Líneas Aéreas Federales
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Líneas Aéreas Federales is a state owned airline operating domestic services based in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
. Its flights are currently being operated by other local airlines.
folded. It is owned by the Federal planning ministry (40%), ministry of economy (40%) and Intercargo (20%).
This airline was created in 2003 to absorb the workers of two small bankrupt private airlines, LAPA
and DINAR
. The company does not actually have any planes of its own. Later on it helped Southern Winds Airlines, another private carrier, to keep afloat by providing its routes and staff in exchange for using Southern Winds' fleet. Southern Winds continued to fly under their colours. Yet another Argentine airline, Aerovip, was also absorbed over those same years.
In March 2005, the Chilean flagship airline LAN Airlines
reached an agreement with the Argentine government to absorb all workers at Argentina's state carrier LAFSA. LAN took over LAFSA's routes and agreed to help Southern Winds for at least 90 days as well. It was at this point that LAN Argentina
began. Since then Southern Winds has completely disappeared with LAN Argentina in the place of LAFSA and Southern Winds.
The remarkable fact is that nowadays LAFSA does not have any airplanes, but still keeps the structure that has not been absorbed by LAN Argentina, even with people in charge with clients, a marketing manager, pilots and copilots.
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...
, 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...
. Its flights are currently being operated by other local airlines.
History
The airline was established in 2003 and started operations on 2 October 2003. It was created by the Argentinian government after LAPALAPA
Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas , more commonly known by the acronym LAPA, was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At its heyday, the carrier operated international services to the United States and Uruguay, as well as an extensive domestic network within Argentina. Additionally, the...
folded. It is owned by the Federal planning ministry (40%), ministry of economy (40%) and Intercargo (20%).
This airline was created in 2003 to absorb the workers of two small bankrupt private airlines, LAPA
LAPA
Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas , more commonly known by the acronym LAPA, was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At its heyday, the carrier operated international services to the United States and Uruguay, as well as an extensive domestic network within Argentina. Additionally, the...
and DINAR
Dinar
The dinar is the official currency of several countries.The history of the dinar dates to the gold dinar, an early Islamic coin corresponding to the Byzantine denarius auri...
. The company does not actually have any planes of its own. Later on it helped Southern Winds Airlines, another private carrier, to keep afloat by providing its routes and staff in exchange for using Southern Winds' fleet. Southern Winds continued to fly under their colours. Yet another Argentine airline, Aerovip, was also absorbed over those same years.
In March 2005, the Chilean flagship airline LAN Airlines
LAN Airlines
LAN Airlines S.A. is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. LAN is currently positioned amongst the largest airlines in Latin America, serving Latin America, United States, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe. It is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance...
reached an agreement with the Argentine government to absorb all workers at Argentina's state carrier LAFSA. LAN took over LAFSA's routes and agreed to help Southern Winds for at least 90 days as well. It was at this point that LAN Argentina
LAN Argentina
LAN Argentina is an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an affiliate of LAN Airlines and operates scheduled domestic services from Buenos Aires to Bariloche, Córdoba, Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Mendoza, Puerto Iguazú, Neuquén, Río Gallegos, Salta, San Juan, Tucumán and Ushuaia, ...
began. Since then Southern Winds has completely disappeared with LAN Argentina in the place of LAFSA and Southern Winds.
The remarkable fact is that nowadays LAFSA does not have any airplanes, but still keeps the structure that has not been absorbed by LAN Argentina, even with people in charge with clients, a marketing manager, pilots and copilots.
External links
- Lineas Aereas Federales (article) from Mundoandino.com