With more people traveling to the United States to get vaccinated and complement it with tourism or business, airlines operating in Argentina encountered a bottleneck as a limitation to the number of daily international operations, established by the government of the South American country, is in force.
This even prompted the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) in May to warn Argentina about non-compliance with the bilateral agreement. Then, IATA asked ANAC Argentina to have the authorizations ready in advance and that they extend to at least two months, and not every fifteen days, so that airlines can plan their operations more efficiently.
This whole situation led to an increase in flights to the United States by Aerolíneas Argentinas, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, going from 161 in May to 280 flights for June.
American Airlines participates with 50% of the offer (in ASK), followed by Aerolíneas Argentinas with 32%, then United Airlines with 12%, and Delta Air Lines owns the remaining 6%.
Summary by airline for June:
- Aerolíneas Argentinas goes from 7 to 9 weekly flights to Miami (MIA), adding 22.58% of seats compared to May.
- American Airlines maintains a daily flight to Miami (MIA) but changes the equipment that operates on the route, going from the Boeing 777-200ER to the Boeing 777-300ER. This adds 15.02% of seats compared to the previous month.
- American Airlines goes from one weekly flight to four flights to Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW). With this, it gives a jump of 325% compared to the previous month.
- American Airlines returns to New York (JFK) in the second half of June with two weekly flights.
- Delta Air Lines maintains its two weekly flights to Atlanta (ATL) and with flights on the Boeing 767, A330 and A333, without relevant changes compared to May.
- United Airlines goes from two to three weekly flights to Houston (IAH), increasing the number of seats on the route by 44.44%.
As expected, Miami is the main destination from Argentina representing 57% of the offer (in ASK).
