WebJet Linhas Aéreas

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Webjet Linhas Aéreas
IATA
WH		 ICAO
WEB		 Callsign
WEBJET
Founded 2005
Operating bases Rio de Janeiro-Galeão
Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont
Fleet size 25 (+1 ordered)
Destinations 20
Company slogan English: Connect yourself
Portuguese: Conecte-se
Parent company Gol Airlines[1]
Headquarters Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Key people Constantino Junior (Chairman)
Fábio Godinho (President)
Website www.webjet.com.br
First logo

WebJet Linhas Aéreas S.A. is a low-cost Brazilian airline, based in Rio de Janeiro.[2] It was owned by CVC, the largest travel company in Brazil, but was acquired in July 2011 by Gol Transportes Aéreos. It operates on a low cost all-economy class domestic business model.

According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) in December 2011 Webjet had 5.84% of the domestic market share in terms of passengers per kilometre flown.[3]

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[edit] History

Founded by Rogério Ottoni in February 2005, Webjet started operations on July 12, 2005 with a Boeing 737-300 with services from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Porto Alegre, Curitiba-Afonso Pena and Salvador.

On January 17, 2006, it was sold to Jacob Barata Filho and Wagner Abrahão, owners of companies related to tourism and transportation in the State of Rio de Janeiro.[4] The second aircraft was received in November of that year.

Webjet's Boeing 737-300 taxiing at Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, Brasília, Brazil. (2009)

On June 25, 2007, Webjet was again sold to CVC Viagens, the biggest Brazilian tour operator. CVC wanted to reduce its dependence on regular carriers, particularly on TAM Airlines.[5] In December 2007 the third aircraft was received and since then new aircraft have been regularly added to the fleet, increasing destinations and frequencies.[6]

On February 13, 2009, Wagner Ferreira took Paulo Enrique Coco's CEO position. He immediately implemented a few changes to make Webjet more competitive: on 9 March, scheduled flights to Ilhéus, Maceió and Porto Seguro ceased and became regular charter destinations; on 27 April, flights from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Brasília, São Paulo-Guarulhos, and Belo Horizonte-Confins were added, but still kept operations from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão; a new logo and slogan were unveiled on that same day

On February 11, 2010, Wagner Ferreira left the presidency of Webjet and Julio Rudge Perotti, the Vice-President Operations took over his position.[7] In July 2010, Fernando Sporleder joined the airline as Vice-President Operations from the same position at TAM.[8]

On September 27, 2010, after the airline cancelled more than 50% of its flights scheduled for the day, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) ordered the suspension of ticket sales for 5 days to investigate reasons.[9] After this period, sales and operations resumed as scheduled.

Although in Brazil Webjet informally uses the prefix WJ for its flight numbers, officially it has been assigned by IATA the code WH.

On April 2011 it was reported that the owners of CVC, Carlyle Private Equity Fund (63,6%) and Guilherme Paulus (36,4%), were in conversations with TUI AG to possibly sell part of their participation in CVC to the German tour-operator. Since CVC is the owner of Webjet, should the transaction go ahead, Webjet would be directly impacted.[10]

On July 8, 2011, VRG Linhas Aéreas, owner of the brands Gol and Varig, announced the intention to purchase full control of WebJet Linhas Aéreas.[11] The purchase contract was signed on August 2, 2011.[12] Until approval by all government bodies, both companies will operate independently but eventually Webjet will be integrated into Gol and cease to exist.[13] On November 21, 2011, Gol announced that in December 2011, the process of renovation of the fleet of Webjet would start and it would be completed within 18 months. All Boeing 737-300s will be replaced by Boeing 737-800s.[14]

[edit] Destinations

Webjet's Boeing 737-300 taxiing at Afonso Pena International Airport, Curitiba, Brazil. (2009)
Webjet's Boeing 737-300 being serviced at the gate at Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil. (2009)

As of November 2011 Webjet Linhas Aéreas operated scheduled services to the following destinations:[15]

[edit] Fleet

As of December 2011 the fleet of Webjet Linhas Aéreas included the following aircraft:[16]

