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==Fleet== <!--{{multiple image | align =right | direction=vertical | width =225 | image1 =LV-BAX.jpg | width1 = | alt1 = | caption1=A Boeing 737-500 taxiing at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in 2011. | image2 =Aerolíneas Argentinas A340-300 LV-BIT FCO 2007-9-8.png | width2 = | alt2 = | caption2=An Airbus A340-300 at [[Fiumicino Airport]] in 2007. | header =Aerolíneas Argentinas Current fleet | header_align =center }}--> ===Current=== [[File:Aerolineas Argentinas, LV-FNI, Airbus A330-223 (49593359927).jpg|thumb|An Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A330-200]] {{As of|2025|01}}, Aerolíneas Argentinas operates the following aircraft:<ref name=tough/><!-- <ref>{{cite web |title=Aerolíneas Argentinas Fleet|work=ch-aviation GmbH |url=http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/aircraft/search?search=1&cha=AR|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025214238/http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/aircraft/search?search=1&cha=AR|archive-date=25 October 2015 |url-status=dead}} </ref> --><ref>{{cite web|title=Aerolineas Argentinas Flota |url=https://www.airfleets.es/flottecie/Aerolineas%20Argentinas.htm|website=Airfleets aviación|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Flota / Fleet|url=http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/es-ar/landingsespeciales/landings/49_flota---fleet|website=www.aerolineas.com.ar|access-date=12 June 2017|language=es}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; margin:auto;" |+'''Aerolíneas Argentinas fleet'''{{#tag:ref|Information concerning seat configuration is accurate for most of the fleet; nevertheless, on some equipment this information differs from the one shown in the table.<ref name=presents/><ref name="First737700"/><ref name="flota1"/><ref name="cabotaje"/>|group="nb"}} |- ! rowspan="2" | Aircraft ! rowspan="2" | In service ! rowspan="2" | Orders ! colspan="3" | Passengers<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/en-ar/landingsespeciales/landings/44_flota---fleet |title=Flota / Fleet |access-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930160153/https://www.aerolineas.com.ar/en-ar/landingsespeciales/landings/44_flota---fleet |archive-date=30 September 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" | Notes |- !<abbr title="Club Condor/Club Economy">C</abbr> !<abbr title="Economy class">Y</abbr> !Total |- |{{nowrap|[[Airbus A330-200]]}} |10<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aerolineas Argentines fleet- Flightradar24 |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airlines/ar-arg/fleet}}</ref> |— |24 |248 |272 |<ref>{{Cite web|title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry {{!}} CAPA|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/aerolineas-argentinas-plans-to-lease-two-a330-200s-from-trueaero-1080069|access-date=2021-09-21|website=centreforaviation.com}}</ref> |- |{{nowrap|[[Boeing 737-700]]}} |7 |— |8 |120 |128<ref name="On board services">{{cite web|title=On board services|publisher=Aerolíneas Argentinas|url=http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/arg/main.asp?idSitio=AR&idPagina=4&idIdioma=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622232400/http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/arg/main.asp?idSitio=AR&idPagina=4&idIdioma=en|archive-date=22 June 2014}}</ref> | |- |{{nowrap|[[Boeing 737-800]]}} |28 |— |8 |162 |170<ref name="On board services" /> | |- |{{nowrap|[[Boeing 737 MAX 8]]}} |12 |— |8 |162 |170<ref name="rec 3rd" /> |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/argentina-boeing-idUKL1N1EE191|title=Argentina's Aerolineas to buy 11 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft|publisher=Reuters|date=20 October 2016}}</ref> |- |{{nowrap|[[Embraer E190]]}} |24 |— |8 |88 |96<ref>{{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=6 March 2021 | 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 }}</ref> |To be retired and replaced by [[Embraer E195-E2]].<ref name="E195e2_orders_LuxairAndArgentina"/><ref name="E195e2_orders_AerolineasArgentinas_suspended"/> |- |{{nowrap|[[Embraer E195-E2]]}} |— |12 |colspan="3"|<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr> |To replace [[Embraer E190]].<ref name="E195e2_orders_LuxairAndArgentina">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/luxair-orders-four-embraer-e195-e2-with-options-more-2023-10-11/|title=Luxair, Aerolineas Argentinas to add Embraer's E195-E2 to their fleets|publisher=Reuters|date=11 October 2023 }}</ref><ref name="E195e2_orders_AerolineasArgentinas_suspended">{{cite news|url=https://www.airway.com.br/aerolineas-argentinas-suspendeu-compra-de-12-e195-e2-confirmou-embraer/?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=canal&utm_campaign=canalwap|title=Aerolíneas Argentinas suspendeu pedido de 12 jatos E195-E2, confirmou Embraer|website=airway.com.br|date=28 February 2025|language=pt}}</ref> |- !colspan="7"|Cargo fleet |- |{{nowrap|[[Boeing 737-800|Boeing 737-800BCF]]}} |2 |— |colspan="3"|<abbr title="Cargo Configuration">Cargo</abbr> |Deliveries from 2023.