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Austral Líneas Aéreas

{{Short description|Defunct domestic airline of Argentina (1957–2020)}}

{{distinguish|text=Air Austral, the flag carrier of La Réunion}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Austral Líneas Aéreas

| logo = Austral Líneas Aéreas.svg

| logo_size =

| image = File:LV-CEV (embraer 190).jpg

| caption = An Austral Embraer E-190 Jet

| fleet_size = 26

| destinations = 22

| IATA = AU

| ICAO = AUT

| callsign = AUSTRAL

| parent = Aerolíneas Argentinas (100%)

| subsidiaries = Inter Austral (currently defunct)

| founded = {{start date|1957|||df=yes}}
{{small|(as Compañía Austral de Transportes Aéreos)}}

| commenced = {{start date|1958|01||df=yes}}

| defunct = {{end date|2020|11|30|df=yes}}
{{small|(merged into Aerolíneas Argentinas)}}

| headquarters = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| bases =

| hubs = Aeroparque Jorge Newbery

| frequent_flyer = Aerolíneas Plus

| key_people = Mario Dell'Acqua (President){{cite web|url=https://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/El-deficit-de-Aerolineas-y-Austral-se-reduciria-a-un-tercio-segun-su-presidente-20170527-0010.html|date=27 May 2017|title=El titular del grupo, Mario Dell'Acqua, sostiene que el déficit no llegará a los u$s 170 millones, cumpliendo con el límite que le puso el Congreso, y "sin financiamiento externo".|language=es|access-date=29 May 2017}}

| alliance = {{nowrap|SkyTeam {{small|(affiliate; 2012–2020)}}}}

| revenue = {{increase}} US$ {{To USD|7094|ARG|year=2017}} million (FY 2017)

| net_income = {{decreasepositive}} US$ –{{To USD|2478|ARG|year=2017}} million (FY 2017)

| assets = {{increase}} US$ {{To USD|8192|ARG|year=2017}} million (FY 2017)

| equity =

| num_employees = 1,826{{cite web |title=Memoria y Estados Contables |url=http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/OfficeFile/E-commerce/MemoriayEstadoContableAerolineasArgentinas2017.pdf |access-date=31 May 2018}}

| website =

}}

Cielos del Sur S.A., operating as Austral Líneas Aéreas, was a domestic airline of Argentina, the sister company of Aerolíneas Argentinas.{{cite news|title=Aerolineas Argentinas continues to struggle as government protection from competition increases |work=Centre for Aviation |url=http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/aerolineas-argentina-continues-to-struggle-as-government-protection-from-competition-increases-65483 |date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220182053/http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/aerolineas-argentina-continues-to-struggle-as-government-protection-from-competition-increases-65483 |archive-date=20 February 2012 |access-date=25 April 2012 |quote=Aerolineas is now close to completing a rejuvenation of its entire narrowbody fleet, focussing on Boeing 737NGs at its mainline operation and E190s at its Austral subsidiary. |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Argentina's government buys back flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas from private firm |url=http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/argentinas-government-buys-back-flag-carrier-aerolineas-argentinas-from-private-firm/ |work=DHS Aviation |date=5 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408131105/http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/argentinas-government-buys-back-flag-carrier-aerolineas-argentinas-from-private-firm/ |archive-date=8 April 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} It was the second-largest domestic scheduled airline in the country, after Aerolíneas Argentinas. As a subsidiary of Aerolíneas Argentinas, the company shared its headquarters with that airline, which is located in the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery of Buenos Aires,{{cite web|title= Terms and Conditions|url= http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/en-ar/legales/terminoscondiciones|publisher= Aerolíneas Argentinas|quote= Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A., with legal domicile in:Rafael Obligado Avenue N / N, Terminal 4, 6th floor, Jorge Newbery Airport (Aeroparque), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires|access-date= 10 February 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080051/http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/en-ar/legales/terminoscondiciones|archive-date= 11 February 2017|url-status= dead}} the main base of operations of the company.

