Argentinian airlines made his first transpolar flight not regulate on July 7, 1980 in a Boeing 747-200. 14 months later they began regular operations, which began and ended in the Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, making a scale in Rio gallegos in the stretch to Oceania y nonstop in connection with Argentina.
After the introduction of the Airbus A340 in the late 1990s, the mandatory stop at Rio gallegos It was no longer necessary and in both directions it was done non-stop.
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The company ceased operations New Zealand already in 2012 Australia two years later, when the Airbus A340-200 they were disaffected from the fleet added to the low profitability of the route. Since then, Argentinian airlines did not return to make any scheduled flights in this market, removing special services from China via Auckland in 2021 and 2022 in search of vaccines against Coronavirus.
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In 1989, Argentinian airlines had two flights a week between Buenos Aires, Auckland y Sydney in airplanes Boeing 747-200.
The transpolar flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas in January 1989
- Buenos Aires (EZE) – Río Gallegos (RGL) – Auckland (AKL) – Sydney (SYD)
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| Flight | Of | A |
|---|---|---|
| AR 880 | EZE: 02:30 | RGL: 05:40 |
| AR 880 | RGL: 07:40 | AKL: 09:00+1 |
| AR 880 | AKL: 10:50+1 | SYD: 12:15+1 |
Thursday
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| Flight | Of | A |
|---|---|---|
| AR 884 | EZE: 02:30 | RGL: 05:40 |
| AR 884 | RGL: 07:40 | AKL: 09:00+1 |
| AR 884 | AKL: 10:50+1 | SYD: 12:15+1 |
- Sydney (SYD) – Auckland (AKL) – Buenos Aires (EZE)
Wednesday
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| Flight | Of | A |
|---|---|---|
| AR 881 | SYD: 16:00 | AKL: 20:45 |
| AR 881 | AKL: 22:05 | EZE: 19:00 |
Friday
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| Flight | Of | A |
|---|---|---|
| AR 885 | SYD: 14:05 | AKL: 18:50 |
| AR 885 | AKL: 20:10 | EZE: 17:05 |
Air New Zealand was the last company to operate regular flights between Argentina y Oceania in March 2020, prior to the pandemic of the COVID-19. The capital argentina It is one of the few international destinations that were not resumed by the company, and it does not plan to return in the short term.
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