LADE

LADE - Líneas Aéreas 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 Comandante Armando Tola International Airport, El Calafate..

LADE was until 2006 one of only two airlines in the world to still operate Boeing 707 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.

History

The airline was established in September 1940 and started operations in 1940. It was initially known as Líneas Aéreas Suroeste and consolidated under the present title in 1945 with another air force branch, Líneas Aéreas Noreste.

Destinations

LADE - Líneas Aéreas 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 (Ástor Piazzola 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
Río Grande (Hermes Quijada International Airport) RGA x2
Ushuaia (Malvinas Argentinas International Airport) USH x3
Entre Ríos
Paraná (General Justo José de Urquiza Airport) PRA x1

Terminated destinations: Neuquén, San Martín de los Andes, Santa Rosa, Zapala, Cutral Co, Lago Argentino, General Roca, Port Stanley.

Fleet

The LADE - Líneas Aéreas 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
2 Saab 340B plus 2 on order
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

Translation

The word "LADE" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Japanese.

Translation(s) in other languages: German: Líneas Aéreas del Estado, Spanish: Líneas Aéreas del Estado, French: Líneas Aéreas del Estado, Italian: Líneas Aéreas del Estado, Dutch: Líneas Aéreas del Estado, Polish: Líneas Aéreas del Estado.