Austral was fully integrated into Aerolíneas Argentinas; however, some differences arose, especially those relying upon the unions the staff of both companies are affiliated to, which led to constant conflicts.{{cite news|title=Una historia marcada por internas gremiales y una larga puja con el Gobierno |first=Luis|last=Ceriotto |date=5 March 2011 |url=http://www.clarin.com/politica/historia-marcada-internas-gremiales-Gobierno_0_438556336.html |work=Clarín |trans-title=A history marked by internal union conflicts and a long struggle with the Government |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011155742/http://www.clarin.com/politica/historia-marcada-internas-gremiales-Gobierno_0_438556336.html |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=La pelea entre los gremios aeronáuticos, en el límite de lo inhumano |url=http://www.infobae.com/notas/567903-La-pelea-entre-los-gremios-aeronauticos-en-el-limite-de-lo-inhumano.html |work=infobae.com |date=4 March 2011 |language=es |trans-title=Tensions between unions bordering unhuman limits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008125549/http://www.infobae.com/notas/567903-La-pelea-entre-los-gremios-aeronauticos-en-el-limite-de-lo-inhumano.html |archive-date=8 October 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Tras un día complicado, un paro de pilotos obliga a cancelar vuelos en Ezeiza |language=es |trans-title=Pilots strike force the cancellation of flights at Ezeiza after a complicated day |url=http://www.clarin.com/ciudades/Arranco-problemas-mudanza-Aeroparque-Ezeiza_0_365963610.html |work=Clarín |date=4 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011155742/http://www.clarin.com/politica/historia-marcada-internas-gremiales-Gobierno_0_438556336.html |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live }} In May 2020 it was announced that Austral would merge with Aerolíneas, saving an estimated 100 million US Dollars and eliminating Austral as a brand.{{Cite web|title=Aerolíneas Argentinas y Austral darán inició al proceso de fusión de ambas compañias|trans-title=Aerolíneas and Austral will start a merge process|url=https://www.aerolineas.com.ar/es-ar/prensa/comunicadoprensainterno/5064_aerolineas-argentinas-y-austral-daran-inicio-al-proceso-de-fusion-de-ambas-companias#:~:text=Aerol%C3%ADneas%20Argentinas%20y%20Austral%20dar%C3%A1n%20inici%C3%B3%20al%20proceso%20de%20fusi%C3%B3n%20de%20ambas%20compa%C3%B1ias,-05/05/2020&text=05%20de%20mayo%20de%202020,de%20Aerol%C3%ADneas%20Argentinas%20y%20Austral.|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.aerolineas.com.ar|language=es-AR}}{{Cite web|title=Prevén ahorrar u$s 100 millones con la fusión de Aerolíneas y Austral|trans-title=The Aerolineas-Austral merger is expected to save 100 million dollars|url=https://www.cronista.com/apertura-negocio/empresas/Preven-ahorrar-us-100-millones-con-la-fusion-de-Aerolineas-y-Austral-20200505-0013.html|access-date=2020-08-15|website=El Cronista|language=es-ES}} Austral ended operations on 30 November 2020.{{Cite news |url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2020/12/01/goodbye-penguins-austral-lineas-aereas-brand-disappears-after-merge/ |title=Goodbye Penguins: Austral Líneas Aéreas Brand Disappears After Merge |work=airlinegeeks.com |date=2020-12-01 |access-date=2020-12-02 }}

{{as of|2013|10}}, the airline operated an all-Embraer 190 fleet.

History

The origins of the carrier trace back to 1957, when Compañía Austral de Transportes Aéreos SACI (CATASACI) was founded, starting scheduled services in {{start date|df=yes|1958|1}}. CATASACI focused its services on southwestern Argentina, but it also operated international flights to Montevideo, Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas. Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA) was a Rosario–based company that was founded in 1957 to operate flights between this city and Buenos Aires using Aero Commander equipment and operated flights within northern Argentina. In 1965, Pan Am acquired a 22% stake in ALA in return for supplying the company with DC-3s. A year later, CATASACI acquired a 30% holding in ALA and the services of both companies were integrated.

