As of Monday 5th September, Aerolineas Argentinas opens the route Cordoba city - Rio Cuarto - Buenos Aires with 6 weekly flights - from Sunday to Friday, thus resuming a connection that it had stopped operating twenty years ago.
The new flights - operated by Austral Lineas Aereas - depart Córdoba at 06:30 am arriving in Rio Cuarto at 07:20 am, depart from that city at 08:00 am to finally arrive at the "Jorge Newbery" metropolitan airport (Aeroparque) at 09:10 am.
The reverse route, Buenos Aires - Río Cuarto - Córdoba departs from Aeroparque at 8:25 pm, arrives in Rio Cuarto at 9:50 pm and ends in Córdoba city at 11:20 pm.
The passengers’ interest on this new route is reflected in the percentage of reservations made for the first flights between Buenos Aires and Rio Cuarto that exceeds 60 percent of the seats offered.
After Buenos Aires, Cordoba is today the destination with greater connectivity and Aerolineas Argentinas allows linking the Mediterranean city directly with Buenos Aires, Rosario, Resistencia (from September 7), Ushuaia, and the provinces of Santa Cruz, Tucumán, Jujuy, Salta and Mendoza with more than 70 weekly frequencies. In addition, Córdoba serves as a hub or focus city, for the North and South corridors.
Together with the province of Córdoba, Aerolíneas operates more than 70 weekly frequencies within the country; the Cordoba-Porto Seguro regional route (Brazil) starts next 8th September.
The route to Rio Cuarto is operated with Embraer E-190 aircraft, with seat capacity for 96 passengers, 8 in Business Class and 88 in Economy.
"This route, which resumes after a 20 years break, is a clear example of our commitment to double the domestic market and federalize the routes of our country: that is why we put efforts, investment and increase the offer of flights in nodes of the entire country that are origin and destination for a large number of trips". Guillermo Dietrich, Minister of Transport of the Nation.
For her part, Isela Costantini, President of the Aerolíneas Group said, "this new flight to Rio Cuarto shows that we keep on working so that Cordoba is consolidated as a "focus city", offering our Cordoba passengers the possibility to fly more and better, with new frequencies and more connectivity with the rest of the country and abroad".