April 9, 2020 – Aerolíneas Argentinas announced a new flight, this time from Quito, scheduled for April 12, which is estimated to arrive to Ezeiza international airport at 8.50 P.M.
The city of Quito has not formed part of the regular operations network of Aerolíneas Argentinas since the 90’, when the Company was privatized.
Under flight number AR1911 and operated by an Airbus 330–200 aircraft (a long-haul aircraft generally used in its flights to Europe, the United States and the Caribbean), Aerolíneas Argentinas has made 264 seats available for Argentine people who are now in Ecuador.
It is important to highlight that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship is the authority that defines the lists of passengers based upon the priorities established by health protocols. Said modality applies to exceptional flights. That is why passengers have been asked to make their requests through the consular offices, since the Company does not make bookings or commercialize the flight through its sales channels.
This is the fourth flight since the announcement of others from Cancun, Punta Cana and Bogota. In this second stage of exceptional flights, Aerolíneas has made available more than 1000 new seats for Argentine people willing to return to the country.
During the first stage of the special flights operation which took place between March 18 and 27, 44 special flights were operated, allowing for more than 14,000 passengers to return to the country. Flights were operated from Río de Janeiro, Florianopolis, São Paulo, Porto Seguro, San Salvador de Bahía, Bogota, Lima, Miami, Madrid, Cancun and Punta Cana.
In line with the Plan for the Gradual, Planned and Safe Reopening of Borders laid down by the Argentine Government, flights will be scheduled one by one, in order to regulate the flow of people entering the country and to ensure compliance with health and preventive isolation measures.
This new operation of special flights by Aerolíneas Argentinas is part of the “safe corridors” policy implemented by the Argentine Executive Branch, which provides for a maximum of 700 people re-entering the country by air on a daily basis. Additionally, it is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship will continue to coordinate boarding priority decisions according to age, health issues or humanitarian reasons.
Damián Marsicano
Press
Department of Communication and Company Affairs