LADE
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| LADE - Lineas Aereas Del Estado | ||
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| IATA 5U |
ICAO LDE |
Callsign LADE |
| Founded | 1940 | |
| Hubs | General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD), Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) and Comandante Armando Tola International Airport(FTE) | |
| Fleet size | 4 (Regular Flights), 3 (Presidential Fleet), 4 (Cargo Fleet), 16 (Inoperative Fleet), 5 (on order). Total = 27 + 5. | |
| Destinations | 30 | |
| Headquarters | El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
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| Website: http://www.lade.com.ar | ||
LADE - Lineas Aereas Del Estado is an airline based in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a state owned airline operated by the military and providing domestic scheduled services. Its main base is General Enrique Mosconi International Airport, Comodoro Rivadavia with hubs in Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires, with a hub at [[Comandande Armando Tola International Airport, El Calafate.[1].
LADE was until 2006 one of only two airlines in the world to still operate Boeing 707's in passenger service, serving Rio Gallegos and Comodoro Rivadavia from El Palomar Air Force Base, near Buenos Aires.(The other airline is Saha Airlines of Iran, owned by the Iranian Air Force.) The 707 is not used on scheduled passenger services any more. It was used for long routes such as AEP-USH and CRD-USH and USH-BRC.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in September 1940 and started operations in 1940. It was initially known as Lineas Aereas Suroeste and consolidated under the present title in 1945 with another air force branch, Lineas Aereas Noreste.[1]
[edit] Destinations
LADE - Lineas Aereas Del Estado operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at June 2008) (Province + Destinations + Flights Weekly)
- Buenos Aires
- City of Buenos Aires (Aeroparque Jorge Newbery) AEP (hub) x4
- Bahía Blanca (Comandante Espora Airport) BHI x2
- Mar del Plata (Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport) MDQ x4
- Río Negro
- El Bolsón(El Bolsón Airport) EHL x1
- San Antonio Oeste (Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport) OES x1
- San Carlos de Bariloche (Teniente Luis Candelaria International Airport) BRC x2
- Viedma ( Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport) VDM x1
- Chubut
- Comodoro Rivadavia (General Enrique Mosconi International Airport) CRD (main hub) x8
- Puerto Madryn (El Tehuelche Airport) PMY x1
- Esquel (Esquel Airport) EQS x1
- Santa Cruz
- Perito Moreno (Perito Moreno Airport) PMQ x1
- Gobernador Gregores (Gobernador Gregores Airport) GGS x1
- El Calafate (Comandante Armando Tola International Airport) FTE (hub) x3
- Río Gallegos (Piloto Civil N. Fernández International Airport) RGL x3
- Tierra del Fuego
- Entre Ríos
Terminated destinations: Neuquén, San Martín de los Andes, Santa Rosa, Zapala, Cutral Co, Lago Argentino, General Roca, Port Stanley.
[edit] Fleet
The LADE - Lineas Aereas Del Estado fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2008):
- 1 Fokker F27 Mk400
- 2 Fokker F27 Mk600
- 3 Fokker F28 Mk1000
- 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- 4 Saab 340B on order - to be confirmed[2]
Those aircraft are for regular flights.
There is a Presidential Fleet which branches off the Argentine Air Force:
- 1 Boeing 757-200 Callsign Tango 01
- 1 Fokker F28 Mk4000 Callsign Tango 02,
- 1 Fokker F28 Mk1000 Callsign Tango 03,
There is a Cargo Fleet flown by LADE, consisting on:
- 1 Lockheed Martin C-130B Hercules
- 3 Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules
- 1 Lockheed Martin L-100-30 Hercules
The rest of the fleet is inoperative:
- 2 Boeing 707-320B
- 6 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200
- 4 Fokker F27 Mk400
- 1 Fokker F27 Mk600
- 2 Fokker F28 Mk1000
[edit] External links
[edit] References
http://www.periodicodelsur.com.ar/lade/fortalece.htm
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