Aeroasis

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AerOasis S.A.
AerOasis.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
--AEROASIS
FoundedMarch 2006 (2006-03)
Ceased operationsFebruary 2011 (2011-02)
Hubs El Dorado International Airport
Focus cities
Fleet size2
Parent company LAN Airlines
Headquarters Bogotá, Colombia
Key peopleNicolás Cortazar (CEO)
Website www.aeroasis.com

AerOasis S.A. was a startup low-cost airline based in El Dorado International Airport, founded in 2006 in Colombia founded by the Cortazar Family, which would have started operations in 2012.

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History

AerOasis was legally established at Section 33 from GEPA in March 2006, with the support of LAN Airlines, who intended to expand into Colombia. [1] It would have been a subsidiary of the LATAM Airlines Group if it started operations by 2012. LAN started its expansion at the beginning of 2011 with the purchase of AIRES and was to finish when AerOasis started flying. However, after purchasing AIRES, LAN changed plans and decided to stop the plan for AerOasis. [2]

Destinations

The airline would have served the busiest routes in the country:

From Bogotá:

From Medellín:

From Cali:

From San Andrés:

Fleet

AerOasis operated the following aircraft (as of February 2011): [3]

AerOasis fleet
AircraftIn
service
OrdersPassengersNotes
Airbus A320-200 23TBATransferred to LAN Airlines
Total23

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References

  1. "LAN Airlines to help new airline Aeroasis gain a foothold in Colombia". Worldairlinenews.com. May 7, 2010.
  2. Brendan Sobie (October 27, 2010). "LAN to acquire Colombia's Aires". Flightglobal.com.
  3. "AerOasis Fleet Details and History". Planespotters. Retrieved November 9, 2021.