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Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE, English: State Air Lines) is an airline based in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is owned by the government of Argentina and operated by the Argentine Air Force. It provides domestic scheduled services, mainly in Patagonia.

History

The airline was established as an arm of the Argentine Air Force in September 1940 (1940-09) to service unprofitable routes to remote areas.[1] It was initially known as Líneas Aéreas Suroeste and consolidated under the present title in 1945 with another air force branch, Líneas Aéreas Noreste.[2] By April 1960 (1960-04), DC-3s, DC-4s and Vikings made up LADE’s fleet.[1]

At March 1970, LADE had 150 employees and its fleet consisted of 14 DC-3s, two DC-4s, three DC-6s and six de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.[3] The carrier started regular flights between Comodoro Rivadavia and the Falkland Islands in 1972.[4][5] The Comodoro Rivadavia–Port Stanley run was initially operated with F27 equipment. The limited length of the runway at Port Stanley Airport resulted in weight regulations to the aircraft operating the route, which restricted the number of carried passengers to a maximum of 22 per flight, along with a reduced volume of mail and freight.[6] The service was discontinued in 1982,[4] following the Falklands War.[7][8]

At July 1980 (1980-07), the airline had a fleet of 11 F27s (five F27-600s and six F27-400Ms) five Fokker F28-1000Cs and seven Twin Otters.[5] Ten years later, at March 1990 (1990-03), the fleet had grown to include five Fokker F28-1000Cs, 13 F27s (six F27-400Ms, two F27-500s and five F27-600s), one Lockheed L-100-30 and seven Twin Otters.[9] At March 2004, LADE served a comprehensive domestic network that included scheduled services to Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, El Palomar, Gobernador Gregores, Lago Argentino, Mar del Plata, Miramar, Neuquén, Paraná, Puerto Madryn, Río Gallegos, Río Grande, San Antonio Oeste, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Martín de los Andes, Trelew, Ushuaia and Viedma. The fleet at this time consisted of Twin Otters, Fokker F27s, Fokker F28s and one Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules.[10] From December 2008 four Saab 340s replaced four Fokker F27s at a cost of US$34 million.[11][12]

Services

LADE offers additional services like domestic cargo flights and catering.[13]

Destinations

LADE operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of May 2026):[14]

Fleet

Saab 340
Fokker F28

The LADE – Líneas Aéreas del Estado fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2021)[1] [2]

Those aircraft are for regular flights.

The air force cargo fleet is leased by LADE, consisting of:

Two surviving Lockheed Martin C-130B Hercules were retired by the air force in 2011, while the sole Lockheed Martin L-100-30 Hercules has been inoperative since early 2010.

There is a Presidential Fleet which is normally not assigned to LADE:

The rest of the fleet is inoperative:

As of June 2012 nearly all flights were operated by Saab 340 aircraft, with the Fokker F28 fleet flying exclusively for the air force. Fokker F27s were withdrawn from the LADE schedules in April 2009, although they have since been known to operate LADE flights now and again.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

Date Location Aircraft Tail number Aircraft damage Fatalities Description Refs
31 January 1993 Recife Boeing 707 LV-ISA W/O 0 Collapse of the right main landing gear after touchdown caused the aircraft to veer of the runway and collide with a structure on the ground. [15]
16 June 1995 Jeremie F27-400M TC-73 W/O 0 Collapse of left main landing gear on touchdown at Jeremie Airport. The aircraft ran off the runway and crashed into a building. [16]
8 November 1995 Villa Dolores F27-400M TC-72 W/O 53/53 Crashed into mountainous terrain in bad weather while flying the last leg of a domestic non-scheduled Comodoro Rivadavia–Villa Reynolds–Córdoba. [17]
23 October 1996 Buenos Aires Boeing 707 LV-LGP W/O 2/8 During landing, the aircraft entered a rapid descent caused by high flaps being extended to quickly. The aircraft crashed before the runway threshold, breaking apart and killing both pilots. [18]
17 May 2001 Mendoza, Argentina Fokker F27 Friendship TC-76 W/O 5/5 Loss of power to the right-hand engine after take-off caused the aircraft to enter a stall. The aircraft lost control and crashed 300 meters from the runway. [19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b “Airlines of the World – Lineas Aereas del Estado—LADE”. Flight. 77 (2665): 503. 8 April 1960. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013.
  2. ^ “Directory: World Airlines”. Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 104.
  3. ^ “World airlines 1970–Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE)”. Flight International. 97 (3185): 489. 26 March 1970. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b “El nuevo laborismo preocupa en Malvinas”. La Nación. 1 June 1997.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ a b “World airline directory”. Flight International. 118 (3716): 326. 26 July 1980. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.
  6. ^ “Air transport – Falkland Air service”. Flight International. 3331 (103): 50. 11 January 1973. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  7. ^ Centeno, Andrea (13 January 1999). “Di Tella propondrá a Cook que se reanuden los vuelos a las Malvinas”. La Nación. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014.
  8. ^ “Los consejeros de las islas desechan cualquier acercamiento”. La Nación. 22 November 1997.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ “Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE)”. Flight International. 137 (4207): 105. 14–20 March 1990. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013.
  10. ^ “Directory: world airlines—LADE–Lineas Aereas del Estado”. Flight International. 165 (4926): 97. 23–29 March 2004. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018.
  11. ^ Hoyle, Craig (23 November 2007). “Argentinian air force to acquire four Saab 340 transports”. FlightGlobal. Flight International.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ^ “Nuevo avión para unir ciudades de la Patagonia” [A new aircraft to link cities in Patagonia]. La Nación (in Spanish). 6 December 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ^ “LADE Services”. lade.faa.mil.ar. LADE. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  14. ^ “LADE Destinations”. lade.faa.mil.ar. LADE. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  15. ^ “Crash of a Boeing 707-387B in Recife”. baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archive. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  16. ^ Accident description for TC-73 at the Aviation Safety Network
  17. ^ Accident description for TC-72 at the Aviation Safety Network
  18. ^ “Crash of a Boeing 707-372C in Buenos Aires: 2 killed”. baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archive. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  19. ^ “Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 400M in Mendoza: 5 killed”. baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archive. Retrieved 2 June 2026.