Argentina’s national carrier scheduled two extra flights from Buenos Aires to Qatar to take soccer fans to the World Cup final.
Both AerolÃneas Argentinas flights sold out
quickly. The first one leaves from Argentina’s capital on Friday morning, and
tickets for that flight were gone within a half-hour of the national team’s 3-0
victory over Croatia in the semifinals on Tuesday.
Tickets for the second flight, which leaves
Friday night, went on sale early Wednesday and were sold out within a couple of
hours, the airline said in a statement.
“We were able to get to the final stage of
this successful operation thanks to the victories by the national team that
allowed us to keep scheduling flights,” airline president Pablo Ceriani said.
“Now we have to support them in this last game and we hope to bring the World
Cup back home again.”
The airline sold 540 roundtrip tickets for
the two flights, with each one costing around 2 million pesos (more than
$11,000).
The flights are 19 hours long with a
refueling stop in Rome. AerolÃneas Argentinas has provided a total of 12
flights for the World Cup.
Argentina will play the winner of the
France-Morocco semifinal match on Wednesday. The World Cup final is on Sunday
at Lusail Stadium. -AP
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