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Airlines adding more US to Argentina flights

CraigM

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Interesting to see US airlines rerouting planes to fill the growing demand for Argentina. Looks like AA's Miami-to-BA and Delta's Atlanta-to-BA flights are going to double in peak season. "In addition to this, Delta decided to switch out its Airbus A330-200, which currently operates the flight, with the more modern A330-900."
 

Interesting to see US airlines rerouting planes to fill the growing demand for Argentina. Looks like AA's Miami-to-BA and Delta's Atlanta-to-BA flights are going to double in peak season. "In addition to this, Delta decided to switch out its Airbus A330-200, which currently operates the flight, with the more modern A330-900."
That's great news. I am confident that business travel segment is going to drastically increase. I am flying to Buenos Aires tomorrow and the flights out of DFW have been completely full. I usually fly American from San Diego to Dallas to EZE but they were all full. I had to fly all the way to Miami and then down and the ticket was $2,200!

I am guessing that through DFW it's all oil and gas business travel. The flights were full.
 
That's great news. I am confident that business travel segment is going to drastically increase. I am flying to Buenos Aires tomorrow and the flights out of DFW have been completely full. I usually fly American from San Diego to Dallas to EZE but they were all full. I had to fly all the way to Miami and then down and the ticket was $2,200!

I am guessing that through DFW it's all oil and gas business travel. The flights were full.
That would be a positive if we get more business travel. I wonder what hotel occupancy rates are like. Some restaurants that used to be busy are very dead now. And the blue dollar has sunk like a rock and seems like they are trying to get it to 1,000 pesos to $1. Looks like carry trade is alive and well again.
 

Interesting to see US airlines rerouting planes to fill the growing demand for Argentina. Looks like AA's Miami-to-BA and Delta's Atlanta-to-BA flights are going to double in peak season. "In addition to this, Delta decided to switch out its Airbus A330-200, which currently operates the flight, with the more modern A330-900."
Interesting Craig. They say tourism is down 40% but it must not be from Americans judging by these additions. Must be mainly neighboring countries.
 

Interesting to see US airlines rerouting planes to fill the growing demand for Argentina. Looks like AA's Miami-to-BA and Delta's Atlanta-to-BA flights are going to double in peak season. "In addition to this, Delta decided to switch out its Airbus A330-200, which currently operates the flight, with the more modern A330-900."
Let's hope it's a very busy peak season. I am flying down today on American from Miami and the plane is mostly full. I usually fly out of DFW to EZE and the flights were all full this week I'm assuming with mostly business travel. Only a few seats left and It was a whopping $2,200 in Coach to fly down to Buenos Aires.

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That would be a positive if we get more business travel. I wonder what hotel occupancy rates are like. Some restaurants that used to be busy are very dead now. And the blue dollar has sunk like a rock and seems like they are trying to get it to 1,000 pesos to $1. Looks like carry trade is alive and well again.
Currencies are mainly about flows in the short to medium term. We all love to debate fundamentals but currencies can remain over or undervalued for years. When news broke that US$28 billion of foreign aid was flowing to Argentina this year alone, it was kind of obvious where the blue dollar was going. In times past Argentina printed a lot of money which dampened the effect of foreign aid flows, but today it's a tidal wave of dollars vs pesos.
 
Currencies are mainly about flows in the short to medium term. We all love to debate fundamentals but currencies can remain over or undervalued for years. When news broke that US$28 billion of foreign aid was flowing to Argentina this year alone, it was kind of obvious where the blue dollar was going. In times past Argentina printed a lot of money which dampened the effect of foreign aid flows, but today it's a tidal wave of dollars vs pesos.
Exactly. People forget Argentina was very expensive and 1:1 with the USD for 10 years. With this huge influx from the IMF it gave investors and carry trade investors signal to go back and buy pesos and get huge returns. We will probably go down to the 1,000 end of the band but who knows what will happen by October. Things constantly change in Argentina so the best plan is to enjoy it at whatever exchange rate is.
 
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