Aerolíneas Argentinas Started positionó operations of his first Boeing 737-800BCF and after 16 añtells you again with an avióExclusive cargo in your fleet.
They participated in the event Eduardo «Road» Peter's, interior minister; Diego Giuliano, Minister of Transport; Matías Lambs, Minister of Tourism and Sports; Pablo Ceriani, president of Aerolíneas Argentinas, and the main authorities of the áaerospaceáutico and industry.
The presentation eventóIt was not doneó at the FBO terminal of the International Airport Ezeiza and, as is customary in the industry, the grandfatherón receivedó his baptism crossing the water arch that the ANAC pumpers form every time a new aircraft enters.
Boeing 737-800BCF de Aerolíneas Argentinas
The Boeing 737-800BCF with matrícula LV-CTC, arrivaló al país in February. After compliance with the trámandatory mites and inspections, the grandfatherón goneó to the FAdeA workshops, in the province of Córgood, for painting and adaptation workón to the corporate image.
This aircraft has all the necessary features: detectionósmoking, portóhydraulic charge no.áulico and total opening for vehicle entryíglasses, machinery and containers. The loading capacity is 24 thousand kilos and/or 12 pallets.
This is a milestone in the companyñía: it is the first time in 16 añthose who Aerolíneas Argentinas It has a pure freighter in its fleet. The immediate precedent was during the administrationón private Marsans in a short period of time between the end of 2005 and 2007. Previously, operó intermittently aircraft of this type during the déeach of the 70.
The business unit, Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo, It was already working using the idle capacity in the hold of passenger planes. However, given the growth in demand in cargo transportation, especially with the rise of electronic commerceóonly one that was exponentially accelerated during the pandemic, the compañíto toneó I decided itón to increase the company's carrying capacityñítaking advantage of the máprofitability margins offered by having an aircraftón of the freighter type.
Similarly, the experience acquired during the pandemic with más de 45 special flights in búsearch for millions of vaccines that arrived from Moscowú, Beijing, Shanghái, Madrid, Memphis (USA), etc., they allowed the companyñíto gain experience and a good reputationón in terms of efficiency, management and handlingón of load.
During 2022, the company transferredó almost 2 million kilos of fish, 850.000 kilos of meat, 815.000 kilos of seeds for cultivation, 693.000 kilos of cherries, 185.000 of arándanos and 693.000 of other products. The main destinations were USA, México and España.
Stands out, spaghettién, the transfer of más de 1.000.000 kilos of salmonóChilean from El Calafate to the USA and the transfer on special flights that were made to Doha on the occasion of world the fútbol of más de 142.000 kilos of cherries, meat and pharmaceutical productséuticos with final destination to Hong Kong.
It is important to mention, además, that the company madeó 51 operations of type chárter for the exclusive transfer of cargo toérea. On these flights they transferred 778.000 kilos of national products.
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