In mid-2007, American Airlines announced the inauguration of scheduled flights between Chicago and Buenos Aires as of December 13th of that year. The U.S. carrier was investing heavily in this route, starting with a daily frequency on Boeing 767-300(ER) aircraft.

See also: #TBT: Alitalia flights between Italy and South America in 1965.

American reached 35 weekly services between the United States and Argentina with the start-up of Chicago (14 Miami, 7 New York, Dallas and Chicago). The company also had four weekly flights to Montevideo.

United Airlines had been the last carrier to operate between Chicago and Buenos Aires, until March 2006.

See also: #TBT: Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) flights to South America in 1987.

Schedule between Chicago and Buenos Aires – American Airlines

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Flight	From	To	Freq.	Month
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 10:20+1	Daily	December 2007
AA 964	EZE: 20:50	ORD: 05:05+1	Daily	December 2007
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 10:20+1	Daily	January 2008
AA 964	EZE: 20:50	ORD: 05:05+1	Daily	January 2008
January 16th onwards	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 11:20+1	Daily	January 2008
January 17th onwards	EZE: 21:50	ORD: 05:05+1	Daily	January 2008
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 11:20+1	Daily	February 2008
AA 964	EZE: 21:45	ORD: 05:05+1	Daily	February 2008
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 11:20+1	Daily	March 2008
AA 964	EZE: 21:45	ORD: 05:05+1	Daily	March 2008
March 15th onwards	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 09:20+1	Daily	March 2008
March 16th onwards	EZE: 19:45	ORD: 05:05+1	Daily	March 2008
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 09:15+1	Daily	April 2008
AA 964	EZE: 19:35	ORD: 05:05+1	Daily	April 2008
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 09:15+1	Tu, Th, Fr, Sa, Su	May 2008
AA 964	EZE: 19:35	ORD: 05:05+1	Mo, We, Fr, Sa, Su	May 2008
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 09:15+1	Tu, Th, Fr, Sa, Su	June 2008
AA 964	EZE: 19:35	ORD: 05:05+1	Mo, We, Fr, Sa, Su	June 2008
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 09:15+1	Tu, Th, Fr, Sa, Su	July 2008
AA 964	EZE: 19:35	ORD: 05:05+1	Mo, We, Fr, Sa, Su	July 2008
AA 961	ORD: 20:10	EZE: 09:15+1	Tu, Th, Fr, Sa, Su	August 2008
AA 964	EZE: 19:35	ORD: 05:05+1	Mo, We, Fr, Sa, Su	August 2008
AA 964	EZE: 19:35	ORD: 05:05+1	Only Sept. 1st	September

A few months after inaugurating its operations, American Airlines confirmed the cancellation of services between both cities, as part of a process of flight reduction, which also affected other routes of the airline. On September 1st, American’s last flight departed from Ezeiza to Chicago.

Operations averaged 70% occupancy, considering the nine months of flights.

See also: #TBT: Flights between Argentina and Spain in 2005.

Since then, Chicago and Buenos Aires have not had a regular non-stop connection and are not expected to return in the near future.

Los Angeles was another American bet on the Argentine capital, which was extended from December 2018 to March 2020. The suspension due to the pandemic definitively cancelled the company’s plans on this route.

Source

• Cirium.

See also: #TBT: Aerolíneas Argentinas flights to United States and Europe in 1950.