Aerolíneas Argentinas books 147,000 passengers

Aerolíneas Argentinas said on Friday it had booked more than 147,000 passengers for travel around Argentina’s May 25 Día de la Revolución de Mayo holiday weekend, with domestic routes accounting for most of the demand. The state-owned carrier said more than 115,000 of those passengers were booked on flights within Argentina. It also said May 22 was the busiest single booking day, with more than 33,000 reservations recorded ahead of the holiday period. Argentina’s official 2026 holiday calendar lists May 25, a Monday this year, as the Día de la Revolución de Mayo, creating a long weekend. ### How large was the booking surge? Aerolíneas Argentinas put the total at more than 147,000 passengers for the holiday travel window, according to the figures it released on Friday. The company said more than 115,000 of those bookings were tied to domestic travel, underscoring that the bulk of the traffic was concentrated on its network inside Argentina. (argentina.gob.ar) The 33,000-plus reservations recorded on May 22 made that day the strongest single day for bookings in the run-up to the holiday, the airline said. The figures point to a late-week rush before the May 25 break, one of Argentina’s fixed national holidays. ### Why does May 25 drive travel in Argentina? Argentina’s government lists May 25 as the Día de la Revolución de Mayo on its 2026 holiday calendar. (argentina.gob.ar) Under Argentine law, May 25 is one of the country’s “feriados nacionales inamovibles,” or fixed national holidays, and in 2026 it falls on a Monday. The date commemorates the May Revolution of 1810 and regularly produces a long weekend when it lands adjacent to the weekend. (argentina.gob.ar) For airlines and tourism operators, that pattern typically concentrates leisure demand on domestic routes and short-haul regional travel. Argentina’s holiday calendar page says the next national holiday is May 25, 2026. ### Where is Aerolíneas positioning this demand? Aerolíneas Argentinas markets itself as the airline with the country’s broadest domestic network and promotes installment-payment offers for flights within Argentina on its website. The company’s “Volá por Argentina” pages highlight travel across the country and financing options tied to domestic ticket sales. (argentina.gob.ar) The carrier has used similar holiday-period updates before. In a press release published four days ago, Aerolíneas said it expected to transport 158,500 passengers during the May 1 long weekend and described domestic and regional demand as strong. ### Is this consistent with recent holiday traffic? Aerolíneas Argentinas said for the May 1 holiday break that it would transport 158,500 passengers, with the heaviest movement expected on the Thursday before that long weekend. (aerolineas.com.ar) That earlier company release showed passenger peaks near 34,000 in a single day, a level close to the 33,000-plus reservations the airline now says it logged on May 22. (aerolineas.com.ar) Argentina’s broader air travel market has also remained active. Industry coverage this month cited official figures showing total passengers carried in April 2026 rose 3% from a year earlier, although domestic traffic fell 4% while international traffic increased 11%. ### What comes next for travelers? May 25, 2026 falls on a Monday, according to Argentina’s official holiday calendar, and Aerolíneas Argentinas’ next operational test will be moving those booked passengers through the long weekend. (aerolineas.com.ar) The airline’s website directs travelers to its flight-status and reservation pages for updates on departures and schedule changes. (argentina.gob.ar) (aviacionenargentina.com.ar)