Avianca Argentina
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Founded | 1995 (as MacairJet) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | November 2017 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | LifeMiles | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | tbc | ||||||
Company slogan |
English: It's for you Spanish: Es por ti | ||||||
Parent company | Synergy Group[1] | ||||||
Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||
Key people | Carlos Colunga | ||||||
Website | www.avianca.com.ar |
Avianca Argentina is an airline headquartered at Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Argentina. It was founded in the March 2016, after the acquisition by Synergy Group of the regional airline Macair Jet.[2] It operates commercially as Avianca through a license agreement, however is independent of the Avianca Holdings group of Latin American airlines. Using the airline's two ATR 72 aircraft for charter flights over the course of 2017, scheduled services started in November 2017.[3]
Destinations
Pending approval by the civil aviation authorities, it shall operate passenger and cargo flights within Argentina and internationally from its primary hub at Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport in San Miguel de Tucumán.[4] Until then, its scheduled services operate from Buenos Aires-Aeroparque.
Current
Future
- Córdoba / Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport
- Mendoza / Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport
- Salta / Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport
- Resistencia / Resistencia International Airport
- Villa María / President Néstor Kirchner Regional Airport
- Sunchales / Sunchales Airport
- Tandil
- Concordia
- Other[5]
Fleet
Synergy Aerospace announced an order for the purchase of 12 firm ATR 72-600s, operated by Avian Líneas Aéreas under Avianca Argentina.[6] The first ATR72 was delivered on 13 January 2017.[7] The airline began operations in 2017.
As of January 2017 the Avianca Argentina fleet includes the following aircraft:[8]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
ATR 72-600 | ||||||
Total |
References
- ↑ http://www.avianca.com/es/Documents/boletines-de-prensa/avianca-holdings-s-a-no-participa-en-avianca-argentina.pdf
- ↑ "Efromovich hace mover el mercado aéreo de Argentina". eltiempo.com. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Con dos vuelos diarios, Avianca comienza a operar en la Argentina". Infobae (21 October 2017). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ↑ "Con la llegada de Avianca, Tucumán tendrá 25 vuelos diarios". rosarionet.com.ar. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Avianca se instala en Tucumán". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ "ATR: douze 72-600 pour la future Avianca Argentina". air-journal.fr. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Avianca Argentina receives first ATR". flightglobal.com. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Avianca Argentina Fleet Details". airfleets.net. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.