| Airline: | Aerolíneas Estelar C.A. |
| Fleet Size: | 4 |
| Destinations: | 10 |
| Iata: | ES[1] |
| Icao: | ETR |
| Callsign: | ESTELAR |
| Founded: | 2009 |
| Headquarters: | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Key People: | Boris Serrano (CEO) |
| Hubs: | Simón Bolívar International Airport |
Aerolíneas Estelar (formerly Estelar Latinoamérica C.A.) is a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas operating out of Simón Bolívar International Airport.
The airline was founded in 2009. Its first flights were to Porlamar and within months it commenced a route to and from Maracaibo.[2] It was a charter flight company, until it managed to consolidate itself over the years.
On November 6, 2017, the Chilean airline Latin American Wings terminated the contract with Estelar for non-payment, which caused passengers on the Santiago route to be stranded for three days at the airport.[3]
In December 2017, Estelar announced its first intercontinental route from Caracas to Madrid, Spain. Therefore, it expanded its narrow-body fleet with an Airbus A340-300 leased from Hi Fly Malta.[4] The route to Madrid was operated with three weekly frequencies, replacing the old route operated by Conviasa. It also flew to Buenos Aires, with three frequencies a week. In July 2019, the airline leased an Airbus A380-800 from Hi Fly Malta because the leased A340 it had was under repairs, making Estelar the hemisphere's first airline to operate the aircraft type.[5]
, Estelar serves the following domestic and international scheduled destinations:[6]
, the Estelar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[14]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A340-300 | 1 | - | 267 | ||
| Boeing 737-200 | 1 | - | 118 | ||
| Boeing 737-300 | 3 | - | 148 | ||
| Total | 4 | - | |||