Since January 2021, LADE has been adding new cities to its total network of destinations both in Buenos Aires and Comodoro Rivadavia, two of the company’s most important bases.
The development airline of the Argentine Air Force added Valle de Conlara and Villa Mercedes in January with the arrival of this year’s summer season. In principle, the agreement for these charter operations lasted until June, but LADE will continue with these flights until at least October 11.
As for the south of the country, Líneas Aéreas del Estado returned to El Calafate after 4 years on March 2, with a triangular flight between Río Gallegos, Río Grande and Ushuaia, departing from and arriving to Comodoro Rivadavia. A few weeks later, more specifically on March 30, Puerto Madryn again received operations of the company to and from Comodoro in the Twin Otter.
On the other hand, last April 28, the first Boeing 737-700 of the Argentine Air Force arrived at El Palomar Airport. Since then, the aircraft has performed several special operations with LADE to several Argentine cities. In addition, due to the transfer of Blue Helmets, the aircraft flew to Cyprus at the end of July, making stopovers in Iguazu, Natal, Salt Island and Malaga.
As of August 16, LADE plans to add new routes in Argentina with the Twin Otter, Saab 340 and Fokker 28. The company will add routes from Comodoro and Buenos Aires, according to information provided by the airline.
The current schedule of Líneas Aéreas del Estado is as follows:
Departures from Comodoro Rivadavia
- Trelew – Bariloche – Esquel – Perito Moreno
- Perito Moreno – Esquel – Bariloche – Trelew
- El Calafate – Rio Gallegos – Rio Grande – Ushuaia – Rio Gallegos
- Río Gallegos – Rio Grande – Ushuaia – Rio Gallegos – El Calafate
- Puerto Madryn
Departures from Aeroparque (Buenos Aires)
- Aeroparque – Valle de Conlara – Villa Mercedes – Aeroparque
New routes and frequencies
MONDAY – SAAB 340 – (from August 16th)
Comodoro Rivadavia – El Calafate – Rio Gallegos – Rio Grande – Ushuaia – Rio Gallegos – El Calafate – Comodoro Rivadavia
TUESDAYS – TWIN OTTER – (from August 17th)
Comodoro Rivadavia – San Julian – Rio Gallegos – El Calafate – Rio Gallegos – Rio Grande – Ushuaia
TUESDAYS – SAAB 340 – (from August 17th)
WEDNESDAYS – SAAB 340 – (from August 18th)
Neuquen – Mendoza – Neuquen – Bahia Blanca – Trelew – Comodoro Rivadavia
WEDNESDAYS – TWIN OTTER – (from August 18th)
Ushuaia – Rio Grande – Rio Gallegos – El Calafate – Rio Gallegos – Rio Grande – Ushuaia
THURSDAY – FOKKER F28 – (from August 19th)
Aeroparque – Bahia Blanca – Puerto Madryn – Bariloche – Puerto Madryn – Bahia Blanca – Aeroparque
THURSDAY – TWIN OTTER – (from August 19th)
Ushuaia – Rio Grande – Rio Gallegos – El Calafate – Rio Gallegos – San Julián – Comodoro Rivadavia
FRIDAY – SAAB 340 – (from August 20th)
Comodoro Rivadavia – El Calafate – Rio Gallegos – Rio Grande – Ushuaia – Rio Gallegos – Comodoro Rivadavia
Each route will have a weekly frequency.
Buenos Aires will again have LADE flights to Bahia Blanca, Puerto Madryn and Bariloche. San Julian will return to the company’s route network, as well as Neuquén and Mendoza.
See also: American Airlines’ South American schedule and its correlation with JetSMART.
