Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas

The airline was formed in 1977, initially aimed at providing internal services within the Buenos Aires Province. In May 1978, it was authorised to operate charter services to cities in the Americas, and scheduled services began the following year. By {{start date|1980|7}}, the major shareholder of the company was Claudio Zichy-Thyssen; the fleet comprised three YS-11As and a Piper Cheyenne that worked on a domestic passenger and cargo network serving Concordia, Ezeiza Airport, Gualeguaychu, La Plata, Necochea, Olavarria, Parana, Pehuajo, San Nicolas and Tres Arroyos. Gustavo Deutsch acquired the company in 1984, when it had a network consisting of two domestic routes served with a single propeller aircraft.

In January 1987, the airline became the first South American operator of the Saab 340. The carrier started a period of major growth in 1993 when it gained permissions to fly to Bariloche, Córdoba, Iguazú and Mar del Plata. A year later, the route network included 17 destinations, served with three aircraft. At {{start date|df=yes|1995|3}}, LAPA had 60 employees; the fleet consisted of one Beech B-58 Baron, one Beech King Air 500, two Boeing 737s and two Saab 340s that worked on routes to Bariloche, Colonia, Córdoba, Iguazú, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Montevideo and Villa Gessel. LAPA became a Boeing 757 operator in September 1995 when it took possession of its first aircraft of the type. By late 1996, LAPA had a 30% of domestic market share.

File:ARG - Linea Privada Argentina Boeing 737-200; LV-YXB@AEP, February 2003 (8480834158).jpg

On 27 September 2001 the airline changed its name to ARG Argentina Línea Privada following the acquisition of the company by Eduardo Eurnekian.{{rp|89}} Aircraft were painted in a new livery, displaying the acronym ARG on both sides of the fuselage. This situation prompted an issue with the airline's name, as ARG is the ICAO airline code for Aerolíneas Argentinas. In mid-2002 the name of the airline was changed to AIRG.{{rp|90}} Bolivian airline AeroSur and four Argentine investors acquired the airline on 29 August 2002,{{rp|90}} and the original name LAPA was restored.{{rp|90}}

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in May 2001, and ceased operations in April 2003, after three of its five aircraft were repossessed by the lessors.

The airline had its heyday following the deregulation of the Argentine air market in 1994; it operated an extensive domestic network, as well as international services to Atlanta, Montevideo and Punta del Este.

The list of destinations served at the time of closure in 2003 were Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, El Calafate, Florianópolis, Iguazú, Mendoza, Puerto Madryn, Puerto Montt, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo, Trelew, Tucumán, and Ushuaia.{{rp|90}} During the course of its history, LAPA served the following destinations:

Prior to its bankruptcy in April 2003, the most modern aircraft in the fleet, such as the brand-new Boeing 737-700s, Boeing 757-200s, as well as a single Boeing 767-300ER the company flew the Buenos Aires–Atlanta route with, were gradually returned to their lessors throughout 2001 and 2002, as their leases proved too expensive. When LAPA ceased operations in April 2003, only three of its remaining five Boeing 737-200 Advanced were operational.

The company operated the following aircraft throughout its history:{{cite web|title= SubFleets for: LAPA|url= http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=LAPA&where=720&luck=|work= AeroTransport Data Bank|date= 26 February 2012|accessdate= 26 February 2012}}

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• BAC 1-11 400
• Boeing 737-200
• Boeing 737-200 Advanced
• Boeing 737-200C
• Boeing 737-700
• Boeing 757-200
• Boeing 767-300ER
• Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante[http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/search4.cgi%3Fsrch%3DLAPA%2BLineas%2BAereas%26stype%3Dairline%26srng%3D2&docid=3qKj Photography of a LAPA Embraer EMB 110]{{Dead link|date=November 2013}}
• Piper Cheyenne
• Piper Cheyenne II
• Saab 340
• Short 330{{cite journal|title= International programmes taking shape|journal= Flight International|date= 12 November 1983|page= 1296|format= PDF|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%202070.html|accessdate= 4 April 2012|quote= Lineas Aeras{{sic|nolink=y}} Privadas Argentinas (Lapa) has ordered the ATR42 to replace its two Shorts 330s in the commuter role...}}
• YS-11A-300

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{{Main|LAPA Flight 3142}}

File:Boeing 737-204C - LAPA - LV-WRZ (1998).jpg, 1999]]

• 31 August 1999: Flight 3142, a Boeing 737-200C,{{ASN accident|id= 19990831-0|title= LV-WRZ|accessdate= 29 April 2011}} registration LV-WRZ, that operated a scheduled Buenos Aires–Córdoba passenger service, crashed during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery after it failed to get airborne.{{cite news|title=New questions raised on LAPA accident |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1999/09/15/56167/new-questions-raised-on-lapa-accident.html |work=Flightglobal.com |date=15 September 1999 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120730043034/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/new-questions-raised-on-lapa-accident-56167/ |archivedate=30 July 2012 |accessdate=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }} Unable to stop, the aircraft overshot the runway, hit the perimeter fence at a speed greater than {{convert|250|km/h|kn mph}}, hit a car while crossing an avenue, collided with a wall and heavy construction machinery, came to rest on a golf course, and burst into flames less than a minute later.{{cite news|title=Desastre aéreo en Aeroparque: 63 muertos; hay sobrevivientes |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/151733-desastre-aereo-en-aeroparque-63-muertos-hay-sobrevivientes |newspaper=La Nación |date=1 September 1999 |accessdate=4 April 2012 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Air disaster at Aeroparque: 63 deaths; there are survivors |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929003734/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/151733-desastre-aereo-en-aeroparque-63-muertos-hay-sobrevivientes |archivedate=29 September 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }} Out of 103 occupants of the plane, 63 died in the accident, plus two ground casualties. The accident remains the third deadliest one in the Argentine aviation history, behind Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644 and Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553.

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