File:Douglas DC-6 LV-IOR Austral AEP 26.04.72 edited-2.jpg of Austral at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in 1972. This aircraft served the airline from 1965.]]

At {{start date|df=yes|1971|5}}, the ALA fleet consisted of two C-46s, five DC-3s, two DC-6Bs and five YS-11A-300s that served a domestic network including Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Formosa, Goya, Paraná, Paso de los Libres, Posadas, Resistencia, Rosario, Salta, Santa Fe and Tucumán, plus regional services to Antofagasta and Asunción, whereas CATASACI had a fleet that included seven BAC One-Elevens —four 400s and three 500s—, one C-46, one DC-6 and three YS-11s. Austral Líneas Aéreas was formally established in {{MONTHNAME|6}} that year from the merger of CATASACI and ALA. In practice, operations of the latter airline were absorbed by CATASACI, which was rebranded as Austral Líneas Aéreas S.A. after merging. Austral inherited both companies' fleet, consisting of turboprops NAMC YS-11 and jetliners BAC One-Eleven.

File:NAMC YS-11A-309 LV-JIJ Austral AEP 26.04.72 edited-2.jpgA of Austral at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in 1972]]

File:Austral Líneas Aéreas MD-83 LV-WGN USH 2004-2-2.png in one of the former liveries, on the apron at Malvinas Argentinas International Airport. (2004)]]

{{none|File:LV-CHO.jpg at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. (2011)]]

}}

Austral became a government-owned company in 1980. After poor economic performances, there were two failed attempts to re-privatise Austral in 1981 and 1983. All that time Austral and Aerolíneas Argentinas were competitors on a number of domestic routes. Realizing that such a situation could not persist much longer, the government decided again to privatise Austral. This was much resisted by the Aerolíneas Argentinas' personnel, and more specifically its pilots, who claimed their salaries were lower than those of Austral's counterparts. Aerolíneas Argentinas' pilots union understood the government effort was not to solve their affiliates salary conflict, but to focus on privatising a loss-making carrier as Austral was instead. The consequence of this discrepance was the announcement that Aerolíneas Argentinas flights were to be indefinitely suspended by way of a strike, effective 1 July 1986.{{cite journal|title=Argentine airlines face reorganisation |journal=Flight International |page=7 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%201645.html |date=19 July 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104200626/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%201645.html |archive-date=4 November 2012 |access-date=25 April 2012 |quote=Argentina's flag carrier, Aerolineas Argentinas, has dismissed all 561 of its pilots after they went on indefinite strike on July 1. |url-status=live }} The strike affected both Aerolineas Argentinas' domestic and international operations. Argentine as well as foreign carriers were benefited from this strike. Ironically, Austral was included among those carriers, gaining the domestic market share Aerolíneas Argentinas lost.{{cite web|title=La Gran Huelga |language=es |trans-title=The large strike |url=http://www.uala.org.ar/IMG/pdf/LV-24_La_gran_huelga.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319195652/http://www.uala.org.ar/IMG/pdf/LV-24_La_gran_huelga.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}

Austral became once again a privately owned firm when it was acquired by the holding company Cielos del Sur S.A. in late 1987. The acquisition generated some controversy on the Argentine aviation sector at that time, as it was raised that the new owner had little or no experience in managing an airline. In April 1988, the carrier became an IATA member. Shortly afterwards, the company faced a major accident during its new private era on 12 June 1988, when a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 hit a tree on a low visibility approach into Posadas and crashed. Apart from the 22 fatalities involved in the accident, it also spread concerns on the aviation sector over the airline's poor rate of occupation on some routes, of just 10.32% for this particular flight.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}

