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Argentina’s Flagship Airline Won’t Be Subsidized for First Time Since 2008

A passenger aircraft operated by Aerolineas Argentinas at Miami International Airport in Miami in 2021.

Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg
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Argentina’s flagship airline won’t need state subsidies for the first time since the government nationalized the company almost two decades ago, according to a press release Wednesday.

After looking at its budget needs for 2025, state-owned Aerolineas Argentinas SA told Transportation Secretary Franco Mogetta in a separate letter dated April 28, that it will “not require funds from the country’s treasury.”