Buenos Aires Newberry AEP Airport

Only 15 minutes from our hotel is one of the most convenient big city airports one can imagine. Aeropuerto Jorge Newberry (AEP) is the mostly domestic and private airport located on the water minutes from the tony Palermo district.

AR has a lot of check-in counters with many confusing signs. The main check-in counters including Sky Priority were packed. We wandered away to another set of counters marked Internet Check-in, with no line.  Even though I had not done Internet Check-in, an Internet Check-in agent cordially checked us in.  No Sala VIP lounge at the moment but there will be one once construction is completed on the renovated concourse extension for Gates 1-4.

Up the escalator towards security. Indeed pretty close to the water.

No one at security and we were thru without taking off shoes, or taking out liquids or laptops. Basically, PreCheck for everyone.

Not knowing what "Snack" meant in AR Premium Economy, we decided to have something to eat at the only game in town after security. This turned out to be a wise decision.

With our BPs showing a 1:55P boarding time, we headed over to our assigned Gate 6. The good news was that there was an AR 737 attached to a jet bridge at Gate 6. The bad news was that, after waiting 20 minutes, we found out that this was not our plane, or our gate. Finally at 2:10P, boarding was announced... at Gate 7. So everyone lined up at Gate 7... and waited another 10 minutes...

... while at least 9 AR gate agents stand around and chit-chat next door at Gate 8.

Finally real boarding begins with no apparent recognition of Sky Priority and we walked down a jet bridge and down two flights of stairs to the tarmac and our waiting bus for the 5 minute ride to "de plane".