Cielos del Sur S.A. and Iberia formed a consortium to acquire an 85% stake in Aerolíneas Argentinas in 1990, within the framework of that flag carrier privatisation.{{Cite news|title=Crónica de una década que dejó a Aerolíneas al borde de la quiebra |first=Mabel|last=Thwaites Rey |work=Clarín |url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2001/06/03/e-03301.htm |date=3 June 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606142110/http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2001/06/03/e-03301.htm |archive-date=6 June 2012 |access-date=25 April 2012 |language=es |trans-title=Chronicle of a decade that left Aerolíneas on the brink of bankruptcy |url-status=live }}{{cite journal|title=Iberia takes control of Argentine carrier |journal=Flight International |date=25–31 July 1990 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%202052.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105144056/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%202052.html |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |quote=Concern had been expressed during the tender period that if the Iberia consortium was successful it would monopolise domestic routes. One of Iberia's main partners, Cielos del Sur, owns Austral, Argentina's largest private domestic airline. |url-status=live }} Soon afterwards, Cielos del Sur S.A. sold Austral to Iberia. The destiny of both Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral became aligned thereafter. By July 1998, the company was 10% owned by its erstwhile competitor Aerolíneas Argentinas.{{cite news|date=1 July 1998 |title=Airline Ownership Survey |work=Flightglobal.com |agency=Airline Business |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1998/07/01/38768/airline-ownership-survey.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731031252/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airline-ownership-survey-38768/ |archive-date=31 July 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=live }}

On 21 July 2008 the Argentine Government took the airline back into state control after acquiring 99.4% of the share capital for an undisclosed price. The remaining 0.6% continues to be owned by the company's employees.{{Cite news|date=22 July 2008 |title=Argentine airline set for bumpy ride |first=Robert|last=Plummer |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7519069.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227091829/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7519069.stm |archive-date=27 December 2010 |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=live }} In September 2008, Argentina's Senate approved the nationalization of Aerolíneas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral Líneas Aéreas on a 46–21 vote in favor of the takeover.{{cite news|title=Other News – 09/04/2008 |url=http://atwonline.com/international-aviation-regulation/news/other-news-09042008-0904 |work=Air Transport World |date=5 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603145041/http://atwonline.com/international-aviation-regulation/news/other-news-09042008-0904 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |quote=Argentine Senate authorized the renationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas by a 46–21 vote. |url-status=live }}

In {{start date|df=yes|2010|6}} Aerolíneas Argentinas launched a new paint scheme to revamp the airline's image.{{cite news|title=PHOTOS: Aerolíneas Argentinas reveals new corporate image |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/photos-aerolneas-argentinas-reveals-new-corporate-image-343209/ |work=Flightglobal.com |date=11 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904090433/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/photos-aerolneas-argentinas-reveals-new-corporate-image-343209/ |archive-date=4 September 2015 |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=live }} The new livery resembles the colour blue of Argentina's flag and the colour yellow of the sun. As its subsidiary airline, Austral also adopted the new image. Austral's livery actually differs from the Aerolíneas Argentinas' one by a red cheatline only.{{cite web|url=http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/nuevaimagen/files/nuevaImagen_en.pdf |title=New directions, new image |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227191459/http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/nuevaimagen/files/nuevaImagen_en.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} In the meantime the airline also announced the incorporation of 20 new Embraer 190 to its fleet, receiving the first two of them in September 2010.

Destinations

The Federal Corridor ({{langx|es|link=no|Corredor Federal}}), was a two-way route linking the cities of Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Iguazú, Mendoza and Salta. Although the corridor is commercially run by Aerolíneas Argentinas, the route is operated using Austral equipment.{{cite news|title=Llega el primer avión para Austral |first=Diego|last=Dominelli |url=http://www.radionacional.com.ar/articulos/austral-diego-dominelli.html |newspaper=Radio Nacional (Argentina) |date=16 September 2010 |access-date=10 March 2011 |language=es |trans-title=First (Embraer) plane arrives for Austral |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930052427/http://radionacional.com.ar/articulos/austral-diego-dominelli.html |archive-date=30 September 2010}}

Fleet

File:Austral E-190 LV-CET TUC 2012-11-10.png in 2012.]]

