Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from New York to Mar del Plata
Entry restrictions
Argentina has restricted entry to most foreign travelers, except for nationals and residents, and repatriation, medical, and humanitarian flights.
Argentina suspended international passenger flights from the pandemic "affected areas" (Europe, the US, South Korea, Japan, China, and Iran) until at least November 8.
With effect from October 30, nationals and residents of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay can enter Argentina to visit the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires for tourism purposes. Entry will only be allowed through the Port of Buenos Aires (Buquebus Terminal) and through Ezeiza International Airport in the Province of Buenos Aires. Traveling to other provinces is not allowed yet.
Airlines operating repatriation flights must send all passenger information to ANAC 12 hours before departure. This information must contain the passenger list with travel document numbers, phone numbers, and addresses where each person declares that they will comply with the mandatory quarantine upon arrival.
Entry requirements
Passengers must complete a "Declaración Jurada Electrónica para el ingreso al Territorio Nacional".
All travelers must have a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR test result issued within 72 hours prior to arrival and a medical insurance with coverage of COVID-19 treatment cost. Children under the age of 6 are exempt from these requirements
Quarantine requirements
Starting on December 15, all travelers arriving in Buenos Aires City via Ezeiza Airport may be subject to COVID-19 testing in lieu of quarantine.
All travelers authorized to enter the country and have a valid medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR test result are not subject to 10-day self isolation upon arrival.
There are currently 241,870 active cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in AR and 57,647 deaths as of Apr 11 2021
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
There are no direct flights for this route listed on KAYAK, the shortest multi-flight duration is 16h 30m.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Aerolineas Argentinas ($715) and Multiple Airlines ($815)
Yes.
When flying out of New York you will be using one of these airports: New York John F Kennedy Intl. You will be landing at Mar del Plata, also known as Mar del Plata Airport.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Cons: "We were very pleased with our flight"
Cons: "The food was horrible"
Cons: "The flight was changed, then changed back. We didn't get the second notification of the change and we missed our flight. We had to purchase another flight and also had to pay to have other flights rearranged due to the delay. $1500 later, we made it to Buenos Aires."
Pros: "Efficient flight to Buenos Aires. I was seated in row 4 which helped getting off quickly."
Cons: "Better communication from airline staff about how to and where to line up by group to board the flight. Passengers were left confused and didn’t know where to line up since staff was at desk and not easily accessible."
Pros: "Carry on luggage could not fit in the overhead bin, Crew told me that they will give me the luggage at JFK. but, they did not on the plane. Airline told me not certain answer. Make me nervous"
Pros: "Seats are to tight, no space for legs, somebody with 1.80 mts and 110 kgs was not comfy at all."
Pros: "The crew was rude and unprofessional, I have been in many flights and I have never encountered a crew like the one I encountered with aerolíneas Argentinas. My mom got very sick and they completely ignored us"
Cons: "The crew"
Pros: "I like the food, the service, the crew was nice as well."
Cons: "One of the staff members was really disrespectful and impolite. Really disappointed after flying for 11 hours straight."
Cons: "flight left and arrived on time. plane fine. We were 4 hours on the plane, 1hr 15 Ushuaia to El Calafate, 45 minutes on the tarmac and 1 hour 45 El Calafate to Bariloche. No food either free or to purchase, no drink on the first leg or the tarmac, 1 glass of water on 2nd leg. Not acceptable."
Pros: "taking off and landing"
Cons: "food service,toilets"
Pros: "Me gusto el servicio y la gentileza de su personal. Aerolíneas siempre es muy placentera para viajar."
Cons: "La comida podría ser mejor. Alguna vez la hubo. Y deberían hacer cambio en las películas. Ya viaje varias veces y aun están las mismas películas. Me gusta cine nacional y sus series."
Pros: "Great flight!"
Cons: "I didn't get to fly aerolinas Argentina. I was shunted to a different airline"
Cons: "The flight got delayed"
Pros: "The hospitality and the catering"
Cons: "Nothing."
Pros: "Service, food, Argentinian movies"
Cons: "I liked everything"
Pros: "on time departure and arrival. excellent service"
Cons: "No information about the due of check in. I missed the flight."
Pros: "No real complaints about the flight itself. Crew was friendly and the food wasn't too bad. We actually got there 40 minutes early."
Cons: "Seating was pretty tight and there was no in-flight wifi at all. That was a big problem for me since I was planning to do work on my flight/"
Pros: "For some reason - no explanation - they pulled me from the back of the line and expedited my boarding."
Cons: "Rrading light didn't work. Food OK, not very good. Seats very tight, really cramped."
Pros: "Loved that two whole meals were served! Attendants were very kind and helpful."
Cons: "The entertainment choices were kind of lame. Luckily I brought my own device. Also, I’m 5’2 and even for me, there was very little leg room!"
Pros: "All planes had nice Sky interiors. Pitch was better than LAN B789s. All flights arrived between 15 and 20 min. early. I had to check another bag between 2 flights (I had left one in a locker at 2nd airport) and it was no issue at all, personnel at Ezeiza were efficient and friendly."
Cons: "Although IFE was ok (large new screens, good brightness), the movie selection wasnt stellar, and there was no classical music to relax. But these are minor points. Food was regular airplane food, nothing special but not worse than anywhere else."
Cons: "12hr delay with no explanation."
Pros: "Everything worked out on time. Plane with renovated interior, large screen IFE, food just normal airplane food. Movie selection a bit mediocre. Received excellent service from staff in Buenos Aires (had to check in extra bag that my family had there, it was oversize and the agent took extra care, walked me to oversize bag check)."