WebJet Linhas Aéreas Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers (Y) Notes
Boeing 737-300 24 0 148 Transferred from Gol Airlines in 2006
Boeing 737-800 1 1 184

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-08/brazil-s-gol-agrees-to-buy-low-cost-carrier-webjet-to-recover-market-share.html
  2. ^ "Abaixo informamos os responsáveis em nossa Central de Negócios" (in Portuguese). WebJet Linhas Aéreas. http://www.webjet.com.br/empresa/novosite/v3/vendas/internas.asp?p=contatos%20(Agentes). Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Dados Comparativos Avançados" (in Portuguese). Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). http://www2.anac.gov.br/dadosComparativos/DadosComparativos.asp. Retrieved February 4, 2012. 
  4. ^ "Webjet é vendida" (in Portuguese). Valor Online. 18 January 2006. http://www.valoronline.com.br/?impresso/empresastecnologia/84/3490476/webjet-e-vendida. Retrieved 4 september 2010. 
  5. ^ Campassi, Roberta; Magalhães, Heloísa (29 June 2007). "Operadora turística CVC adquire controle da Webjet por R$45 milhões" (in Portuguese). Valor Online. http://www.valoronline.com.br/?impresso/empresastecnologia/84/3490476/webjet-e-vendida. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  6. ^ "Webjet (Brasil)" (in Portuguese). Aviação Brasil. http://www.aviacaobrasil.com.br/wp/empresas_aereas/nacionais_passageiros_e_carga/webjet_brasil. Retrieved 20 May 2010. 
  7. ^ Komatsu, Alberto (12 February 2010). "Companhia aérea webjet tem novo presidente" (in Portuguese). Valor online. http://www.valoronline.com.br/?online/transportes/63/6104274/companhia-aerea-webjet-tem-novo-presidente. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  8. ^ "Webjet promove Fábio Godinho e contrata Fernando Sporleder e André Fernando de Almeida" (in Portuguese). UOL News. 22 July 2010. http://www2.uol.com.br/canalexecutivo/notas101/2207201019.htm. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  9. ^ Chirotto, Fernando (27 September 2010). "Webjet explica cancelamentos em comunicado; leia" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. http://www.panrotas.com.br/noticia-turismo/aviacao/webjet-explica-cancelamentos-em-comunicado-leia_61804.html. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  10. ^ Carvalho, Denise; Komatsu, Alberto (13 April 2011). "Carlyle e Paulus negociam CVC com o TUI" (in Portuguese). Valor Online. http://www.valoronline.com.br/impresso/empresas/102/412173/carlyle-e-paulus-negociam-cvc-com-o-tui. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  11. ^ Bemfeito, Fabíola (July 8, 2011). "Gol compra Webjet por R$311 milhões" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. http://www.panrotas.com.br/noticia-turismo/aviacao/gol-compra-webjet-por-r$-311-milhoes_69503.html. Retrieved July 9, 2011. 
  12. ^ Komatsu, Alberto (3 August 2011). "Gol e Webjet assinam contrato de compra" (in Portuguese). Valor Online. http://www.valoronline.com.br/impresso/empresas/102/466051/gol-e-webjet-assinam-contrato-de-compra. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  13. ^ Andrade, Artur Luiz (11 July 2011). "Após aprovação da compra, Gol não usará marca Webjet" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. http://www.panrotas.com.br/noticia-turismo/aviacao/apos-aprovacao-de-compra-gol-nao-usara-marca-webjet_69514.html. Retrieved 11 July 2011. 
  14. ^ "Gol começa a mudar frota da Webjet em dezembro" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. November 21, 2011. http://www2.valoronline.com.br/empresas/1102050/gol-comeca-mudar-frota-da-webjet-em-dezembro. Retrieved December 13, 2011. 
  15. ^ "Webjet: Mapa de rotas" (in Portuguese). Webjet. http://www.webjet.com.br/empresa/site/internas/mapa-de-rotas.aspx. Retrieved November 28, 2011. 
  16. ^ "Frota atual das empresas brasileiras" (in Portuguese). Aeromuseu. December 31, 2011. http://www.aeromuseu.com.br/frota.htm. Retrieved January 2, 2012. 

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