New Flights from Madrid to Buenos Aires

Iberia adds new South America flights

Iberia has added three new Madrid-Buenos Aires return flights each week, representing an increase of 1,500 seats, or 16%. The new flights raise the weekly total to 17, consisting of three direct flights each day on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, and two daily flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Iberia is the airline that offers more flights and better connections between Europe and Buenos Aires. Its flight schedule makes possible the smoothest connections via Madrid from / to other 38 European cities, 10 destinations in Africa and the Middle East, as well as other 36 Spanish airports of the airline’s network. Iberia has been flying to the Argentine capital since October, 1946. Today the airline operates 17 flights per week, using Airbus A-340/300s and A-340/600s, with 254 and 352 seats, respectively. In January Iberia increased its frequencies to a Lima, Peru, to 10 return flights per week, raising seat capacity by nearly 40%. For further information about flight schedule and prices, please visit www.iberia.com

Aerolineas Argentinas launches new air pass

Aerolineas Argentinas is pleased to announce a new Visit Argentina air Pass and South American air Pass. It is more customer friendly, being easier for travel agents and customers to get around. The passes are available with immediate effect in economy class for both Aerolineas customers travelling long haul with the airline or customers travelling with other carriers. The new visit Argentina air pass gives the customer the chance to discover Argentina using lower fares. There are a minimum of 3 coupons and a maximum of

12, with fares starting at USD399 for 3 coupons. The South American air pass provides lower fares and the opportunity to discover countries such as Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia or Brazil and combine them with domestic destinations within Argentina, starting at £499 for 3 coupons. Aerolineas Argentinas connects London Gatwick with Buenos Aires Ezeiza Airport daily via Madrid. Flights offer Business Club Condor and Economy Class seating. Onward connections from Buenos Aires to all the main centres operate daily mostly in a two-class configuration. Currently, same airport connection is possible to Asuncion, Santiago de Chile, Sao Pablo, Rio de Janeiro, Florianopolis, Porto Alegre, Cordoba, Mendoza, Ushuaia and El Calafate.
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“Iberia adds new South America flights”
2/17/2010
Travel Daily UK
http://www.traveldaily.co.uk
http://www.traveldaily.co.uk/AsiaPacificNews/Detail.aspx?Section=17829

“Aerolineas Argentinas launches new air pass”
2/4/2010
Travel Daily UK
http://www.traveldaily.co.uk
http://www.traveldaily.co.uk/AsiaPacificNews/Detail.aspx?Section=17534