AEROTRANSPORTES LITORAL ARGENTINO NAMC YS-11A 309 - LV-JII

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AEROTRANSPORTES LITORAL ARGENTINO NAMC YS-11A 309 - LV-JII In 1968 Austral and Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino, acting as associated companies purchased three YS-11As.- They were registered LV-JII (c/n 2086), LV-JIJ (c/n 2087) and LV-JLJ (c/n 2088).- These aicraft were used in the busy Austral route from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and mainly in some low density A.L.A.'s routes where neither the traffic nor the aiports were suitable for the new Bac One Elevens, in this situation were the Parana, Paso de los Libres, Goya and Reconquista routes.- By the end of their carreers the YS-11s inaugurated new routes to Junín, General Pico, Tandil and Necochea but the new services failed as the YS-11 was too big for the little traffic generated by this cities.- Finally by the end of the 70s they were sold to L.A.P.A..- This airline soon replaced them with Shorts 330, that was a more suitable equipment for the routes operated.-

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