Here is a list of the current airline start-ups in 2021, which will be regularly updated to add on new start-ups for this year : Green Airlines: Another German start-up based in Karlsruhe, this airline is a virtual airline (that has outsourced many of its operations to other companies) and will start operations from Weeze […]
Yet again, mainstream aviation media has hyped the coming of new airlines from faraway places, with interviews of airlines that haven’t even obtained a license yet. As a matter of fact, mainstream aviation media interviews airlines that start up over a year later. The so-called 14 Latin American start-ups of 2021, turned to 0, as […]
A new Brazilian airline, ITA Transportes Aéreos (Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos), received its first aircraft, a 15 year-old Airbus A320-200 previously operated by Spanair (a former Spanish scheduled airline) and Vueling (a Spanish low-cost airline) on the 20th of February and is to start operations on the 19th of March. Founded in early 2020 by parent […]
Yesterday, Argentina’s 2nd biggest airline, Austral Lineas Aéreas merged into Argentina’s flag carrier, Aerolinéas Argentinas. The merger process began in the beginning of May this year after having failed in previous years. As a consequence of the merger, a new cargo division of Aerlinéas Argentinas will be created as well as a new third-party maintenance […]
Aircraft 9H-REY for Maltese carrier Maleth-Aero and CS-TPJ for Portugese regional carrier Portugalia and former Midlands carrier Flybmi, this Embraer ERJ-145 (a regional jet that carries 50 passengers) was first delivered to Portugalia in December 1997 after having been produced at Embraer’s main production site, Sao Jose Dos Campos in the Brazilian State of Sao […]
TrueNoord (a regional aircraft lessor headquartered in Amsterdam), has bought 2 Embraer E195s which were on lease from Azul Brazilian Airlines (a Brazilian airline) to Portugalia (a Portugese regional carrier that is a subsidiary of TAP Portugal). The acquisition of the aircraft was financed by some very impressive companies, including Soc Gen and the Royal […]
The Argentinian government, which defaulted on its national debt in May, is now going to use its military pension and retirement fund to restart the development of its new 2-seat trainer aircraft, the IA-100 ‘Malvina’. The Argentian defence department has also announced that the aircraft would be called ‘Malvina’, which is the Argentinian name for […]
Azul Brazilian Airlines, Brasil’s 3rd biggest airline, has acquired commuter airline Two Flex Taxi Aereo, which will now be named Azul Conecta. Another start-up of many that have taken off this year. 11th of August 2020.
New, exciting news has just come out! Panamericana Airlines, a Colombian cargo airline founded in northern Colombian city Baranquilla by Thomas Friese, will start operations in the 2nd half of this month! The airline has planned its maiden flight for the 17th of August. Ronald Pena, Panamericana’s Expansion Manager, has said that Baranquilla is a […]
On the 17th of June, LATAM Argentina, a subsidiary of LATAM, ceased operations due to the dangerous impact of the coronavirus on the aviation industry. This still comes as a shock, as LATAM is the biggest airline in South America. Just one month ago, Avianca Peru was also liquidated, making LATAM Argentina the 3rd airline […]
LATAM, Latin and South America’s largest airline, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the USA. LATAM has 7 subsidiaries: LATAM Argentina, LATAM Paraguay, LATAM Chile, LATAM Peru, LATAM Brasil, LATAM Columbia and LATAM Ecuador. However, LATAM Brasil, Argentina and Paraguay haven’t filed for bankruptcy. Robert Alvo, CEO of LATAM, has announced: “LATAM entered the […]
Avianca Peru, the Peruvian subsidiary of South America’s 2nd biggest airline, Avianca, has been liquidated. Avianca filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the USA on the 10th of May and the subsidiary officially ceased operations on the same day. At the end of 2019, the airline had an accumulated debt of $7.3 billion. We do […]
Avianca (a Colombian airline), Latin America’s 2nd biggest airline, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the USA. The airline will continue to fly once South American airspaces will have reopened. Avianca is one of the world’s oldest airlines, as it has been operating since 1919. On top of that, it has 10 subsidiaries (Avianca […]
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