Austral Líneas Aéreas underwent a major fleet renewal. In 2009, the company signed a contract with Embraer for the purchase of 20 Embraer 190s,{{cite news |url=http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1242952070.html |title=Embraer To Sell 20 Jets To Argentina's Austral |date=22 May 2009 |publisher=Airwise News |agency=Reuters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320032633/http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1242952070.html |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} in a deal worth {{US$|600|link=yes}} million that was 85% financed by BNDES. Two more E-190s were ordered in {{start date|df=yes|2013|4}}; the first of these two aircraft was incorporated into the fleet in {{start date|df=yes|2013|9}}.{{cite news|title= "Aerolíneas creció un 88% desde el 2008 y el objetivo es crecer un 20% más por año", resaltó Recalde|publisher= Télam|date= 27 September 2013|url= http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201309/34421-aerolineas-crecio-un-88-desde-el-2008-y-el-objetivo-es--crecer-un-20-mas-por-ano-resalto-recalde.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140624151606/http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201309/34421-aerolineas-crecio-un-88-desde-el-2008-y-el-objetivo-es--crecer-un-20-mas-por-ano-resalto-recalde.html|archive-date= 24 June 2014 }}

The airline's fleet consisted of the following aircraft ({{as of|2019|8|lc=y}}):{{cite journal |title=Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One) |journal=Airliner World |date=October 2019 |page=4}}

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|+ Austral Líneas Aéreas Fleet

width="150pt" rowspan="2"|Aircraft

!width="45pt" rowspan="2"|In Fleet

!width="45pt" rowspan="2"|Orders

!colspan="3"|Passengers

!rowspan="2"|Notes

width="33px"|C

!width="33px"|Y

!width="33px"|Total

Embraer 190

|26

|0

|8

|88

|96{{Cite web |url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/113877/austral-signs-for-20-embraer-190-jets.html |title=Embraer and Austral Seal Contract for 20 Embraer 190 Jets |access-date=10 May 2010 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424083253/http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/113877/austral-signs-for-20-embraer-190-jets.html |url-status=dead }}

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Total

|26

|0

|colspan="4"|

=Retired=

File:Austral LV-JNT.jpg was used while the carrier was owned by Cielos del Sur S.A., and persisted for some years after the airline was acquired by Iberia.]]

Austral previously operated the following equipment:

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Accidents and incidents

{{As of|2011|12}}, Aviation Safety Network records 11 accidents/incidents for Austral Líneas Aéreas, totalling 224 deaths.{{cite web|title= Accident record for Austral Líneas Aéreas|url= http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datekey_desc&kind=%&cat=%&page=1&field=Operatorkey&var=6437|work= Aviation Safety Network|date= 21 December 2011|access-date= 23 December 2011}} The list below includes hull-loss accidents only.

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Date

!Location

!Aircraft

!Tail number

!class="unsortable"|Aircraft damage

!Fatalities

!class="unsortable"|Description

!class="unsortable"|Refs

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1959|1|16}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ARG}}Mar del Plata}}

|align=center|{{nowrap|C-46 Commando}}

|align=center|LV-GED

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|51}}/52

|The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Buenos Aires–Mar del Plata passenger service as Flight 205. It crashed into the sea {{convert|1.2|km}} off the coast after a missed approach to the airport of destination.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|id= 19590116-0|title= LV-GED|accessdate=23 December 2011}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|12|17}}

|{{flagicon|ARG}}Buenos Aires

|align=center|C-46 Commando

|align=center|LV-GEB

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|0}}/2

|One of the engines ran out of fuel at climbout after an improper selection of the fuel pump. The pilots managed to land the plane in a nearby sports field. The aircraft was operating a cargo service.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|id= 19691217-0|title= LV-GEB|accessdate=23 December 2011}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1973|12|4}}

|{{flagicon|ARG}}Bahía Blanca

|align=center|BAC 1–11 500

|align=center|LV-JNR

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|0}}/74

|Experienced a loss of power in an engine immediately after takeoff from Comandante Espora Airport. The pilots made a forced landing using the remaining length of the runway. Arresting cables deployed on it were unable to stop the aircraft, and damaged the fuel tanks as they broke off. Despite sparks igniting the fuel, all occupants managed to escape unharmed from the aircraft.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|id= 19731204-0|LV-JNR|accessdate= 23 December 2011}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1977|11|21}}

