Review of Aerolineas Argentinas flight Buenos Aires El Calafate in Economy

Flight AR1870
Class Economy
Seat 3A
Aircraft Boeing 737-800
Flight time 03:20
Take-off 18 Mar 13, 06:00
Arrival at 18 Mar 13, 09:20
AR   #84 out of 96 Airlines A minimum of 10 flight-reports within the past two years is required to appear in the rankings. 52 reviews
Yonatan Paz
By 3082
Published on 31st October 2014
Hello and welcome to my Great trip to America!!!

I won't write again the beginning of the trip, because it had been written by me in the pervious FR.

The flights:

TLV-IST TK A321 BUSINESS - http://flight-report.com/en/report-7507.html
IST-FRA LH A320 BUSINESS - Will be posted later
FRA-EZE LH B744 BUSINESS - Will be posted later
AEP-FTE AR B738 ECONOMY - You Are Here!!!
FTE-AEP AR B73G ECONOMY - Coming soon!
AEP-IGR AR B73G ECONOMY - Coming soon!
IGR-AEP AR B73G ECONOMY - Coming soon!
EZE-EWR UA B763 ECONOMY PLUS - Coming soon!
EWR-YYZ UA E145 ECONOMY - Coming soon!
YYZ-TLV AC B763 ECONOMY - Coming soon!

My pervious TR:
TLV-IST TK795 A321 BUSINESS: http://flight-report.com/en/report-7507.html
AYT-TLV KK587 A321 ECONOMY PLUS: http://flight-report.com/en/report-7293.html
TLV-AMS IZ2513 B753 ECONOMY: http://flight-report.com/en/report-8256.html

The day of the flight:
After 4 great days in the capital of Argentina and one of the most interesting cities in South America, and after meeting my family (I'm Argentinian) , It was the time to heading out to the south and see one of the most beautiful nature attractions - Perito Moreno Glacier near El Calafate!!!!
The time of the flight was 6:00AM, I rent an aprtment in Palermo, 15 min from the Aeroparque by Taxi. I woke up at 4:15AM and took a taxi to the airport at 4:30AM.
The Argentinian regional airport are great, better than Greece&Turkey airport and some airport in the USA. Everything was clean and nice, there is a big choice of shop and Airbridges, but while I was visiting in the Airport, only Austral's E190 were connected to the terminal by airbridges, so I needed to go and return to/from the planes by bus.
The check-in and security took 20 min at all, It was a line in to the check-in counters. I got the left-window seat in the first line of the Economy Class zone (3A).
I was very tierd so I was sitting in the banch and waiting for the boarding, No spotting from AEP in the flight.

Boarding was completed at 5:50AM, We want to gate 7 and go down by stairs to the bus that took us to the plane. It was a full flight!

Our plane, LV-CXT. The plane had changed from Boeing 737-700 to Boeing 737-800!
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Sky-Interior like the 787!photo io2mtvytjhbf (1)

Take off were while it was dark outside, I took bad photos, so I decided to don't share them here.

Economy plus seats (Same service, different seats).
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I went to the restrooms durning the flight, when I returned from the lavatories, the flight crew block the alise (only one row from me) with the snack, so I was stucking at the galley for 40 min. :( :( Hate that)
We got snacks 1 hour after the departure. It was a nice box with stickers with one of AR planes and some tourist place in Argentina that had published on the box.
The box included: Chocolate-Waffle, Orange Juice, Jamon (Pork) snack and yougurt healthy snack. The crew was serving us with light drinks, water and coffe/tea. I chose to drink Coke.
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Cursing over my 2nd country:
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30 minutes before landing:
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The wild, only 2 C degrees outside!!!!
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View from the cabin:
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1 minute before landing, I saw two foxes that were running, It was amazing to see wild animals from a plane!
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We landed on time and plane was parking at Gate 2 in the small and nice airport of El Calafate, Our plane after left him:
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AR 737-700 that arrived from Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, parked at gate 1:
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Thank you for reading and I hope that you've enjoyed!
Regardes, Yonatan Paz
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Verdict

Aerolineas Argentinas

5.8/10
Cabin8.5
Cabin crew6.0
Entertainment/wifi0.0
Meal/catering8.5

Buenos Aires - AEP

8.8/10
Efficiency10.0
Access8.0
Services7.0
Cleanliness10.0

El Calafate - FTE

9.8/10
Efficiency9.0
Access10.0
Services10.0
Cleanliness10.0

Conclusion

Aerolineas Argentinas is a great airline. The 737-800 was new and comfortable! I liked the Sky Interior.
The snacks were great and enough for 3 hours flight. The crew was cold and not nice, you can think about my example.

Great Airline and Great Plane!!!! Hope that you've enjoyed from reading this report!!!
Regards, Yonatan Paz.

Information on the route Buenos Aires (AEP) El Calafate (FTE)

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