The national airline Aeravias Argentinas S.A. flies four Junkers Ju 52 airliners along with two second hand Junkers J.33 aircraft and 16 FMA I.Ae 5 with nine Valdivia Royal Condor airliners on order. Ten FMA I.Ae 7 four-engined airliners are now in service or being delivered.
Services are;
Cordoba-Santa Rosa-Viedma- Comodoro Rivadavia daily both ways
Cordoba-Salta twice daily both ways
Cordoba-Mendoza-Santiago bi-weekly both ways
Cordoba-Buenos Aires-Montevideo-Porto Alegre bi-weekly both ways
Cordoba-Montevideo three times weekly both ways
Cordoba-Asuncion once daily both ways
Comodoro Rivadavia-Puerto Deseado-Puerto Santa Cruz-Rio Gallegos bi-weekly both ways
The Posta Argentina has an aerial service to rural areas and Brazil via the SAE and, eventually, Chile. Aeroposta Argentina S.A. is equipped with nine Ju 52 and three J33/34 land and seaplanes. Lufthansa pilots have already made several high-altitude Andes flights and with their help Aeroposta services now fly over the Andes regularly. Services are;
Cordoba-Realico-Rosa-Bahia Blanca daily both ways
Cordoba-San Miguel de Tucuman-Salta bi-weekly both ways
Comodoro Rivadavia-Puerto Deseado-Puerto Santa Cruz-Rio Gallegos bi-weekly both ways
Mendoza-Cordoba daily both ways
Bahia Blanca-Neuquen-San Luis-La Rioja bi-weekly both ways
Cordoba-Buenos Aires-Montevideo-Porto Alegre weekly both ways (VIP passengers and diplomatic mail by Ju 52 only)
Cordoba-Mendoza-Santiago bi-weekly both ways
Cordoba-Santiago del Estero-Formosa-Asuncion bi-weekly both ways
Compania Argentina de Aeronavegacion Tucan owned by the Tucan aircraft company flies four Lockheed Super Electra airliners on four times weekly return services from Bahia Blanca to Cordoba, Comodoro Rividavia and Mendoza.
The Compania Argentina de Marinanavegacion Rividavia was formed January 1st 1937 with 12 FMA I.Ae.4 Courier mail planes. Only four aircraft are stationed on their sole mail carrier and the other aircraft are being used on land mail routes under Aeroposta Argentina S.A. contract with services to Paraguay and Grand Uruguay.
Comodoro Rivadavia-Puerto Deseado-Puerto Santa Cruz-Rio Gallegos bi-weekly both ways
Cordoba-Santiago del Estero-Formosa-Asuncion bi-weekly both ways
Cordoba-Santa Fe-Montevideo bi-weekly both ways
Bahia Blanca-Buenos Aires bi-weekly both ways
Bahia Blanca-Montevideo bi-weekly both ways
The Corpracion Sud-Americana de Servicios Aereos was formed in early 1939 with the backing of Italian interests but is rated as an Argentine company having local capital, a government subsidy and Argentine operating personnel. It operates two Savoia Marchetti SM.75 airliners on the following routes;
Cordoba-Santa Fe-Barranqueras twice weekly
Corrientes-Formosa-Ascuncion twice weekly
Trans Oceanic Airlines was created in 1939 by Major de Aero Philippe Carlos Roja and Wing Commander Michel Endress as a joint venture. Currently the airline has four TMD Model 426 Mariner flying boats and has an order for four Marwijk Clippers.
Routes flown are;
Bahia Blanca-Montevideo-Rio de Janeiro three times weekly
Bahia Blanca-Montevideo-Rio de Janeiro-Paramaribo-Miami twice weekly
Bahia Blanca-St Helena-Cape Town three times weekly
Bahia Blanca-Viedma-Rawson-Comodoro Rivadavia-(Ushuaia in summer months only) three times weekly
Further trans-atlantic routes are planned when the Marwijk Clippers enter service.
Lineas Aereas Noreste
Lineas Aereas Suroeste
Both state-run and operated by the Fuerza Aerea Argentina
Lineas Aereas Suroeste serves routes to Viedma, Neuquén, Zapala, San Antonio Oeste, San Carlos de Bariloche, Comodoro Rivadavia, Esquel, Puerto Madryn, Río Gallegos and Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego.
Lineas Aereas Noreste serves routes to Santa Fe, Resistencia, Formosa and Entre Ríos Paraná. Routes in Paraguay will serve links to Asuncion, Pillar and Encarnation Caacupe and San Pedro.
LAN: Three M.B.2 converted to I.Ae 5 and four converted M.B.1 Vanquish
LAS: Five M.B.2 converted to I.Ae 5 and six converted M.B.1 Vanquish
The National School of Aeronautics has eight FMA T-524, 23 I.Ae 2 and 22 I.Ae 3 trainers.