Sky Airline

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Sky Airlines
Sky Airline logo
Airbus A319-100 of the Sky Airline
IATA code : H2
ICAO code : SKU
Call sign : AEROSKY
Founding: 2001
Seat: Santiago de Chile , ChileChileChile 
Turnstile :

Santiago de Chile

Home airport : Santiago de Chile
IATA prefix code : 605
Management: Holger Paulmann ( CEO )
Fleet size: 24 (+ 25 orders)
Aims: national and continental
Website: www.skyairline.com

Sky Airline is the second largest Chilean airline based in Santiago de Chile and based at Santiago de Chile Airport . It is a company of Sky Service SAdba and Avianca Holdings .

history

Sky Airline was founded in 2001 by the German businessman Jürgen Paulmann and started scheduled flight operations in 2002. Today it is owned by Jürgen Paulmann (55%) and CEO Fernando Uauy (45%). According to a letter of intent signed in December 2014, the Colombian Avianca Holdings should take over a 59% stake in the airline. In 2015, it was decided to transform Sky Airline into a low-cost airline . In 2018, Sky Airline was voted the best low-cost airline in South America by Skytrax .

Destinations

Sky Airline's hub is Santiago de Chile. From there, destinations are mainly served within Chile and South America.

country Destination
Chile Arica, Iquique, Calama, Antofagasta, Copiapó, La Serena, Santiago de Chile, Concepción, Temuco, Valdivia, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Balmaceda, Punta Arenas
Argentina Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Cordoba
Peru Lima, Cuzco, Piura, Arequipa, Trujillo, Tarapoto, Pucallpa, Iquitos
Uruguay Montevideo
Brazil Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Florianópolis

fleet

As of March 2020, the Sky Airline fleet consists of 24 aircraft with an average age of 5.0 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
Airbus A319-100 7th 156
Airbus A320neo 17th 2 186
Airbus A321neo 13
Airbus A321neoXLR 10
total 24 25th
A Sky Airline Boeing 737-200 . Since 2013, this type of aircraft no longer exists in the Sky Airline fleet.

Former fleet

From its founding in 2001 to September 30, 2013, Sky Airline operated 21 Boeing 737-200s . From February to April 2008, a Boeing 737-300 leased from Aerolínea Principal was also operated.

See also

Web links

Commons : Sky Airline  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Holger Paulmann, CEO of Sky Airline: “La autoridad siempre ha subestimado el crecimiento del transporte aéreo”. February 6, 2018, accessed February 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. Tele 13: Aerolínea chilena es elegida como la mejor low cost de Sudamérica. Retrieved February 16, 2019 (European Spanish).
  3. Conoce todos nuestros destinos | SKY airline. Retrieved February 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. Sky Airline Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 15, 2020 .
  5. Interview with Holger Paulmann, Sky Airline: “In ten years low-cost leader in South America”. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. June 28, 2018, accessed on December 17, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  6. Chile's SKY Airline orders the A321neo - report. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  7. https://www.aerotelegraph.com/a321-xlr-soll-sky-airline-in-die-usa-haben
  8. El Mercurio SAP: Sky Airline comienza a operar toda su flota con aviones Airbus tras retirar su último Boeing | Emol.com. September 30, 2013, Retrieved February 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  9. Sky Airline Fleet Details and History. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .