#TBT: Aeroposta Argentina flights in 1937

On September 5th, 1927, Aeroposta Argentina was founded, a subsidiary of Compañía General Aeropostal (or Compagnie Générale Aéropostale in French). The airline had services within the country, as well as regional and intercontinental services.

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Paris was the only European destination in Aeroposta’s connection network, since it had French capitals during its beginnings.

Aeroposta Argentina’s fleet consisted mainly of Latécoère 25, Latécoère 28, Potez 25 and trimotor Junkers Ju-52, among others.

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As a consequence of the 1929 crisis, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale ceased operations, due to the French government’s refusal to grant new loans. The entire company was taken over by Air France, which remains active today.

The closing of Compagnie Générale Aéropostale and the Argentine state’s lack of help caused Aeroposta Argentina to cancel flights in 1931.

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By decree of September 29th of that year, the company is subject to a lease and control contract of the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil and the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos, for the exploitation of the line between Bahía Blanca and Río Gallegos, on an experimental basis and for a term of six months, leasing the flight material and the facilities that the airline had. In legal terms, the airline was designated Aeroposta Nacional, although at company level it continued to be called Aeroposta Argentina S.A.

Later on, Aeroposta acquired planes that Air France had deactivated and which had previously been part of Compagnie Générale Aéropostale. In September 1935, it extended its services between Bahía Blanca and Río Gallegos to Río Grande.

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Aeroposta Argentina flights in 1937

• Departures from Bahía Blanca

Tuesday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
AR	Bahía Blanca	09:40	San Antonio Oeste	11:55
AR	San Antonio Oeste	12:10	Trelew	14:05
AR	Trelew	14:20	C. Rivadavia	16:40

Friday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
AR	Bahía Blanca	09:10	San Antonio Oeste	11:25
AR	San Antonio Oeste	11:40	Trelew	13:35
AR	Trelew	13:50	C. Rivadavia	16:10

• Arrivals to Bahía Blanca

Thursday and Sunday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
AR	C. Rivadavia	06:00	Trelew	08:20
AR	Trelew	08:35	San Antonio Oeste	10:30
AR	San Antonio Oeste	10:45	Bahía Blanca	13:00

• Departures from Comodoro Rivadavia

Saturday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
AR	C. Rivadavia	06:00	Puerto Deseado	07:50
AR	Puerto Deseado	08:05	San Julián	09:35
AR	San Julián	09:50	Santa Cruz	10:30
AR	Santa Cruz	10:45	Río Gallegos	12:00

• Arrivals to Comodoro Rivadavia

Wednesday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
AR	Río Gallegos	08:30	Santa Cruz	09:45
AR	Santa Cruz	10:00	San Julián	10:40
AR	San Julián	10:55	Puerto Deseado	12:25
AR	Puerto Deseado	12:40	C. Rivadavia	14:30

• Río Gallegos (RGL) – Río Grande (RGA) – Río Gallegos (RGL)

Sunday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
AR	Río Gallegos	08:30	Río Grande	10:30
AR	Río Grande	12:30	Río Gallegos	14:30

Aeroposta Argentina merged with the rest of the country’s airlines in May 1949, thus creating Aerolíneas Argentinas on December 7th, 1950.

Source

• Aeroposta Argentina – history.
• Airline Timetable Images.

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