Argentine flights to Falklands on cards

Argentina’s president wants the country’s airline to fly between Buenos Aires and the disputed Falkland Islands, she said last night.

President Cristina Fernandez was making her state of the union address to Congress. She said she will ask Britain to renegotiate the current flight accord.

According to an agreement between Argentina and Britain signed in the late 1990s, Chilean airline LAN has offered regular direct flights between Chile and the South Atlantic archipelago.

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Tensions between Argentina and Britain have surged in recent months ahead of the 30th anniversary of the brief war the two countries fought over the islands in 1982, raising speculation about the future of the commercial air link.

Ms Fernandez said: “We’re going to ask for negotiations in order to have… flights from Buenos Aires to the islands in our flag-carrier.”

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