The route had been announced months ago, but finally the company from the neighboring country suspended the route.
He Ministry of Tourism confirmed that the direct flight between Montevideo and Mar del Plata was suspended by decision of Argentinian airlines, which had announced months ago the opening of that route.
This was confirmed by the Undersecretary of Tourism, Remo Monzeglio, who told Subrayado that the decision was prior to the president’s inauguration Javier Milei. In any case, he highlighted air connectivity in Uruguay, with 12 airlines operating to 16 destinations.
“Aerolíneas rethought certain things, so he never traveled Mar del Plata”, explained Monzeglio, who clarified that the measure is due to the previous government and admitted that “obviously many things changed in Argentina since that moment”, in reference to the new regulations in the neighboring country.
Meanwhile, he confirmed that the line that connects Montevideo and Bariloche. “In principle there were going to be two frequencies, for the moment it is one and it is working well,” he said.
Remo Monzeglio highlighted Uruguayan air connectivity
By highlighting air connectivity, Monzeglio focused on the number of routes for this season. “The good news is that there are 12 airlines flying to Uruguay with 16 destinations,” he highlighted.
And he listed: “There are direct connections with Lima, Santiago de Chile and Bogotá. Today they are flying from Curitiba on four frequencies, the airline Blue is with connections to Recife, Porto Alegre and we’re flying straight to Rio de Janeiro”.
Finally, the undersecretary of Tourism He maintained that last month 90% more connectivity was recorded in relation to the pandemic, while he clarified that at the moment there is no data to compare with respect to January 2023.
Finally, when asked about the suspension of flights Copa Airlines, He specified that the situation occurs “due to force majeure”, because a Boeing 737 MAX9 of Alaska Airlines The security window was lost and this measure was defined for security reasons.
Source: Ambito
