Talk:Varig

Template:AirlineProject I think Varig went out of business in March 2005 - Adrian Pingstone 20:23, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

No, VARIG is being helped by Brazil government to keep on bussiness. VASP went out this year. TransBrasil was went in 2001. --GuimlBR 01:17, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It hasn't gone out of business yet, but it is currently bankrupt. It will probably go out of business as attempts to find investors who are willing to buy it have failed. It is surprising that the wikipedia article has literaly ignored Varig's current troubles !

In fact, the Brazilian government is NOT helping Varig at all.

Permit me to correct your article in regard to Mr. Ruben Berta:

" Varig's first plane was a nine-passenger Dornier Wal flying boat. Its first employee, the Hungarian Ruben Berta, later became the airline's President and led the airline through great expansion until his death in 1966. The airline started operations on 15 July 1927. Varig's first flight was from Porto Alegre to Rio Grande, stopping in Pelotas." 

Mr. Ruben Martin Berta was indeed of Hungarian ancestry on his mother side, however born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on November 9, 1907 and deceased in Rio de Janeiro on December 14, 1966.

Joseph Oliveira Varig employee 13445 from Nov 3, 1966 through July 18, 2006 josepholiveira1@yahoo.com

Reasons

No reasons are given for the crisis. Lack of demand? High costs? Old equipment? Mismanagement?

The reason is mismanagement. It is expected, however, that from mid-December 2006, the so called "New Varig" will be managed in a more business-oriented fashion, when it will receive Federal approval to fly routes from the "Old Varig". It means that the new company will probably be less lenient to employees misruling the company, as was happening while the Ruben Berta Foundation was controlling Varig.