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Avianca Brasil
IATA ICAO Call sign
O6 ONE OCEAN AIR
Founded1998 (as OceanAir)
Ceased operations24 May 2019
Hubs
Frequent-flyer programPrograma Amigo
AllianceStar Alliance (affiliate)[1]
Fleet size6[2]
Destinations4[3]
Parent companySynergy Group
HeadquartersSão Paulo, Brazil
Key peopleJosé Efromovich, Director-President
RevenueIncrease US$ 1.3 billion (2017)
Net incomeIncrease US$ 12.12 million (2017)
Employees1687[4]
Websitewww.avianca.com.br
Former OceanAir Fokker 100
Former Avianca Brasil Airbus A320-200
File:Avianca.jpg
Last Avianca Fleet

Avianca Brasil (Template:Lang-pt), officially Oceanair Linhas Aéreas S/A, was[5] a Brazilian airline, that is now grounded, in São Paulo, Brazil. It operated passenger services to four destinations at the time of it's grounding. Its main base was Congonhas International Airport. [6] On May 24, 2019, ANAC ceased or suspended all operations of Avianca Brasil.[7] It is unknown if the airline would be able to resume services soon, if at all.[8] According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), which suspended its operation, prior to cessation of all operations between January and December 2018 Avianca Brasil had 13.4 % of the domestic and 7.3 % of the international market share in terms of passengers per kilometer flown,[9] making it at the time the fourth-largest airline both in domestic and international traffic in Brazil.

History

OceanAir

The airline was established in 1998 as an air taxi company to operate services for oil companies in the Campos Basin. Its name was then OceanAir and began to operate scheduled services in 2002, between São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Macaé and Campos. Soon afterwards, it became better known to the public with a scheduled flight (no longer operated now) connecting Congonhas Airport in São Paulo and Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro via São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, enabling international passengers from both cities easy access to the country's largest international hub from those cities' more convenient central airports. At the time, OceanAir's fare between São Paulo's airports was cheaper than a taxi and on par with a luxury bus ride.

In 2004, Synergy Group, the owner of OceanAir, bought Colombian airline Avianca, and as a result OceanAir became a feeder for Avianca's flights into Guarulhos. This partnership between the two airlines increased the flow of passengers between Colombia and Brazil. In 2004, Synergy Group also bought VIP Ecuador as part of a strategy to create a continent-wide airline under the Avianca brand. In 2006, a joint venture formed by OceanAir (49%) and Fondo de Inversiones Sustentables (51%) created a new Peruvian airline called Wayraperú, but the airline suspended operations a few months later.

OceanAir started its first international operation to Mexico in 2007, with Boeing 767–300 aircraft, but in April 2008 the flights were discontinued. Since then the airline has concentrated its efforts on the Brazilian domestic market. Five Airbus A330 and 30 Airbus A320 aircraft were ordered in 2010, a contract worth US$ 2,5 billion. With this fleet growth, Efromovich intended to control 15% of the Brazilian air market in the next decade, including routes to Mexico, Colombia, Africa and the United States.[10]

Avianca Brasil

On 9 October 2009, Synergy announced that TACA and Avianca would merge. This merger increased OceanAir's feeder operations, already implemented with Avianca in São Paulo, to include TACA in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Santos Dumont Airport, Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre and Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport in Brasilia.

On 26 March 2010 Germán Efromovich announced the rebranding of OceanAir as Avianca Brasil. OceanAir Linhas Aéreas remains the legal name of the airline.[11] This allows Synergy group to further align the operations of OceanAir and Avianca.[12] The first aircraft with the new name started operations on 27 April 2010.[13] The only notable differences between the aircraft of Avianca Colombia and those of Avianca Brasil are the latter's Brazilian registrations and a small Brazilian flag under their cockpit windows.

On 10 November 2010, Star Alliance decided to accept Avianca Holdings to join the network as a member airline. However, Avianca Brasil was rejected at the time due to its outdated IT platforms and an objection by TAM Airlines, which since left Star Alliance to join Oneworld after merging with LAN.[14] Upon TAM's exit, Avianca Brazil officially joined Star Alliance on July 22, 2015 as an affiliate.[15]

On 11 October 2016, the airline took delivery of the first of eight Airbus A320neo being leased from GECAS.[16] Independent from Avianca Colombia, the airline increased its market share from 3% in 2009 to 14 % in 2018, becoming Brazil's fourth-largest carrier.[17]

On 10 December, Avianca Brasil filed for bankruptcy protection, R$ 100 million (US$ 26 million) are owed to airports and bank debt grew by 50 % in 2018, while United Airlines extended a loan of US$456 million to Avianca owner Synergy Group.[17] Total debts amount to 493 million reais (US$ 127 million), whereas the first half of 2018 generated 175.6 million reais of losses.[18] On April 18, 2019 Azul cancelled its offer to buy Avianca Brasil, but resubmitted the offer on May 13.[19][20] On May 24, 2019, ANAC ceased or suspended all operations of Avianca Brasil.[21]

