Alas U--Replacing Pluna
May 17, 2013 | 3:45 am
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May 17, 2013 | 9:20 am
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Whether or not AR is doing the job properly, I would think that any non-AR company (and especially a foreign one) that wishes to fly into Argentina, especially to AEP, would be hard-pressed to find a business model that could work (at least during the K regime). From getting permission to fly/land, to getting ground support, to having the ground support cease service without notice, despite a contract, to the myriad of other obstacles, absent some quiet deal where we don't know the details, I don't think we'll see something soon.
May 17, 2013 | 9:55 am
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Whether or not AR is doing the job properly, I would think that any non-AR company (and especially a foreign one) that wishes to fly into Argentina, especially to AEP, would be hard-pressed to find a business model that could work (at least during the K regime). From getting permission to fly/land, to getting ground support, to having the ground support cease service without notice, despite a contract, to the myriad of other obstacles, absent some quiet deal where we don't know the details, I don't think we'll see something soon.
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May 17, 2013 | 2:23 pm
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Yes, I read yesterday that LAN is still having problems at EZE and AEP with ground services, even though they provide the company with 80 percent of the revenue.
May 17, 2013 | 2:27 pm
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Much as it pains me to say it, I'd run it like a Cueto. And much as it pains you to say it, you'd want me to!
May 17, 2013 | 3:22 pm
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May 18, 2013 | 10:20 am
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May 18, 2013 | 7:17 pm
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