Líneas Aéreas del Estado

LADE Líneas Aéreas del Estado
IATA code :	5U
ICAO code :	LDE
Call sign :	LOAD
Founding:	1940
Seat:	Buenos Aires , Argentina
Fleet size:	4th
Aims:	national
Website:	www.lade.com.ar

Líneas Aéreas del Estado ( LADE for short ) is a state-owned Argentine regional airline based in Buenos Aires . It is part of the Argentine Air Force, the Fuerza Aérea Argentina .

history

In 1940 the Argentine government founded the airline Líneas Aéreas del Sudoeste ( LASE ) to open up remote areas of Argentina with passenger, freight and postal services. On September 4 of the same year, the first flight between the military airfield El Palomar near Buenos Aires and Esquel was carried out. In the following years, Líneas Aéreas del Noreste ( LANE ) was founded, which from January 6, 1944 connected Buenos Aires with Puerto Iguazú . On October 23, 1944, both lines were combined to form what is now Líneas Aéreas del Estado ( LADE ).

Destinations

LADE mainly offers flights within Patagonia . Many small cities are also covered in sightseeing flights that would otherwise not be accessible from the air.

Between 1972 and 1982 LADE offered flight connections between Comodoro Rivadavia and the Falkland Islands , but these were canceled after the Falklands War .

fleet

Current fleet

As of November 2017, the LADE fleet consists of four aircraft with an average age of 26.5 years:

Aircraft type	number	Aircraft registration	Remarks	Seats
Saab 340 B	4th	T-31		34
		T-32
		T-33
		T-34
total	4th

Former aircraft types

In the course of its existence, LADE also operated the following types of aircraft:

• Boeing 707
• de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
• Douglas DC-3
• Douglas DC-4
• Douglas DC-6
• Fokker F-27 Friendship
• Fokker F28 Fellowship
• Junkers Ju 52 / 3m
• Lockheed L-100 Hercules
• Vickers Viking

Incidents

• On October 23, 1996, a Boeing 707-372C operated by the Líneas Aéreas del Estado of the Argentine Air Force ( aircraft registration LV-LGP ) crashed 750 meters from the runway at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport . She was on a cargo flight from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires. The crew failed to initiate the descent early. Realizing his mistake, the captain abruptly deployed the spoilers, which pushed the aircraft nose down. Since the machine was at an altitude of 900 to 1000 meters at this point, there was not enough time to correct the abnormal attitude. The machine hit the ground hard 750 meters from the runway and went up in flames. Two of the eight crew members were killed (see also LADE flight 5025 ) .

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Líneas Aéreas del Estado  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Web presence of the Líneas Aéreas del Estado

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ch-aviation - LADE - Lineas Aéreas del Estado (English), accessed on November 15, 2017
2. ^ REG Davies: Airlines of Latin America since 1919. Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1997, ISBN 0-85177-889-5 , p. 599.
3. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966–2007.
4. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
5. ^ Accident report B-707 LV-LGP , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 20, 2019.