Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas

LAPA – Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas
Founded	1977
Ceased operations	April 2003
Hubs	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery;
Secondary hubs	Ministro Pistarini International Airport;
Fleet size	5 (at the time of closure)
Destinations	19 (at the time of closure)
Headquarters	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Key people	Gustavo Andrés Deutsch (President)[1][2]; Ronaldo Patricio Boyd (General director)[2];
Website	www.lapa.com.ar (currently available)

Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas (English: Private Argentine Air Lines), better known by its acronym LAPA, was an Argentine airline. At its peak, it operated international flights to Atlanta, in the United States, Uruguay, and an extensive network of domestic flights throughout the country. It was the first airline to break the monopoly established by Aerolíneas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral Líneas Aéreas.

On August 31, 1999, its flight 3142 with origin in Buenos Aires and destination to Córdoba, crashed and caused the death of 65 people, one of the most serious accidents in the history of Argentine aviation. The airline went bankrupt and ceased operations on April 20, 2003.

References

"Two dead after aircraft comes down in Nordelta". Buenos Aires Herald. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014.
"Quién era Gustavo Andrés Deutsch, el ex dueño de LAPA que murió en una tragedia aérea en Nordelta" [Who was Gustavo Andrés Deutsch, the former owner of LAPA who died in Nordelta in an air tragedy?]. La Nación (in Spanish). 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014.

Other websites

LAPA Former Fleet Detail.

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[Two_dead_after_aircraft_comes_down_in_Nordelta-1] "Two dead after aircraft comes down in Nordelta". Buenos Aires Herald. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014.

[Quién_era_Gustavo_Andrés_Deutsch,_el_ex_dueño_de_LAPA_que_murió_en_una_tragedia_aérea_en_Nordelta-2] "Quién era Gustavo Andrés Deutsch, el ex dueño de LAPA que murió en una tragedia aérea en Nordelta" [Who was Gustavo Andrés Deutsch, the former owner of LAPA who died in Nordelta in an air tragedy?]. La Nación (in Spanish). 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014.