<ref name="Aerolíneas Argentinas to add two B737-800Fs in 1Q23">{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/123058-aerolneas-argentinas-to-add-two-b737-800fs-in-1q23|title=Aerolíneas Argentinas to add two B737-800Fs in 1Q23|website=Ch-Aviation|date=2 January 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/05/aerolineas-argentinas-second-boeing-737-freighter-began-its-delivery-flight/|title=Aerolineas Argentinas' Second Boeing 737 Freighter Began its Delivery Flight|website=aviacionline.com|date=20 May 2023}}</ref> |- !Total !83 !12{{#tag:ref|These figures include firm orders placed directly by the carrier and those by lessors assigned to the carrier.|group="nb"}} !colspan="4"| |} ===Retired=== {{multiple image <!-- Essential parameters -->| align=center | direction=horizontal | total_width=870 <!-- Image 1 --> | image1=Airbus A310-325(ET), Aerolineas Argentinas JP6074824.jpg | alt1= | caption1=An Airbus A310-300 landing at [[Mexico City International Airport]] in 2007 <!-- Image 2 --> | image2=Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 747-400 LV-BBU MAD 2009-12-16.png | alt2= | caption2=A Boeing 747-400 on short final to [[Madrid-Barajas Airport]] in 2009 <!-- Image 3 --> | image3=Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737-200Adv LV-ZXU AEP 2009-1-12.png | alt3= | caption3=A Boeing 737-200 at [[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery]] in 2009. A number of aircraft of this type had been leased from Pegasus Aviation in 1999.<ref name="marketplace-56170" /> <!-- Image 4 --> | image4=HS748 LV-HHE Aerolineas Bs As 26.04.72 edited-2.jpg | alt4= | caption4=An [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|HS 748]] at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in 1972 <!-- up to |image10 is accepted --> <!-- Extra parameters -->| header=Aerolíneas Argentinas historical fleet | header_align=<!-- left/right/center --> | header_background= | footer= | footer_align=<!-- left/right/center --> | footer_background= | background color= }} Aerolíneas Argentinas previously operated the following aircraft:<ref name="ATDB"/> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Airbus A310|Airbus A310-300]]<ref name="FI2000-54" /> *[[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-200]] *[[Airbus A340-200]]<ref name="for fleet" /> *[[Airbus A340-300]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/aerolineas-argentinas-retires-a340/?amp | title=Aerolineas Argentinas Retires The Airbus A340 | publisher=Airways | date=17 February 2020 | accessdate=20 March 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *[[Avro York]] *[[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-320B]]<ref name="FI1991"/> *[[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-320C]] *[[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-100]] *[[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-200]]<ref name="FI1991"/> *[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]]<ref name="FI2000-54"/> *[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200 Advanced]]<ref name="FI2000-54"/> *[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200C]]<ref name="FI2000-54"/> *[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-300F]] *[[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-500]] *[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200B]]<ref name="FI2000-54"/> *[[Boeing 747-400]]<ref name=farewell/><ref name=gigante/> *[[Boeing 747SP]]<ref name="FI1991"/> *<!---[[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-200]]---> *[[Caravelle 11R|Caravelle III]] *[[Caravelle 11R|Caravelle VI-N]] *[[Caravelle 11R|Caravelle VI-R]]<ref name="FI1965-563"/> *[[Convair CV-240]]<ref name=Comets/> *[[Comet 4]]<ref name="FI1965-563"/> *[[Comet 4]]C<ref name="FI1965-563"/> *[[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47]] *[[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47A]] *[[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47B]] *[[Douglas C-54 Skymaster|Douglas C-54A]] *[[Douglas DC-3]]<ref name="Flight1960-489" /><ref name="FI1965-563"/> *[[Douglas DC-4]]<ref name="Flight1960-489"/><ref name="FI1965-563"/> *[[Douglas DC-6]] *[[Fokker F28|Fokker F28 Mk-1000]]<ref name="FI1991"/> *[[Fokker F28|Fokker F28 Mk-4000]]<ref name="FI1991"/> *[[Hawker Siddeley 748]]<ref name="Endres">{{cite book |last=Endres | first=Günter |year=2002 |title=Major Airlines of the World | publisher=Airlife |page=5|edition=Second}}</ref> *[[Lockheed Constellation]] *[[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-83]]<ref name=due/> *[[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-88]]<ref name=due/> *[[NAMC YS-11|NAMC YS-11-100]] *[[Short Sandringham]]<ref name=Comets/> *[[Vickers VC.1 Viking|Vickers Viking]]<ref name="Endres"/> {{Div col end}} [[File:LV-ADF (Douglas C47A).jpg|thumb|181x181px|A [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|C-47A]] with the Aerolineas Argentinas livery]] ===Recent developments=== [[File:B737LVCXS.jpg|thumb|An Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737-800]] [[File:19-APR-2022 - AR1133 MAD(-MVD)-EZE (A330-200 - LV-GHQ) (03).jpg|thumb|Airbus A330-200 economy class cabin]] Aerolíneas Argentinas began to modernise its fleet in 2009, when it agreed to [[Aircraft lease|lease]] 10 Boeing 737-700s and to purchase two more of these aircraft that would act as a replacement for the ageing Boeing 737-200s and [[MD-80]]s.