Has anyone ever traveled with Aerolineas Argentinas in economy? Or is Iberia better?

Question

Has any of these have personal tv?

Answer 1

Yes, I've had the misfortune of flying Aerolineas Argentinas. I don't even know where to start to describe how bad they are. We were flying from Sydney to Buenos Aires via NZ. A day before we were due to go they cancelled the flight out of Sydney to NZ. So our agent managed to get us on Air NZ (fabulous) where we then had to wait 8 hours in the middle of the night for the AA flight to Buenos Aires. They weren't even going to pay for a hotel in BA (we'd missed our connecting flight to Lima) but our agent just kept at them until they gave in. The plane was old and crappy, the inflight entertainment system was completely broken and it's a long flight to be without movies or music. They fed us once and then for the snack rather than serving it they just expected you to go up the back of the plane and collect it from them because they were kind of busy reading the newspaper. They were the rudest flight staff I've ever come across. Then when we got on the AA bus to get transferred to our hotel for the night the driver demanded tips from the foreigners (not from any Spanish speakers) on the bus for loading our bags. On the flight on the way home it was just as bad. My friend came home a week after me and when they took off in Auckland a bit of the wing fell off (seriously) and they had to turn around. They were stuck in NZ overnight and again AA didn't want to pay for a hotel for the passengers until everyone made a scene at the desk. I would fly with the other airline. I've never heard of them but they couldn't be any worse that Aerolineas. Good luck.

Answer 2

I've flown with Iberia, though a very long time ago. Iberia is the national airline of Spain and it's currently discussing a three-way tie-up between themselves and British Airways and American Airlines. Under the proposed deal, Iberia would merge with British Airways but effectively BA would take over Iberia. Then the European giant would have a far reaching deal with American Airlines, going much further than code sharing, which they already do but there would be no equity swap.

Iberia has a good reputation and I found it fine 25 years ago, even though the airliner was old. It was in good repair and the cabin crew were friendly and attentive.