Pros: "All Flights that we've taken on this airline have departed and arrived on time. The crew are courteous and speak English. On short flight, there is nothing served, no drinks or anything, but on longer one over 1 1/2 hours you get some snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for free. On this flight there was an airline strike 2 days earlier. The seats are roomy compared to airlines in the USA."
Cons: "On this flight there was an airline strike 2 days earlier. The lines at the airport were as long as the airport itself. If I hadn't gone to the front and managed to ask a representative about our flight I never would have known that our El Calafate flight was being checked in at a special counter."
Pros: "Got back to BA safely!"
Cons: "Flight was delayed one half hour."
Cons: "Breakfast was horrendous Cold coffe, croisants and bread was frozen, bananas unriped!"
Pros: "nos dieron dos sandwich nada mas! una vergueza"
Cons: "nada"
Pros: "Flight was shorter than described."
Cons: "Food wasn’t great, even for airplane food. The flight was delayed about 2.5 hrs, with notice 24hrs in advance, which was ok, but it was delayed an extra 45’ right before boarding."
Cons: "Flight was cancelled and I could not do my trip"
Pros: "None! Never got to fly. They cancelled our flight. Twice. Then nobody told us the strike was over. As a consequence we lost 2 days of our vacation and hotel fee.Couldn't in touch with their 800 number as it was always shutting down. We went to JFK. There was nobody to ask. This is the worst airline. I think I'll never fly this airline even if it was free. We flew United. Old plane but great service."
Cons: "We got bumped the day before left due to an airline strike. We only found out it was due to a strike because our excellent customer service by webjet.com. Then as we waited for our next flight, we received another email saying we have been bumped another day on our vacation to Argentina. No indication as to why we were bumped. So we tried everything to get in touch with the airline. They only have one customer service number in North America. We called for 4 hours. They never picked up and the automatic service phone number, which is they same for all kiosks at JFK and the main number and the Canadian office number, kept hanging up on us. Fortunately our booking website, webjet.com had great customer service and got in touch with the airline. They cancelled the flight reservation at no charge due to the strike. Without them our flight would have been pushed by two days. Instead of what we did do which was cancel our reservation and moved to another airline, AAirlines, to a redeye flight. But due to the bumps and last minute purchases my wife and I sat separately on the 11 hr flight, in middle seats, overnight with no room to sleep. Also my refund will take 3 weeks according to Aerolineas Argentinas policy! Do not book with Aerolineas Argentina's!"
Cons: "Flight attendants were no where to be found when called. It was pretty much self service. When going around with drink/ food cart, as if we were burdening them. Seats were extremely tight, uncomfortable and I'm very petite. Never flying this airline again."
Cons: "striking staff, complacency Zero concern for foreign travellers"
Pros: "Todo"
Pros: "Nice new plane with clean seats and equipment. Crew nice and quick boarding."
Cons: "Lots of advertising and seats are very close to each other"
Cons: "Flight delay meant missing connection and a whole day more to complete"
Pros: "Check in person was very nice"
Cons: "Flight attendant kept speaking Spanish to me and got very irritated when I said that I don't speak Spanish. I was the only one she told to put my seat in upright position during the meal. Food is very mediocre. No leg room whatsoever... Also very noisy kid didn't help the impression on the flight"
Pros: "Leg room its ridiculous, very very uncomfortable for a 10 hours flight"
Cons: "I didn't like the movies not working for the entire flight for everyone and that the crew was terrible and only came by once to give me a drink."
Cons: "No entertainment"
Pros: "Seats were comfortable, plane seemed clean, the atmosphere was calm and quiet, and flight was on time."
Cons: "Food from New York to Argentina was very good. Food from Argentina to New York was a bit stale, coffee was especially poor."
Pros: "Good flight and good service. Fast flight"
Pros: "Of the six flights we flew, all were on time. Also, the crew (pilots/flight attendants) were very professional and took their jobs seriously."
Cons: "I had no complaints. I had read other accounts of problems with the airline, but I didn't see that at all."
Cons: "Ate both ways"
Pros: "Modern airplaine"
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "Crew members, service everything was great"
Cons: "There were so many families and babies and children, they should have a seccion for kids also so they can play, and other for people that travel alone. Its a long flight and crying babies and children running and kicking cost me the next two days takig naps every 5 minutes. I never had this problem before i usually sleep all the flight."
Pros: "Our first flight of the day on Aerolineas, from Salta to Buenos Aires was delayed an hour. We were supposed to have two hours in AEP (Buenos Aires), to connect with our international flight to Rio de Janeiro, but ended up with only 1 hour from landing to takeoff. Because the tickets were booked separately we had to collect our bags and recheck them. But the baggage claim area was packed with people and there were two flights before ours lined up for the belt. We knew it would be at least half an hour just to get the bags... it was too tight. So I went to the Aerolineas desk and a nice woman checked the status and referred me to the Customer Service desk. The man there made some calls and assured me that they would pull our bags and put them on our flight to Rio. He told us to go directly to the gate. We did, and needed every minute to go through customs and arrived just in time for boarding. Amazingly, our bags were there when we arrived in Rio, and we were very happy that we made it with our things!"
Cons: "Delayed nearly three hours for no apparent reason and no updates were ever put up on the board or otherwise communicated. If you fly this airline you must rely on tripit or like tool for status."
Airlines flying from New York to Mar del Plata have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from New York to Mar del Plata
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from New York to Mar del Plata
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from New York to Mar del Plata
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from New York to Mar del Plata
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from New York to Mar del Plata