JULY 2ND, 2013

Aerolineas Argentinas began to provide technical services to TAME

Aerolíneas Argentinas began to provide technical service and support to TAME airlines of Ecuador – TAME EP – from the first daily flight of the Ecuadorian company which commenced on June 7th between Quito and Buenos Aires.

TAME joins Boliviana de Aviación and Cubana de Aviación as a new customer in the maintenance area, where the technical management showed the necessary capabilities to carry out works to third parties, such as was done in our company years ago when it was one of the MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) most important of Latin America.

Sunset launched this service to a third party is part of the memorandum of understanding signed between Aerolineas Argentinas and TAME, at the beginning of last March, to explore opportunities for cooperation in various commercial and operational are as. The agreement provides in addition to the aircraft maintenance, instruction to pilots, the improvement in the practices of the technological systems of information, the use of shared code, programs for frequent travellers, sales and distribution, etc.

The agreement framework, signed in March by President airlines, Dr. Mariano Recalde, and by Gerente General de TAME EP, Rafael Farías Pontón; both agreed that “the integration of two State-owned commercial companies, guarantee real connectivity between the two countries, and help to stimulate traffic generating great job opportunities in a promising Latin American context”.