Austral Líneas Aéreas
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| IATA code : | AU |
| ICAO code : | AUT |
| Call sign : | AUSTRAL |
| Founding: | 1955 |
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Buenos Aires , Argentina
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| Home airport : | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery |
| IATA prefix code : | 143 |
| Management: | Mariano Recalde ( CEO ) |
| Alliance : | SkyTeam (via Aerolíneas Argentinas ) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Aerolíneas Plus |
| Fleet size: | 26th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.austral.com.ar |
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Austral Líneas Aéreas is an Argentine regional airline based in Buenos Aires and based at Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport . It is a subsidiary of Aerolíneas Argentinas .
history
Austral Líneas Aéreas was founded on December 14, 1955 under the name Aerovias Monder and began flight operations with the Curtiss C-46 .
On June 23, 1957, the name was changed to Austral Compania Argentina de Transportes Aereos and registered. In the same year charter flights to Miami were added. Scheduled flights within Argentina along the Patagonian coast to Rio Gallegos began in January 1958.
In 1968 and 1969 the fleet was supplemented by several BAC 1-11 and NAMC YS-11 .
Also in 1955 Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA) was founded in Rosario and started operating with small twin-engine Aero Commander. In 1958 the fleet was at six Douglas DC-3 expands
On March 26, 1971, Austral and Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA) merged to form Austral Lineas Aereas SA.
In the mid-1990s, Austral Líneas Aéreas was largely taken over by the Spanish Iberia together with Aerolíneas Argentinas , but Iberia sold the Austral Líneas Aéreas again a short time later. Today both are again in state ownership. In March 2012, Austral became the third-last airline worldwide to retire its last McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 , the remaining DC-9-83 followed in April 2012.
In September 2013 Austral received its 21st Embraer 190 and at the same time the company's first machine in a SkyTeam special livery.
In May 2020 it was announced that Austral Líneas Aéreas will merge with the airline Aerolíneas Argentinas by the end of 2020. You are already part of the same group.
Destinations
Austral Líneas Aéreas mostly serves connections within Argentina, but also operates international flights.
fleet
Current fleet
As of May 2020, the Austral Líneas Aéreas fleet consists of 26 aircraft with an average age of 8.8 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Embraer 190 | 26th | - | 96 | |
| total | 26th | - | ||
Former aircraft types
Before that, Austral and Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA) also operated the following types of aircraft:
- BAC 1-11
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 737-500
- CASA CN-235
- Curtiss C-46
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-9-31, 32
- Douglas DC-9-51
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83
- NAMC YS-11
Incidents
From 1955 until the merger with Austral in 1971, Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino suffered a total loss of aircraft. 30 people were killed. Extracts:
From 1957 to May 2020 Austral suffered 7 total write-offs of aircraft. In 5 of them 224 people were killed.
- On January 16, 1959, a Curtiss C-46A ( aircraft registration LV-GED ) flew into the sea while taking off from Mar del Plata Airport . Only one of the 52 occupants survived.
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- On November 21, 1977, a BAC 1-11-420-EL flew on a flight of the Austral Líneas Aéreas (LV-JGY) approaching Bariloche Airport 21 kilometers east of the target. The plane came from Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport . Of the 79 passengers and crew members, 46 were killed; only 33 passengers survived in this second worst accident involving a BAC 1-11.
- On May 7, 1981, a BAC 1-11-529FR of the Austral Líneas Aéreas (LV-LOX) crashed into the Río de la Plata on approach to Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport , whereby none of the 31 people on board survived the accident. In the vicinity of a violent thunderstorm, the pilots lost control of the aircraft.
- On October 10, 1997, near Nuevo Berlin , Uruguay, a Douglas DC-9 of the Austral Líneas Aéreas crashed on the way from Posadas , Argentina to Buenos Aires after a pitot tube (speedometer) iced over . All 74 people on board died (see also Austral Líneas Aéreas flight 2553 ) .
See also
Web links
- Austral Líneas Aéreas website (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ REG Davies: Airlines of Latin America since 1919. Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1997, ISBN 0-85177-889-5 , p. 579.
- ^ REG Davies: Airlines of Latin America since 1919. Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1997, ISBN 0-85177-889-5 , p. 582.
- ↑ md-80.com on Austral
- ↑ Ch-aviation : Airline Information (English) accessed on December 2, 2016
- ↑ Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral are merged. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. May 7, 2020, accessed on May 7, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ^ Austral Líneas Aéreas Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 1, 2020, accessed on May 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966–2007.
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
- ↑ Accident statistics Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 7, 2020.
- ↑ Accident statistics Austral Lineas Aéreas , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 7, 2020.
- ^ Accident report C-46 LV-GED , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 23, 2016.
- ^ Accident report BAC 111-400 LV-JGY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 24, 2019.
- ^ Accident report BAC-111-500 LV-LOX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 24, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report DC-9-30 LV-WEG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 7, 2020.
