Regional Paraguaya Explained

Airline:Regional Paraguaya
Iata:P7
Icao:REP
Callsign:REGIOPAR
Founded:2007
Ceased:August 2010
Headquarters:Asunción, Paraguay
Key People:Salvador Sturno (President)
Hubs:Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
Fleet Size:2
Destinations:2

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

By April 2009, the airline planned to operate scheduled flights to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain, Uruguay.[5]

Fleet

The Regional Paraguaya fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2009):[6] [7]

Regional Paraguaya fleet
AircraftIn
service
OrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Boeing 737-20022 - 120120
Boeing 767-300ER - 118220238
Total23

Controversy

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Regional Paraguaya dispuesta a volar from Diario ABC Color
  2. Nace compañía aérea en Paraguay from El Financiero en Línea
  3. Web site: Nueva aerolínea paraguaya inicia vuelos 2 de Noviembre. Diario ABC Color. es. http://archivo.abc.com.py/2008-09-30/articulos/455649/nueva-aerolinea-paraguaya-inicia-vuelos-el-2-de-noviembre. August 13, 2011.
  4. Web site: Regional Paraguaya promises November launch. Rainer Uphoff. Flightglobal.com. October 6, 2008.
  5. Regional Paraguaya destinations chart
  6. Web site: Regional Paraguaya Fleet Details and History. Planespotters.net. April 1, 2021.
  7. Web site: Regional Paraguaya. www.regionalparaguaya.com.py. 14 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20090414233452/http://www.regionalparaguaya.com.py/Flota.html. 14 April 2009. dead.
  8. Web site: PICTURES: Gulf Air investigates as Paraguayan carrier shows off near-identical livery. Flightglobal.com. David Kaminski-Morrow. June 29, 2009.
  9. Web site: Gulf Air considers legal action. Thenationalnews.com. Ivan Gale. July 5, 2009.