Airline | AIRES |
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Logo | AIRES_logo.jpg |
Logo size | 127 |
Fleet size | 23 |
Destinations | 31 |
Iata | 4C |
Icao | ARE |
Callsign | AIRES |
Parent | LAN Airlines (Acquisition) |
Company slogan | The Airline That Joins The Best Of Colombia |
Founded | 20 February 1981 |
Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia |
Key people | Hernán Pasman (CEO) |
Hubs | El Dorado International Airport |
Focus cities | Ernesto Cortissoz Int'l Airport, Olaya Herrera Airport |
Website | aires.aero |
Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym: AIRES, lit. airs) is a low-cost airline headquartered in the AIRES Hangar in Bogotá, Colombia. It operates scheduled regional domestic and international services, as well as a domestic cargo service. Its main base is El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, with hubs at Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, Barranquilla, Olaya Herrera Airport, Medellín and Perales Airport, Ibagué. On 28 October 2010, it has been announced, that 98% of the shares have been acquired by LAN Airlines.
Aires also expanded internationally during the aforementioned decade, flying to Aruba, Panama, Curacao and Maracaibo (Venezuela) in 2000, connecting the cities and capital Bogota and other schools. For a time he served in Caracas, but the crisis that this country went through at that time, among other factors, played down the viability of the route and had to be terminated.
Throughout the decade beginning in 2000, Aires remained a strong regional airline connecting also to some international destinations. However, for 2009 AIRES began a major expansion with the mission to be more than a regional airline, for it acquired its first jet aircraft, a modern Boeing 737-700 with which it began operating trunk routes between major cities Colombia. The first of these aircraft arrived in the country in January 2009 and was officially launched on February 10 of that year. With these aircraft Aires launched a new international expansion flying start to New York from Fort Lauderdale from Bogotá and Barranquilla, Bogota, Cartagena and Cali, connecting to other cities. The airline plans to fly to other countries like Brazil, Mexico and Canada. With the arrival of these aircraft was a new change of image, based on the colors in the picture above but in a more modern and fresh.
Throughout this expansion has changed its business model to the category "lowcost" used by international airlines such as Spirit Airlines, Ryanair and EasyJet, among others, in which the basic rate is charged and all other services, as baggage, food and so are extra. In its expansion Aires importantly invigorated Colombian air market, at some point characterized by having the most expensive airfares in the region, producing a significant drop in the price and making the air travel was accessible to many people who for reasons of cost had never been. But recent years have not been entirely positive Aires on August 16, 2010 one of the new Boeing 737-700 had an accident while landing in San Andrés, killing two people and with total loss of the airplane. In addition is this, AIR has had some problems of various kinds, which have caused its punctuality rate decreases significantly, generating complaints from users and called for attention from the FAA.
Aires has been characterized during this phase of its contests, interactive advertising and its proximity to the passengers. Competitions "Quiero Volver a Cali" and "Mas Colombiano Que" (in which passengers have chosen the names for 5 of the Boeing 737-700), among others, have approached the airline with the community. LAN Airlines, the Chilean flagship carrier, paid $12.0 million for a 98.9% indirect stake in Aires, Colombia's second largest airline, LAN said Friday, November 27, 2010.
The airline operates 25 destinations in Colombia and to Panama and the United States and internationally. On December 19, 2008 under the 44th session of the GEPA (Group Aeronautical Project Evaluator) is authorized 224 new frequencies nationwide. Likewise, the Department of Transportation approved on 25 March 2009 at the airline's flights from Barranquilla, Bogota and Cartagena to New York and Fort Lauderdale. On July 24, 2010 indefinitely suspended its operations in Venezuela given the continuing low traffic and strained relations with that country.
The AIRES fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 25 July 2010):
In 2008, Aires announced the purchase of 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s.
Colombia's Aires plans to replace its entire fleet of 11 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200s with larger Q400s over the next five years. This makes AIRES the first and currently the only Q400 operator in South America. AIRES is also the only airline to operate all variants of the Dash 8 series through out its operational history, although the airline has not operated all 4 variants simultaneously.
On 23 August 2008, AIRES flight 051, sustained substantial damage following the collapse of the right hand main landing gear on landing at Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ), Colombia. None of the 31 occupants were injured. The Dash 8-301 passenger plane, registered HK-3952, operated on an international flight from Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR). The approach and landing were normal, touching down about 770 metres past the threshold of runway 23. The crew noticed a vibration of the right hand main gear. The undercarriage leg collapsed. There was no fire.
On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashed on landing at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, in San Andrés, Colombia, after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. One death was reported as a result of a heart attack on the way to the hospital and another 114 injured. One of the 114 injured later died. The Boeing 737-700, originally delivered to EasyJet in 2003 and with registration HK4682, had less than two years service with Aires.
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