segment low cost in Argentina continues to grow at a significant rate, but surrounded by important challengesíos, especially políticos.
In an interesting new company report Routes, we can know más in details of the positive changes that the arrival of the airlinesílow-cost lines have generated in Argentina, as welléI challenge themíthose they face.
Latinoamérica continues to grow in the aeroáutico and the arrival of new competition has allowed us to boost this growth, especially the low cost model, which is recognized for being a market stimulator, cases of growth of the entire industry have been seen since the entry of one of these on the 30%.
The case of Argentina
MáMore than three million passengers have traveled by airílow-cost airlines in Argentina since the first airlineílow cost pa lineís, Flybonds, startedó to operate commercial flights in January 2018, themselvesún the new figures published by the Ministry of Transportation of Argentina.
The department said the milestone was reachedó in september 2019, where between 15 and 20 percent are passengers who boarded a planeón for the first time.
The current Argentine Government has allowed the airlinesícompanies expand nationally, approving hundreds of new national routes, así how to eliminate límites míprice guidelines for tickets. The policeíethics have encouraged meás Argentines to fly towards the sky, changing busesús transport toéreo.
Flybondi becameó in the first LCC in Argentina to do so, when 189 passengers traveled from Córdoba a Iguazú the 26 of January of 2018, while Norwegian Air Argentina carried outó its maiden flight on 16 October 2018, joining the Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires with Córgood.
JetSMART Argentina see convirtió in the third low-cost operator in the countryís the 10 april 2019, with its service between El Palomar and Mendoza.
A fourth operator, Buenos Aires International Airlines, spaghettién obtained a concessionógovernment n to fly 178 national and international routes from Ezeiza International Airport, but this is aún a project in development.
The úlast stateístatics show that the aerosolsíArgentine companies welcomed 1,33 million passengers in September 2019, a 41% más that in the same month of 2015. The figure alsoén was an increase of 6% in september 2018 and continuedó one my récord histórich of 1,5 million passengers in August 2019.
OAG Schedules Analyzer data reveals that Flybondi, Norwegian Air Argentina and JetSmart Argentina together represented a 18.2 combined percent of sun seating capacityéweekly statics during September 2019, led by AerolíArgentine lines and followed by LATAM Argentina.
Spaghettién se reveló that during September, 148,000 passengers connected directly between airports in the provinces of the countryís, without going through Buenos Aires. This represents an increase in 118 percent comparedón with September 2015. Córgood – Salta is the más busy of these routes, with around 14,000 round-trip passengers in September 2019, a 33% más that the same month from toñprevious one.
In November, JetSMART Argentina plans to introduce five new national routes, including service to/from Buenos Aires, Iguazú and Rosario.
Norwegian Air Argentina addsén has added five new routes in the úlast weeks, from Buenos Aires Aeroparque to Comodoro Rivadavia (5 weekly), Jujuy (2x), Puerto Madryn (2x), Trelew (2x) and Ushuaia (2x). Además, has increased frequencies on routes from Aeroparque de Buenos Aires to Neuquén and San Carlos de Bariloche.
To not be left behindás, Flybondi said he has identified other 15 destinations you plan to fly to from Buenos Aires – Dovecote. few días atrás the airíne abrió a new international route between the El Palomar Airport in Buenos Aires y Ríthat of January Galeao, initially operating three times a week with Boeing aircraft 737. Frequencies increaseán to four times a week in December and January.
La expansionón of the three LCCs means that there will beá más de 19.6 million national seats available in Argentina this yearñO, in front of the 16.5 million in 2017 before the introductionón of low-cost operators. AerolíNeas Argentinas is still the airlineínea más big in the local pa marketís, but his participationón in the sun seatséstics has decreased from around 75% on 2017 al 64% is añO.
Nevertheless, while Argentina's low-cost market continuesúgrowing, the uncertaintiesíethics mayíthey have to derail the expansionón. The general elections of the país take place at the end of October, and the chances of the current Government being re-elected, they seem more and moreáIt's complicated.
