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Aerolineas Argentinas announces deal for 20 Next-Generation 737-800 Boeings
Argentina's flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas amd Boeing have completed an agreement for 20 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes, an operation valued at 1.8 billion dollars (list price) which is seen as an effort by the Argentine government to modernize its fleet and increase passenger satisfaction. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHow will AA service reputation improve with this development? Will AA now become profitable and no longer a charge on the Argentine taxpayer?
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 07:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Paid with what exactly?
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 07:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0Soy?
With the amount they have spent on this company since nationalisation they could have bought (brand new) the entire fleet of one of the worlds major airlines...
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 08:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0That would be a nice treat for a vulture fund to sequester. Not really liquid assets, but portable.
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 09:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0I hope Boeing gets paid in advance before they roll off the assembly line into Singer's personal hanger on the East coast.
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 09:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Paid in hard dollars too, Cap'n.
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 09:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not that mickey mouse money, err Arg Pesos.
All they have is some nice photos.
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 09:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0I won't believe this statement (Argentine officials often make statements that something is happening when it isn't) until I see the aircraft. All 20 0f them.
Well done, Aerolineas Argentinas! So pleased that it will ”help drive Argentina further ahead in the 21(st) century,”
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 10:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just a couple of problems. The 737-800 entered service in 1998. So it's not particularly “new”. Then, in the British Isles, low-cost airline Ryanair operates 303 737-800s on routes across Europe and North Africa. It also has orders in for a further 175. Although 75 older models of the aircraft will be phased out between 2014-18. Wonder what Ryanair is doing with those “older” aircraft. Will they just sell them? Will Boeing “refurbish” them and sell them to AA? Still, I don't suppose Boeing would charge the full “list price” for a refurbished aircraft. Would it be too late for AA to contact Ryanair and negotiate? Probably. Signed the contract with Boeing now!
Just another PR stunt.
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Such a sad sad place.
Who is handling the deal for them?
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 03:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Del TROTTER of TROTTERS Indendent Traders would be my bet.
The 2500 and their supporters on here will still be pointing and complaining and mocking next year and the year after. All while Argentina grows and moves upward and onward.
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 11 No Vestige of intelligence
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 06:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really, you will surprise us all if that happens.
Upward and onward? Don't you mean “down and out”?
Ha, ha, ha. You are SO funny, stupid but funny!
Chris, Maybe he is talking about the inflation?
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 06:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bahahaha
Argentina upward and onward.....? Its already backward, the debts are going upward. Boeing must know something we dont, very brave move. Wonder if any of these trolls have actually been there, they seem to be detached from reality?
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What is Argentina and La Campora up to with their airline?
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 07:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0- We have already seen their odd press release that Aerolineas would be offering low rates and 'no-passport-required-access' to the Falklsnds for flights originating in Argentina.
- LAN has had their Argentina routes interfered with, delays etc.
- LAN held to ransom over ground services charges,
- LAN expelled from the premium BA airport, their 10 year lease nullified, and their newly refurbished hanger expropriated.
- Now, suddenly it's new planes!
Any updates on how well this is all going for them?
“All while Argentina grows and moves upward and onward.”
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 08:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I had to check the date of that post, because for a split second I thought it was April 1st.
@15 I consider it highly unlikely that AA will be flying into the Falkland Islands. As we all know, argieland is, to put it mildly, reluctant to approach the Falkland Islands Government for the necessary authorisation. Even if it does summon up the courage, I strongly recommend that it is refused. For anyone thinking of any sort of “rapprochemont”, we should also remember how argieland went on a 10-year charm offensive to win the Islanders over. A policy that was swiftly dropped, together with the fishing and hydrocarbons agreements, when the argies realised it was going to get them the Islands. I recommend the following approach. Wait until argieland gives every indication of having become a “normal” country. Then wait a further 50 years to see whether it lasts. It is important that FIG imposes a system of bonds or financial guarantees on all argie nationals that visit the Islands. Any single instance of inappropriate behaviour and the bond or guarantee is forfeit. And the individual removed. After completion of any appropriate prison sentence, of course. Do NOT be trusting. You know it makes sense!
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 17 Conqueror
Oct 22nd, 2013 - 09:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What would be your suggested punishment for this?
http://www.infobae.com/2013/09/26/1511605-una-bandera-argentina-flameo-las-islas-malvinas
@18 Biguggy
Oct 23rd, 2013 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0It just shows how pathetically desperate they are.
However, they could be given a sentence of walking 100 metre's...across the mine fields left by the 'glorious' Argentine army...just kidding, although it is tempting.
@19 LEPRecon,
Oct 23rd, 2013 - 12:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0An excellent idea.
l endorse it completely!
@ 19 & 20
Oct 23rd, 2013 - 12:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Similar ideas occurred to me prior to making post 18.
I do not know if any Argentine flags actually fly at the cemetery, could you tell us Isolde?
It would of course require the consent of the Islanders and Legislative Assembly but should they agree I would see nothing wrong with small flags on the individual graves and/or an RG flag of very modest size somewhere within the cemetery limits. Perhaps this has been discussed before, I do not know.
That all being said the RG's will now wonder why the Islanders are extremely reluctant to allow them (RG's) onto the Islands at all.
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