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Argentina Health Alert (August 13, 2020)
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August 13, 2020

CHECK HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON COVID-19 SITUATION IN ARGENTINA

Location:  Argentina

Event:  Only sporadic and specially approved international flight options currently exist in Argentina. The Embassy continues to communicate any information regarding future flights as soon as it is available.

The following flights are not U.S. government-operated or funded flights. Please direct all questions regarding these flights and the eligibility to purchase tickets to the airline.

Eastern Airlines has announced it will operate the following flights from Buenos Aires to Miami, Florida:

  • Friday, August 28
  • Friday, September 4
  • Friday, September 11

All flights will depart from from Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Ezeiza) at 11:30 a.m. U.S. citizens interested in departing on one of these flights will need to book directly with Eastern Airlines (https://goeasternair.com). *These flights are subject to change.* 

  • Aerolineas Argentinas has announced it will operate two flights from Buenos Aires to New York’s JFK International Airport on Thursday, August 20 and Thursday, August 27 at 11:30 p.m. from Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Ezeiza). U.S. citizens interested in departing on one of these flights will need to book directly with Aerolineas Argentinas (https://www.aerolineas.com.ar/). *These flights are subject to change.* 
  • For information on additional one-stop flights departing Argentina via neighboring countries, please visit our Embassy webpage on COVID-19.

Please reference our Embassy webpage on COVID-19 for the list of required documents and permissions required by the Argentine government, including a non-exhaustive list of provincial requirements, to travel to the airport and options on traveling to Buenos Aires from the provinces. You must submit your request to travel 60 (sixty) hours ahead of your departing the provinces or for the airport. Only travelers with confirmed international flight reservations may travel from the provinces to the Buenos Aires metropolitan area 24 hours in advance of the flight. If your travel to Buenos Aires will take longer than 24 hours, please note that in your request.

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