Norwegian Air Argentina (Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery) is planning to exercise its route authority for regular passenger flights between Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini and Perth International, Australia.
According to The West Australian newspaper, the nascent budget carrier would use Perth as a stop on proposed flights to Singapore Changi whose rights it has also applied for.
The Argentine Chamber of Commerce’s Australia executive director, Diego Berazategui, has already set forth the proposal to Western Australian industrialists as well as Argentina’s ambassador to Australia, Hugo Gobbi.
“The study shows that a trans-polar flight between Buenos Aires and Perth would take less than 15 hours and would position Perth as a great midpoint destination for international travellers between Asia and Latin America,” he said.
No flights between Argentina and Southeast Asia currently exist despite Buenos Aires actively courting investment from region. In September last year, Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie reopened the Argentine Embassy in Singapore amid plans to use the diplomatic outpost to increase and diversify Argentine product and service exports, not only to the Singaporean market but also to Asia as a whole.
For its part, the Norwegian (Oslo Gardermoen) unit will commence operations later this year using a fleet of B737NextGen/MAX aircraft. The first longhaul-capable aircraft, B787-9s, are expected towards year-end.
