Flybondi Explained

Airline:Flybondi
Fleet Size:15
Destinations:13
Iata:FO
Icao:FBZ
Callsign:BONDI
Founded:2016
Commenced:26 January 2018
Headquarters:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Key People:Andrés Vacarezza
Bases:Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
Focus Cities:Córdoba

FB Líneas Aéreas S.A., operating as Flybondi, is a ultra low-cost airline in Argentina. The airline, the first of its kind in the country, operates Boeing 737-800 aircraft from its bases in Buenos Aires and Córdoba. The company slogan is La libertad de volar, meaning "The freedom of flying" in Spanish.

History

The airline's inaugural flight from Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport in Córdoba to Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport in Puerto Iguazu took place on 26 January 2018.[1]

Destinations

The first routes were launched from its base at Córdoba International Airport in January 2018, to the cities of Mendoza, Bariloche and Puerto Iguazú. In February 2018, the airline was the first civilian airline to operate from El Palomar Airport near Buenos Aires, where it established a new base and began flights to Salta, Neuquén, and Tucumán.[2]

Flybondi went international on December 17, 2018, with flights between El Palomar in the Greater Buenos Aires area and the Paraguayan capital Asunción.[3]

In July, 2019, the airline announced that it would start flights between Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. The flights started operating on 11 October 2019, departing from the airline's main base at Buenos Aires' El Palomar Airport to Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro. [4]

, Flybondi operates or has operated to the following destinations:

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Argentina Bahía BlancaComandante Espora Airport
[5]
Comodoro RivadaviaGeneral Enrique Mosconi International Airport
CorrientesDoctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport
El CalafateComandante Armando Tola International Airport
Mar del PlataÁstor Piazzolla International Airport
PosadasLibertador General José de San Martín Airport
Puerto MadrynEl Tehuelche Airport
San Carlos de BarilocheSan Carlos de Bariloche Airport
San Salvador de JujuyGobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport
Santiago del EsteroVicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport
TrelewAlmirante Marcos A. Zar Airport
BrazilFlorianópolisHercílio Luz International Airport
São PauloSão Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport
ParaguayAsunciónSilvio Pettirossi International Airport
UruguayPunta del EsteCapitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport

Fleet

, Flybondi operates the following aircraft:[6]

Former fleet

The following aircraft were formerly operated by Flybondi:

Notes and References

  1. News: Con el primer vuelo de Flybondi, arrancó la era de las low cost en Argentina . Clarín . 26 January 2018 .
  2. News: Flybondi presentó su primer avión y vuela desde el 3 de enero . LaVoz . 6 December 2017 .
  3. News: Flybondi to cross the border in December with Asunción, Punta del Este services. MercoPress. 9 November 2018. 30 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Flybondi to Start Flights to Brazil, Keeps Low-Cost Growth in South America. Machado. João. 2019-07-05. AirlineGeeks.com. en-US. 2019-08-12.
  5. Web site: Destinos. ES. flybondi.com.
  6. News: Flybondi Fleet Details and History . planespotters.net . 2022-11-05 . en.