Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A. | Introduction
Introduction
Calle Hipolito Bouchard 547
9th Floor
Buenos Aires
1106
Argentina
Telephone: +54 (11) 4130-3000
Toll Free: (800) 333-0276; 0810-222-VOLAR (86527)
Web site: http://www.aerolineas.com.ar
Private Company
Incorporated: 1949
Employees: 5,100
Sales: $1 billion (2005 est.)
NAIC: 481111 Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation; 481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation; 488119 Other Airport Operations
Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A. is Argentina's leading airline, flown by more than five million passengers a year. The carrier struggled under foreign ownership through the 1990s, accumulating massive debts. This burden was reduced after Air Comet, a unit of Spanish tour operator Grupo Marsans, acquired control of Aerolíneas Argentinas in 2001. Since then, the company has returned to profitability and begun rebuilding and expanding its international route network.