoining municipality of Maldonado...
- Punta del Este
- VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
- PorlamarPorlamarPorlamar is the largest city on Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta State in Venezuela. It was founded on the southeast coast in 1536, less than 40 years after Christopher Columbus first sailed through. Porlamar was a quiet fishing village until the arrival of air travel...
- Del Caribe International Airport
- Porlamar
Fleet
The Andes Líneas Aéreas operates the following aircraft (as of 9 April 2009) http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=ANE&al_op=1:- 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 LV-BHF, LV-BNI
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 LV-BTH
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-87 LV-BZR
- 2 Bombardier CRJ900
Two previously owned 90-seat Bombardier CRJ900 are going to replace 2 MD-8S planes.
With the new CRJ900 aircraft, Andes Líneas Aéreas plans to increase its services to include daily flights to Salta, Jujuy, Cordoba, Puerto Madryn and thrice-weekly flights to Puerto Iguazu and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.