The Battle Over Airlines in Argentina Isn’t Just About Planes

Jason Clampet

August 28th, 2013 at 4:55 PM EDT

Photo Credit: A LAN Argentinas plane at Buenos Aires' airport. Flickr / Niquinho

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A state-owned airline can work, it just doesn't when its service is terrible and its leadership is a gaggle of political cronies.

Last week Argentine aviation regulators issued orders that evicting LAN Argentina, part of the larger LATAM airline conglomerate, from its Aeroparque maintenance facility at Buenos Aires' airport, effective August 30. The actions were followed by accusations in Argentina, Chile, and Brazil that Argentina's president Cristina Fernández de Ki

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