Southern Winds acquires MD-11s

[latinaviation]

According to Amalgama and Southern Winds, Southern Winds announced plans to acquire four MD-11 aircraft for flights to Rome and Mexico. Does anyone know where these planes are coming from?

More infomation at:
http://www.amalgama.org/boletin/news/nl2452004.html#transporte

Southern Winds incorporará cuatro aviones MD-11
La compañ'a aérea argentina Southern Winds informó que incorporará a partir del mes de agosto cuatro aviones MD-11 a su flota, que serán destinados a operar sus nuevos vuelos directos con Roma y México, as' como reforzar su ruta con Miami, informó la compañ'a. Los nuevos aviones, que serán incorporados a razón de uno por mes, se sumarán a la flota Boeing de Southern Winds, con la que cubre 20 destinos en Argentina, con el modelo B-737, as' como Madrid y Miami, con el modelo B-767.

[Captain Stable]

latinaviation, please do not push me on the subject of use of English in this forum.

I would be very upset if I had to ban you from the forum, so please do not make me do it.

[latinaviation]

Sorry, it wasn't meant to push you in any way, that's why I put the summary in English at the top. Believe me, Spanish isn't my native tongue, so I am more than happy to provide English translations. I put the English summary first, with the link to full Spanish article along with the Spanish summary. I thought this would be acceptable, my apologies.

[Captain Stable]

Apology accepted. :O :ok:

[MigratoryBird]

Rumours, romours, rumours....

If I could get a penny for every rumour I heard about SW, I could retire from aviation now. :ok:

[Panama Jack]

Hence the name-- Professional Pilot RUMOUR Network.

Over here amigo, we are all rich. ;)

[latinaviation]

Well, it wasn't a rumor but the deal is dead. GECAS was the lessor for the MD-11s, all ex-Swiss. They asked A4 to pony up the route authorities for MEX and FCO. The Mexican gov't had approved A4's service, but the Argentine gov't hadn't. This was breach under the leasing terms and GECAS canceled the contract. Argentina has since given the route authority to AR; they plan to fly to MEX with an A-310 and a tech stop in ACA on the way back.

As for A4 and Miami, I understand they dropped it. It was only once per week and the return sector (MIA-EZE) was a daylight flight, not too popular. The two 767s that were leased from Air Atlanta were sold to LanChile and A4 took on a LV- registered 763, which they cannot operate to Miami. Hence another good reason to drop Miami. That leaves Madrid with four weekly flights with the sole 763.

Saludos!