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Argentina's flagship airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, will start offering non-stop flights to Mexico in March, as the company seeks to expand its international connections and improve relations with global partners, reported Dow Jones Newswires.
The airline has not operated any flights to Mexico since mid-2008.
"With the return of flights to Mexico we are meeting the goals we set out before Congress, with the aim of rebuilding our flagship airline," Aerolineas president Mariano Recalde said.
Recalde said the recent bankruptcy of Mexican airline Mexicana led Aerolineas to speed up plans to reopen the route.
"Definitely we were aware of the gap left by Mexicana and we accelerated plans because of it," Recalde said.
Recalde also said Aerolineas is in the process of negotiating its return to the International Air Transport Association, or IATA, whose 230 members account for about 93 percent of global airline traffic.
Aerolineas has been trying to patch up relations with IATA since it left the organization almost a decade ago amid financial trouble.
The Argentine carrier is also working on plans to rejoin the SkyTeam alliance, whose members include Delta Airlines, Air France, China Southern and others.
Aerolineas was kicked out of the alliance for failing to pay a debt to it.
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