Regional Paraguaya
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| Founded | 2007 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | August 2010 | ||||||
| Hubs | Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 2 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Asunción, Paraguay | ||||||
| Key people | Salvador Sturno (President) | ||||||
| Website | regionalparaguaya | ||||||
Regional Paraguaya Líneas Aéreas (officially AeroRegional Paraguaya S.A.), was a regional airline based at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, in Asuncion, and was intended to be the new flag carrier of Paraguay.[1][2]
It officially announced its operations would launch on November 2, 2008 with chartered services.[3][4]
Destinations
[edit]By April 2009, the airline planned to operate scheduled flights to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain, Uruguay.[5]
Fleet
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The Regional Paraguaya fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2009):[6][7]
| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||||
| Boeing 737-200 | 2 | 2 | – | 120 | 120 | ||
| Boeing 767-300ER | — | 1 | 18 | 220 | 238 | ||
| Total | 2 | 3 | |||||
Controversy
[edit]In June 2009, Regional Paraguaya released a new livery that was closely identical to the livery of Gulf Air, the flag carrier of Bahrain. After Gulf Air considered taking legal actions, Regional Paraguaya immediately revised its livery.[8][9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Regional Paraguaya dispuesta a volar from Diario ABC Color
- ^ (in Spanish) Nace compañía aérea en Paraguay from El Financiero en Línea
- ^ Diario ABC Color. "Nueva aerolínea paraguaya inicia vuelos 2 de Noviembre" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
- ^ Rainer Uphoff (October 6, 2008). "Regional Paraguaya promises November launch". Flightglobal.com.
- ^ (in Spanish)Regional Paraguaya destinations chart Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Regional Paraguaya Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Regional Paraguaya". www.regionalparaguaya.com.py. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ David Kaminski-Morrow (June 29, 2009). "PICTURES: Gulf Air investigates as Paraguayan carrier shows off near-identical livery". Flightglobal.com.
- ^ Ivan Gale (July 5, 2009). "Gulf Air considers legal action". Thenationalnews.com.
