Alas Uruguay
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| IATA code : | Y Z |
| ICAO code : | ALY |
| Call sign : | ALAS URUGUAY |
| Founding: | 2015 |
| Operation stopped: | 2016 |
| Seat: |
 Uruguay
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| Home airport : | Montevideo airport |
| Company form: | Sociedad Anónima Alas Uruguay |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | continental |
| Website: | www.alasuruguay.com.uy |
| Alas Uruguay ceased operations in 2016. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Alas Uruguay was a charter airline based in Uruguay .
history
Alas Uruguay was founded by former employees of PLUNA (first as Alas-U ) and took over 250 former employees of PLUNA. The start of operations with a charter flight to Asunción (capital of Paraguay ) with a Boeing 737-300 (ex- Ukraine International Airlines ) was announced for February 2015 . Two more Boeing 737-300s should join the fleet in mid-February and March 2015.
Ultimately, on March 11, 2015, the Boeing 737-300 was the young company's first aircraft to arrive at the Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco . The then chairman of the board of directors of Alas Uruguay, Cesar Iroldi , announced the start of operations shortly on the occasion of this event. In this respect, the company named mid-April 2015 as the date. According to Iroldi, the company employed 53 people at the time. By October 2015, business operations should be carried out with four aircraft. This should cover the flight routes Montevideo - Asunción , Montevideo - São Paulo , Montevideo - Rio de Janeiro and Punta del Este - Buenos Aires .
Finally, ticket sales began on December 21, flight operations were announced for the last week of December 2015 and the first flight took place on January 21, 2016.
The company ceased operations in October 2016 after less than a year for financial reasons; As a result, the state development fund FONDES sued in court because Alas Uruguay refused to file for bankruptcy. If the lawsuit is upheld, the development fund could get some of the original $ 15 million backing from the proceeds of the liquidation. Alas Uruguay is hoping for a buyer.
Destinations
The first destinations planned were Buenos Aires and Asunción . Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo and Santiago de Chile were to be added later .
fleet
In December 2015, the Alas Uruguay's fleet still consisted of three Boeing 737-300s , two of which had winglets . In mid-2016, however, a Boeing had to be returned to the leasing company.
See also
Web links
- Alas Uruguay website (English, Spanish and Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com , accessed January 8, 2014
- ↑ Ch-aviation : Alas Uruguay to start operations next month (English), accessed on February 2, 2015
- ↑ Orgullosos de existir (Spanish) on montevideo.com.uy of March 11, 2015, accessed on March 15, 2015
- ↑ a b Alas Uruguay starts this month , accessed on December 21, 2015
- ↑ a b Alas Uruguay already has to reduce its fleet on aerotelegraph.com from July 19, 2016, accessed on July 19, 2016
- ↑ Alas Uruguay urged to declare bankruptcy by govt body. In: ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH, March 31, 2017, accessed on April 1, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Timo Nowack: State fund wants Alas Uruguay to go bankrupt. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. April 1, 2017, accessed April 1, 2017 .
- ↑ ch-aviation - Alas Uruguay (English), accessed on December 21, 2015