Aboard AR 1887: Farewell Ushuaia

Arriving at 1210 Avenida Maipu shortly before 2:00p, we went inside to collect our lugagge. It was easy enough to find them as there were very few bags left. It was then a quick Uber ride to the airport.

The check-in line at USH wasn’t too long, but it was moving at a snail’s pace. No worries. We had plenty of time to kill. When our turn came, we checked our bags and asked for exit row seats … quickly granted by the agent.

There was no line at security, so we were done with the formalities in no time. There were a few familiar faces as we wandered around the small concourse. We stopped to chat with fellow passengers, and also spent time with Luce, one of the dive guides, and Taras, Ortelius’s third officer. Then, finding a couple of seats near an outlet, we whiled away the time surfing the web while charging up our phones.

Around 5:00p, we moved over to gate 6. Embarkation was scheduled to start at 5:30p. With no aircraft at the jetway, however, it was obvious that there was going to be a delay.

The B737 that was to whisk us away arrived around 5:45p. Once boarding was called, it went smoothly. The aircraft pushed back at 6:32p, but then we had to wait on the apron for a military aircraft to land before we could continue onto the runway. It was 6:50p before we were wheels up.

The flight has thus far been uneventful. The itinerary showed the flight duration as 3 hrs and 30 mins … the cockpit said it would be 2 hrs and 55 mins. That means we should touch down at EZE more or less on time.

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