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Argentine low-cost airline From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FB Líneas Aéreas S.A., operating as Flybondi, is a ultra low-cost airline in Argentina. The airline, the first of its kind in the country, operates Boeing 737-800 aircraft from its bases in Buenos Aires and Córdoba. The company slogan is La libertad de volar, meaning "The freedom of flying" in Spanish.
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Founded | 2016 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 26 January 2018[1] | ||||||
Operating bases | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque | ||||||
Focus cities | Córdoba | ||||||
Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
Destinations | 13[citation needed] | ||||||
Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||
Key people | Andrés Vacarezza | ||||||
Website | flybondi.com |
The airline's inaugural flight from Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport in Córdoba to Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport in Puerto Iguazu took place on 26 January 2018.[1]
The first routes were launched from its base at Córdoba International Airport in January 2018, to the cities of Mendoza, Bariloche and Puerto Iguazú. In February 2018, the airline was the first civilian airline to operate from El Palomar Airport near Buenos Aires, where it established a new base and began flights to Salta, Neuquén, and Tucumán.[2]
Flybondi went international on December 17, 2018, with flights between El Palomar in the Greater Buenos Aires area and the Paraguayan capital Asunción.[3]
In July, 2019, the airline announced that it would start flights between Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. The flights started operating on 11 October 2019, departing from the airline's main base at Buenos Aires' El Palomar Airport to Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro. [4]
As of January 2024[update], Flybondi operates or has operated to the following destinations:
As of November 2023[update], Flybondi operates the following aircraft:[6]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Boeing 737-800 | 15 | 2 | 189 | |
Total | 15 | 2 |
The following aircraft were formerly operated by Flybondi:[6]
Aircraft | Number | Passengers |
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Boeing 737-800 | 5 | 189 |
Total | 5 |
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