At 11:45 p.m. local time on Sunday (16), Air Europa’s first scheduled non-stop flight to Córdoba (Argentina) departed from Madrid. Although other non-stop operations had already been carried out, as of today the service is established in this way.
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The company had been flying to Córdoba since December 2016, but the service included a stopover in Asunción (Paraguay) both on the outbound and return flights, which extended the total flight time by a few hours.
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Flying between Madrid and Córdoba will from today involve 12 hours 35 minutes of flight time, versus the 14 hours 45 minutes that the service required with a stopover in the Paraguayan capital.
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Flight UX 23 will depart from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 11:45 p.m. to arrive in Córdoba at 7:20 a.m. the following day (all times are local).
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The return as UX 24 will be on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11:45 a.m., arriving in Madrid at 4:55 a.m. the following day.
These flights are operated by Boeing 787-8 aircraft with capacity for 296 passengers (22 in Business and 274 in Economy), which translates into 888 seats per direction each week.
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