|{{flagicon|ARG}}Bariloche

|align=center|{{nowrap|BAC 1–11 400}}

|align=center|LV-JGY

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|46}}/79

|The airplane was operating a chartered Buenos Aires–San Carlos de Bariloche passenger service as Flight 9, when it suffered pressurization problems during climbout to {{convert|35000|ft}}. It flew the route despite this, although at a lower flight level. On approach to San Carlos de Bariloche Airport the aircraft collided with the ground, {{convert|21|km}} east of the destination city.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|id= 19771121-0|title= LV-JGY|accessdate= 23 December 2011}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1981|5|7}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ARG}}Buenos Aires}}

|align=center|BAC 1–11 500

|align=center|LV-LOX

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|31}}/31{{#tag:ref|A discrepancy exists regarding the death toll, as it was claimed it rose to 30,{{cite journal|title=Safety: commercial half-year report – Fatal accidents: scheduled passenger flights |journal=Flight International |date=18 July 1981 |page=172 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%202334.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105143956/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%202334.html |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=live }} or to 31.{{ASN accident|id= 19810507-0|title= LV-LOX|accessdate= 5 August 2011}}|group="note"}}

|The aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic Tucumán–Buenos Aires passenger service as Flight 901. Crashed into the Río de la Plata amid stormy weather while on approach to Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, {{convert|15|km}} east-southeast of the airfield.

|align=center|

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1988|6|12}}

|{{flagicon|ARG}}Posadas

|align=center|MD-81

|align=center|N1003G

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|22}}/22

|Crashed on final approach to Posadas Airport after hitting trees in low visibility. Was operating a scheduled Resistencia–Posadas service as Flight 046.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|id= 19880612-0|title= N1003G|accessdate= 23 December 2011}}{{cite journal|title=Commercial flight safety – Fatal accidents: scheduled passenger flights |journal=Flight International |date=21 January 1989 |page=51 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%200165.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019093932/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%200165.html |archive-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|10|10}}

|{{flagicon|URU}}Nuevo Berlín

|align=center|DC-9-32

|align=center|LV-WEG

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|74}}/74

|Crashed while en route from Posadas to Buenos Aires operating Flight 2553 after entering a storm. The likely cause of the accident was the icing of the pitot tubes. It remains the deadliest one experienced by the carrier all through its history.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|id= 19971010-0|title= LV-WEG|accessdate=23 December 2011}}{{cite news|title=75 Die in Crash of Argentine Plane in Uruguay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/12/world/75-die-in-crash-of-argentine-plane-in-uruguay.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 October 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323000902/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/12/world/75-die-in-crash-of-argentine-plane-in-uruguay.html |archive-date=23 March 2011 |access-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=live }}

See also

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Notes

References

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{{cite news|title=Aerolineas and Austral to sell MD-80 fleet |first=Olivier |last=Bonnassies |location=London |publisher=Flightglobal |date=28 February 2013 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aerolineas-and-austral-to-sell-md-80-fleet-382876/ |quote=According to the tender, Austral's fleet includes a 1988-vintage MD-81 aircraft (MSN 48025), along with two 1989-vintage MD-83 aircraft (MSNs 49630 and 49784) and two 1990-vintage MD-83 aircraft (MSNs 49906 and 49934). |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221153950/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aerolineas-and-austral-to-sell-md-80-fleet-382876/ |archive-date=21 December 2014 }} 

{{cite news|title= Aerolineas studies proposals for E190 replacement|first= Ghim-Lay|last= Yeo|location= Panama City|publisher= Flightglobal|date= 2 November 2018|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aerolineas-studies-proposals-for-e190-replacement-453276/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190128122743/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aerolineas-studies-proposals-for-e190-replacement-453276/|archive-date= 28 January 2019|access-date= 28 January 2019|url-status= live}}

