WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Argentina on Wednesday signed a revised agreement on air services that could boost air travel and cargo between the two nations.
The amendment updates the 1985 Air Transport Services Agreement and "modernizes the U.S.-Argentina air transport market by allowing for increased competition and service to more destinations," the U.S. Transportation Department said in a statement.
The agreement was signed in Washington by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Argentine Minister of Transport Guillermo Dietrich.
The agreement could boost direct and code-share flights between the two nations.
Last year, U.S. and Argentine airlines carried nearly 1.8 million passengers between the two countries, including nearly one million on the Miami-Buenos Aires route, according to the DOT.