Corporate affairs

Even though the legal name of the airline remained OceanAir, it had been re-branded as Avianca since it was owned by Synergy Group, which owned Avianca Holdings. The original Avianca of Colombia and Avianca Brasil remained separate legal entities, but in February 2017, it was reported that Avianca Holdings planned to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to fold Avianca Brasil into Avianca Holdings.[22] Its current CEO at the time all operations were ceased, Frederico Pedreira, took office on April 2016. José Efromovich, younger brother of Germán Efromovich, President of Avianca Holdings, who had been leading the company since 2008, took office as chairman of the Board of Directors on the same date.

Destinations

Main article: List of Avianca Brasil destinations

As of 28 April 2019, Avianca Brasil served four domestic destinations. The airline provided connections at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport and Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, between its own flights and those of Avianca Colombia and Avianca Perú.

Codeshare agreements

Avianca Brasil had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[23]

Fleet

As of May, 2019, the Avianca Brasil fleet included the following aircraft. Airbus had requested in May, 2019 the four A318 to be returned to the manufacturer, but denied by Justice:[2]

Avianca Brazil
Aircraft Out of Service Orders Passengers Register Owner
C Y Total
Airbus A318-100 4 – – 120 120 PR-AVJ, PR-AVL, PR-ONC, PR-ONI Airbus Financial Services
Airbus A319-100 2 – – 132 132 PR-AVB, PR-AVD Wells Fargo & Aircol 17
Total 6 – – All stored at Congonhas Airport –

Retired Fleet

Retired Oceanair/Avianca Brazil Fleet
Aircraft Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A320-200 2011 2019 Returned to owners due to default
Airbus A330-200 2017 2019
Boeing 737-300 2008 2008
Boeing 757-200 2007 2008
Boeing 767-300 2007 2008
Fokker 50 2003 2008
Fokker 100 2005 2014 Replaced by Airbus A318
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia 2001 2008
Learjet 35 1998 Un­known
Learjet 45 2004 Un­known

Cancelled Fleet

Ocean Air originally had ordered a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in 2007, but the order was cancelled after Ocean Air merged with Avianca and renaming to Avianca Brasil in 2009.

Frequent-flyer program

Avianca Brazil had a frequent-flyer program called Programa Amigo.

References

  1. ^ "Avianca Brasil". Star Alliance. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Avianca Fleet" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Avianca Update" (in Portuguese). Avianca Brasil. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Avianca Brasil deve demitir cerca de 1 mil funcionários em junho" (in Portuguese). G1. 1 June 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ "Brazilian Government Suspends Avianca Brasil". AirlineGeeks. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Anac anuncia suspensão das operações da Avianca Brasil". G1 (in Portuguese). 24 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Anac anuncia suspensão das operações da Avianca Brasil". G1 (in Portuguese). 24 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. p. 58.
  9. ^ "Demanda e oferta do transporte aéreo" (in Portuguese). Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  10. ^ Exame Magazine, 18 December 2006
  11. ^ Laguna, Eduardo (26 April 2010). "OceanAir passa a se chamar Avianca" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Valor Online. Retrieved 27 April 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |curly= (help)
  12. ^ Jardim, Lauro (17 March 2010). "Panorama: Radar: Aviação". Veja (in Portuguese). p. 53.
  13. ^ "OceanAir agora é Avianca" (in Portuguese). Avianca. 27 April 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Will an Azul-TAP partnership skew the alliance dynamics in Brazil as Avianca Brazil joins Star?". CAPA Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  15. ^ Leiro, Roberto. "Avianca Brasil Joins Star Alliance". Airways News. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Avianca Brazil". Airliner World (December 2016): 17. 25 November 2016.
  17. ^ a b Richard Pedicini (12 December 2018). "Avianca Brasil Files for Bankruptcy". AIN online.
  18. ^ "Brazilian airline Avianca Brasil declares bankruptcy". The Jakarta Post. 12 December 2018.
  19. ^ https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/azul-proposes-fresh-bid-for-avianca-brazil-assets-458139/
  20. ^ "Azul desiste de oferta pela Avianca Brasil e acusa rivais de protecionismo". G1 (in Portuguese). 18 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Anac anuncia suspensão das operações da Avianca Brasil". G1 (in Portuguese). 24 May 2019.
  22. ^ "Avianca Holdings: United Air partnership and Synergy infusion raise more questions than answers". CAPA. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  23. ^ "Profile on Avianca Brazil". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "Nuovo code share per Alitalia, accordo con Avianca Brasil" [New codeshare agreement for Alitalia with Avianca Brazil]. ttgitalia.com (in Italian). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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