{{cite web |title=SubFleets for: Austral Lineas Aéreas |publisher=AeroTransport Data Bank |date=11 April 2013 |url=http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Austral+Lineas+Aéreas&where=569&luck= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424083253/http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Austral+Lineas+A%C3%A9reas&where=569&luck= |archive-date=24 April 2021 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 February 2012 }}

{{cite news|title=Austral Lineas Aereas inks deal for 20 E-190s |publisher=Air Transport World |date=25 May 2009 |url=http://atwonline.com/aircraftenginescomponents/news/austral-lineas-aereas-inks-deal-20-e-190s-0309 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603145236/http://atwonline.com/aircraftenginescomponents/news/austral-lineas-aereas-inks-deal-20-e-190s-0309 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news|title=Austral Lineas Aereas orders two Embraer E-190s |first=Edvaldo |last=Pereira Lima |publisher=Air Transport World |date=9 April 2013 |url=http://atwonline.com/airframes/austral-lineas-aereas-orders-two-embraer-e-190s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613131738/http://atwonline.com/airframes/austral-lineas-aereas-orders-two-embraer-e-190s |archive-date=13 June 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news|title= Austral orders two more E-190s|work= Flightglobal|date= 8 April 2013|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/austral-orders-two-more-e-190s-384355/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140319201621/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/austral-orders-two-more-e-190s-384355/|archive-date= 19 March 2014 }}

{{cite journal|title=World Airline Survey – Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino SA (ALA) |journal=Flight International |volume=89 |number=2979 |date=14 April 1966 |page=595 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201030.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020012516/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201030.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite journal|title=The World's Airlines... – Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino SA {{mdash}}ALA |journal=Flight International |number=2770 |volume=81 |date=12 April 1962 |page=551 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%200553.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914085435/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%200553.html |archive-date=14 September 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite journal|title=World airlines – Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino SA (ALA) |journal=Flight International |volume=99 |number=3243 |date=6 May 1971 |page=610 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%200695.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084733/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%200695.html |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite journal|title=World Airlines 1970 – Austral (Compania Argentina de Transportes Aereos SACI) |journal=Flight International |volume=97 |number=3185 |date=26 March 1970 |page=473 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%200523.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114184520/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%200523.html |archive-date=14 November 2012 |url-status=live }}

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{{cite journal|title=World Airline Directory – Austral Lineas Aéreas (ALA) |journal=Flight International |date=21 March 1974 |volume=105 |number=3393 |page=22 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200448.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923042432/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200448.html |archive-date=23 September 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite journal|title=World Airline Directory – Austral Lineas Aéreas (ALA) |journal=Flight International |issn=0015-3710 |date=1 April 1989 |volume=135 |number=4158 |page=59 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%200869.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105065153/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%200869.html |archive-date=5 November 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news|title=National carriers, fleet renewal matter of 'national dignity' in Argentina |first=Brian |last=Straus |publisher=Air Transport World |date=22 June 2009 |url=http://atwonline.com/airline-financedata/news/national-carriers-fleet-renewal-matter-national-dignity-argentina-0309 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117080313/http://atwonline.com/airline-financedata/news/national-carriers-fleet-renewal-matter-national-dignity-argentina-0309 |archive-date=17 January 2013 |access-date=1 December 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news|title=UPDATE: Embraer's 1H deliveries nearly reach year-earlier tally |first=Mary |last=Kirby |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Flightglobal |date=8 July 2009 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/channels/finance/articles/2009/07/08/329353/update-embraers-1h-deliveries-nearly-reach-year-earlier.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104044421/http://www.flightglobal.com/channels/finance/articles/2009/07/08/329353/update-embraers-1h-deliveries-nearly-reach-year-earlier.html/ |archive-date=4 November 2012 |access-date=15 April 2012 |quote=Embraer also signed a contract with Argentina's Austral Lineas Aereas for the sale of 20 E-190s. |url-status=live }}

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