<ref name=flota/> Along with the first leased ones, the two brand new aircraft, which became the first ones acquired by the company in 17 years, were incorporated into the fleet in mid 2009.<ref name=presents/><ref name="First737700"/> In October 2009, the carrier had announced it was looking for about six [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-800]] aircraft, both to complement the 12 Boeing 737-700s and to replace the ageing Boeing 737-500s.<ref name="Aseek"/> In November, the Boeing 737-200 made its last flight on a scheduled Buenos Aires–[[San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca|Catamarca]]–[[La Rioja, Argentina|La Rioja]]–Buenos Aires passenger service.<ref name=chancha/> In late November 2010, the airline agreed to lease a further ten aircraft of the –700 series from [[ILFC]],<ref name=grow/> which started being delivered in April 2011.<ref name="Leasing & Finance"/> {{As of|2012|11}}, the airline was considering both the [[Airbus A350-900]] and the [[Boeing 787-9]] as replacement aircraft for the long-haul fleet.<ref name="ALTAorder"/> The incorporation of leased [[Airbus A330-200]]s in 2013 for serving routes to Bogotá, Cancún, [[Caracas]] and [[Miami]] was also planned, whereas an increased [[maximum takeoff weight]] version of the same type was also under consideration to partly replace the [[Airbus A340-200]]s by 2016.<ref name="unlikely"/> In April 2013, [[Air Lease Corporation]] announced the lease of six Boeing 737-800s to the company, with deliveries starting in November 2014;<ref name="sixnew" /> in May 2013, [[CIT Group]] announced the lease of four additional aircraft of the same type, with deliveries starting in January 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.monitordaily.com/news-posts/cit-aerolineas-argentinas-sign-aircraft-leases/ | title=CIT, Aerolineas Argentinas Sign Aircraft Leases | work=Monitor Daily | date=May 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Four/> In {{MONTHNAME|10}} that year, an agreement for the acquisition of 20 more aircraft of the type, worth {{US$|1.8}} billion, was announced.<ref name=orders/><ref name=signs/><ref name="Bnext" /> In addition to the lease of four used<ref name="PARIS4" /> Airbus A330-200s from [[ILFC]] —the first of them delivered in September 2013— Aerolíneas Argentinas signed in {{MONTHNAME|11}} a memorandum of understanding with Airbus, aimed at acquiring four more aircraft of the type.<ref name="aircraft-news-20" /><ref name="tent4" /> In a transaction worth {{US$|887}} million,<ref name="AA4" /><ref name=carrier/> the order was firmed up in February 2014.<ref name="conA330" /><ref name="4A330-200s" /> These aircraft will be fitted with [[General Electric CF6|GE Aviation CF6-80E1]] engines.<ref name="Ato" /> The first Airbus A330-200 directly purchased from Airbus was delivered in March 2015.<ref name="takes" /><ref name=receives/> With its ageing long-haul fleet in need of replacement, Aerolineas CEO Mario Dell’Acqua stated in November 2017 that the company was evaluating a replacement for the Airbus A340, with a decision to be made in 2018. The company was considering either the [[Boeing 787]] or the [[Airbus A350]] as possible replacements, with the intention of the new fleet entering service in 2020.<ref name=debut>{{cite news |title=Aerolineas to debut 737 Max in December|first=Ghim-Lay|last=Yeo |location=Buenos Aires|publisher=[[Flightglobal]] |date=18 November 2017 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aerolineas-to-debut-737-max-in-december-443434/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122161458/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aerolineas-to-debut-737-max-in-december-443434/|archive-date=22 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Airbus A330 will also be replaced as part of the long-haul fleet replacement, though they are to be retired progressively after the A340s.<ref name="Origlia"/> In November 2017, Aerolíneas Argentinas became the first Latin American airline in taking delivery of a [[Boeing 737 MAX 8]]; the aircraft flew its first revenue service on the Buenos Aires-Ezeiza–Mendoza route.<ref name=comes/><ref name="PICMax" /> ===Livery=== In June 2010, Aerolíneas Argentinas revamped its image to give the airline a more modern appearance.<ref name="reb"/><ref name="image"/> The new logo is a combination of light blue and grey colours.<ref name="New image">{{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}}</ref> Likewise, the previous eurowhite [[Aircraft livery|livery]] is replaced with a combination of the [[Flag of Argentina|Argentine flag]] colours plus grey.<ref name="New image"/> Subsidiary airline Austral also adopted this new livery, additionally including a red cheatline.<ref name=Austral/>
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