Aero VIP
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Aero VIP | ||
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IATA 2D |
ICAO AOG |
Callsign AVIP |
Founded | 1999 | |
Ceased operations | 2004 | |
Hubs | Ezeiza International Airport | |
Fleet size | ||
Destinations | ||
Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
Key people |
Aero VIP was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It operated regional passenger services. Its main base was Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires.[citation needed]
Operations were suspended in November 2004, with the airline in debt[1].
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[edit] History
The airline was established on 15 March 1999 and started operations on 23 June 1999. It operated for a time as LAPA VIP and as ARG Express until sold back to its original owner. The airline was owned by Sebastian Agote.[citation needed] Operations were suspended in November 2004.
Teba, which held the concession for the Buenos Aires bus station, acquired a controlling stake in Aerovip in December 2004, buying shares representing 80% of the outstanding equity that belonged to Sebastian Agote. The other 20% will remain in hands of Eduardo Eurnekian, head of airport concessionaire Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. Aerovip has not been flying since October 3, 2004 and has debts of over US$9 million. In a meeting with the Aeronautic Union (APA), the new owners committed to resume flights by December 20, 2004 and maintain the current payroll[2].
In 2005 it was announced that LAN Airlines would absorb LAFSA and Aero VIP into LAN Argentina[3]. Pilots, stewards and maintenance personnel of LAN Argentina went on strike in November 2005 to protest at management’s failure to hire 150 former workers of Aero VIP[4].
[edit] Destinations
Aero VIP operated the following services (at January 2005):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata and Villa Gesell.
- International scheduled destinations: Montevideo and Punta del Este.
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2006 the Aero VIP fleet included [5] :
[edit] Previously operated
- 6 BAe Jetstream 32EP (registrations: LV-ZOW, LV-ZPW, LV-ZSB, LV-ZPZ, LV-ZRL and LV-ZST)[1]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Aeropuertas Argentina (in Spanish) retrieved 21 April 2007
- ^ IBL Troubled Company Reporter 7 December 2004
- ^ Clarin.com (in Spanish) 16 March 2005
- ^ World Socialist website 22 November 2005
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006