Estelar_Latinoamérica

Aerolíneas Estelar

Aerolíneas Estelar

Venezuelan airline


Aerolíneas Estelar (formerly Estelar Latinoamérica C.A.) is a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas operating out of Simón Bolívar International Airport.

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History

The airline was founded in 2009. Its first flights were to Porlamar and within months it commenced a route to and from Maracaibo.[2] It was a charter flight company, until it managed to consolidate itself over the years.

On November 6, 2017, the Chilean airline Latin American Wings terminated the contract with Estelar for non-payment, which caused passengers on the Santiago route to be stranded for three days at the airport.[3]

In December 2017, Estelar announced its first intercontinental route from Caracas to Madrid, Spain. Therefore, it expanded its narrow-body fleet with an Airbus A340-300 leased from Hi Fly Malta.[4] The route to Madrid was operated with three weekly frequencies, replacing the old route operated by Conviasa. It also flew to Buenos Aires, with three frequencies a week. In July 2019, the airline leased an Airbus A380-800 from Hi Fly Malta because the leased A340 it had was under repairs, making Estelar the first Americas' airline in history to operate the aircraft type.

Destinations

An Estelar Boeing 737-300 at Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport in 2015
The leased Estelar Airbus A340-300 taxiing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport in 2019

As of November 2023, Estelar serves the following domestic and international scheduled destinations:[5]

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Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2023, the Estelar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[12][needs update]

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Former fleet

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Accidents and incidents

See also


References

  1. "Aerolíneas Estelar information". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  2. "ESTELAR LATINOAMÉRICA – Air World Services EN". aws-aws.com (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  3. "The drama of the travellers of LAW and Estelar". runrun.es (in Spanish). 29 September 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. flyestelar.com - Destinos (Spanish) retrieved 10 June 2018
  5. "Venezuela: Estelar suspends flights to Bogota". Aviacionline.com. 2 January 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  6. "Aerolíneas Estelar retomará sus vuelos entre Caracas y Santiago de Chile". Aviacionaldia.com. 17 February 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  7. "La venezolana Estelar suspende sus ventas en Europa". Reportur.com (in Spanish). 26 September 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  8. "Llega Airbus a Venezuela que cubrirá la ruta Caracas-Madrid. A partir de hoy". Diarioelregionaldelzulia.com (in Spanish). 17 November 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  9. "Venezuela: Estelar inaugurates flights to San Antonio del Táchira". Aviacionline.com. 4 October 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  10. "Nuestra Flota". flyestelar.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  11. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  12. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

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