Azul Linhas Aéreas
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| IATA code : | AD |
| ICAO code : | AZU |
| Call sign : | AZUL |
| Founding: | 2008 |
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Barueri , Brazil
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| Home airport : | Viracopos |
| IATA prefix code : | 577 |
| Management: | Antonoaldo Neves (President), David Neeleman ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 11,000 (2014) |
| Balance sheet total: | R $ 5.4 billion (2014) |
| Passenger volume: | 22 million (2015) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | TudoAzul |
| Fleet size: | 145 (+ 104 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.voeazul.com.br |
Azul is a Brazilian low-cost airline based in Alphaville , São Paulo state . In 2013 the airline carried over 20 million passengers.
history
founding
Azul was founded on May 5th, 2008 by David Neeleman , the founder and former CEO of JetBlue . On November 10, 2008, flight operations were approved by the Brazilian Aviation Authority.
Flight operations began on December 15, 2008 with the Campinas - Salvador and Campinas - Porto Alegre scheduled services .
The name Azul means “blue” in Portuguese . A variant of this language is also spoken in Brazil. The name results from a competition that was announced by the founder.
Merger with TRIP Linhas Aéreas
On May 28, 2012, the merger of the airlines TRIP Linhas Aéreas and Azul Linhas Aéreas was announced. On March 6, 2013, the Brazilian authorities approved the merger. The new airline has been called Azul since then and is now the third largest airline in Brazil, after LATAM and Gol .
expansion
While Azul carried two million passengers in the first year of 2009, it was already 20 million in 2013 after the merger. This makes it one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. Azul initially grew primarily with the turboprops and Embraer regional jets on the domestic market and thus became the largest operator of an Embraer 195 fleet worldwide . In 2014, it expanded the fleet to include used long-haul aircraft of the type Airbus A330-200, with which routes to the USA were taken. On April 23, 2014, Azul announced that it had ordered six A330-200s and five Airbus A350-900s from Airbus for delivery over the next few years. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Azul had ordered 35 A320neo . There are also leasing contracts for a further 28 aircraft from the A320neo family. As a result of the decline in the Brazilian economy in 2015 and 2016, the company abandoned the idea of using five Airbus A350-900s in March 2017.
Destinations
Azul serves a network of over 100 domestic destinations, including Aracaju , Belém , Belo Horizonte-Confins , Belo Horizonte -Pampulha, Brasília , Campinas , Campo Grande , Cuiabá , Curitiba , Fernando de Noronha , Florianópolis , Fortaleza , Foz do Iguaçu , Goiânia , João Pessoa , Londrina , Maceió , Manaus , Maringá , Natal , Palmas , Porto Alegre , Rio de Janeiro-Galeão , Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont , Recife , Salvador , São José dos Campos , São Luís , São Paulo-Congonhas , São Paulo- Guarulhos , Teresina and Vitória . It is planned to expand the route network further.
Fort Lauderdale , Orlando and Lisbon are served on international scheduled flights, and Bariloche and Buenos Aires are served on charter flights.
fleet
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As of March 2020, the Azul fleet consists of 145 aircraft with an average age of 6.1 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy Plus / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A320neo | 40 | 23 | 174 (- / 30/144) | |
| Airbus A321neo | 2 | 8th | ||
| Airbus A330-200 | 8th | 271 (20/100/151) | ||
| Airbus A330-900neo | 2 | 3 | 298 (34 / - / 264) | |
| ATR 72-600 | 33 | 70 (- / - / 70) | ||
| Boeing 737-400SF | 2 | Cargo | ||
| Embraer 190 | 6th | 106 (- / 18/88) | ||
| Embraer 195 | 47 | 118 (- / 18/100) | ||
| Embraer 195E2 | 5 | 70 | Azur is the first operator of the Embraer-195-E2 | 130 (- / - / 130) |
| total | 145 | 104 |
See also
Web links
- Azul website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anuário Estatístico do Transporte Aéreo - 2014 ( Portuguese , ZIP) ANAC. 2014. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ About the "Azul" . voeazul.com.br. Retrieved May 14, 2015
- ↑ Azul e Trip anunciam nova marca ( Memento of March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Avianca buys 100 A320 Neo . aerotelegraph.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015
- ↑ airbus.com - Azul orders 35 A320neo , accessed December 1, 2014
- ↑ Azul waives the Airbus A350 , accessed on March 14, 2017
- ↑ Nova rota liga Campinas a Lisboa , mauricio.jor.br, accessed on May 17, 2016 (Portuguese)
- ↑ http://www.panrotas.com.br/noticia-turismo/aviacao/2016/05/azul-aumenta-de-3-para-5-nbspos-voos-campinas-lisboa_125625.htmlb (link not available)
- ↑ Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Azul confirms order for 21 Embraer E195-E2s , accessed December 19, 2018
- ↑ Azul SA: Azul Announces Order Of Five Airbus A330-900neo. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Ch-aviation - Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (English), accessed on March 14, 2017
- ↑ Azul gets ten Airbus A321 Neo. In: aerotelegraph.com. June 14, 2019, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Azul goes to Embraer again. In: aerotelegraph.com. January 22, 2020, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
