JetSMART Buenos Aires Medellín: Five Flights a Week From 12 November 2026, Leaving Ezeiza at 02:45

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The JetSMART Buenos Aires Medellín route opens on 12 November 2026, five days a week. The schedule, the fare so far, and the two catches the headline leaves out.

A passenger on the new JetSMART Buenos Aires Medellín service leaves Ezeiza at 02:45 and lands in Colombia before breakfast. The flights begin on 12 November 2026.

Midnight in Buenos Aires, breakfast in Medellín

The alarm has to go off before midnight. Ezeiza sits well outside Buenos Aires, and the aircraft pushes back at 02:45.

It lands at José María Córdova, the airport that serves Medellín, at 07:35. That is six hours and fifty minutes in the air.

Colombia will not be ready for you. Few hotels hand over a room before the afternoon, so the first day is a slow one.

The return is kinder to the body clock. It leaves Medellín at 16:55 and reaches Ezeiza at 01:45 the following morning.

Five days a week, and the odd way the route opens

Ezeiza departures are set for Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Medellín departures run Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

That is five flights a week in each direction. Argentina’s air transport authority cleared the airline for as many as seven.

The 12 November start date is a Thursday, which is a Medellín day, not a Buenos Aires one. The first departure from Ezeiza therefore falls on Friday 13 November.

The flights will be operated by the group’s Colombian arm. JetSMART runs separate low-cost airlines in several South American countries.

Avianca has been flying this for a while

The map does not change in November. Avianca already links the two cities nonstop, every day of the week.

What changes is the price floor. A low-cost rival on a route tends to move the cheapest fare rather than the timetable.

Neither airline has published a share of the seats between them. Passengers will see the answer in the fares before any figure appears.

JetSMART presents the link as a tie between Argentina and Colombia. It also points travellers to onward connections across its own network.

What the cheapest seat actually buys

Portafolio, a Colombian business daily, put the opening fare at COP 777,700 (about US$250) one way, taxes included.

That is a single leg, not a return. Opening fares usually cover a small block of seats on the quietest dates.

After that the fare buys the seat and nothing else. Checked bags, seat choice and date changes each carry their own price.

The airline has not published a fee table for this route. You learn what a large suitcase costs while you are already at the checkout.

A cheap headline number can end up close to a full-service ticket. That is the arithmetic worth doing before the card comes out.

The airport is an hour from the city it names

José María Córdova is not in Medellín. It stands near the town of Rionegro, about 35 km (21 miles) east and high above the valley.

The road drops off the plateau into the Aburrá basin, where the city lies. The Medellín Guru city guide puts the drive at 40 minutes to over an hour.

That guide lists a white airport taxi at COP 80,000 (about US$26). A shared van, known locally as a colectivo, runs at COP 27,000 (about US$9) a person.

The airport bus costs COP 13,000 (about US$4) and stops in only a few places. Many passengers end up paying for a second ride at the end.

Currency conversions use the 13 September 2026 rate of 3,105.8 Colombian pesos to the US dollar, from open.er-api.com.

Why a cheaper seat matters if you are staying months

Both cities are full of people who arrived for a season and stayed. A cheaper direct link makes moving between them a smaller decision.

A new flight changes nothing about who may enter. Check what your own passport allows in each country before you book.

The airline has spent the year expanding in Argentina. It also plans Buenos Aires to Porto Seguro flights from January 2027.

In June the group set out a US$550 million investment plan for Argentina. It covers aircraft, routes and staff.

One government has signed. The other has stayed quiet

Argentina published its clearance as Disposition 18/2026 in the Official Gazette. It grants what the trade calls fourth-freedom rights.

That lets a Colombian airline carry paying passengers from Argentina home to Colombia. The two countries updated the bilateral air deal behind it on 30 April 2026.

Aerocivil, Colombia’s civil aviation authority, has published no decision on the route. For now the paperwork exists on one side of the journey only.

A separate clearance in June, Disposition 11/2026, covered Medellín flights from Aeroparque, the airport inside Buenos Aires. That one was announced with a December 2026 start.

Timetables still move in the weeks before a launch. The airline’s own booking page will carry the version that counts.

More: Colombia news in English, every day from The Rio Times.

Frequently Asked Questions

When do the new Buenos Aires to Medellín flights start?

The airline has set 12 November 2026, with five flights a week in each direction. The first Ezeiza departure falls on 13 November.

What time does the flight leave Buenos Aires?

Ezeiza departures are listed at 02:45, landing at José María Córdova airport at 07:35. The return leaves Medellín at 16:55.

How far is Medellín airport from the city?

About 35 km (21 miles). City guides put the drive at 40 minutes to over an hour, depending on traffic.

How much does the flight cost?

Portafolio reported an opening one-way fare of COP 777,700 (about US$250), taxes included. Ordinary fares will be higher.

Sources: Aviacionline, Portafolio, Aviación en Argentina, Medellín Guru; see https://www.aviacionline.com/english/commercial-aviation/latin-america-and-caribbean/argentina/jetsmart-authorized-to-operate-buenos-aires-ezeiza-medellin-flights_a6a7313f3e24794dd9f361ef2 and https://www.portafolio.co/economia/jetsmart-abrira-vuelo-directo-entre-medellin-y-buenos-aires-con-cinco-frecuencias-semanales-desde-noviembre-498697 and https://medellinguru.com/medellin-airport/ and https://aviacionenargentina.com.ar/llega-jetsmart-colombia-con-un-su-ruta-medellin-buenos-aires-desde-aeroparque-los-vuelos-comenzaran-en-diciembre/