OceanAir
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| OceanAir | ||
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| IATA O6 |
ICAO ONE |
Callsign OCEANAIR |
| Founded | 1998 | |
| Hubs | Santos Dumont Airport (Rio de Janeiro), Congonhas Airport (São Paulo) | |
| Frequent flyer program | AviancaPlus | |
| Member lounge | Avianca VIP lounges | |
| Fleet size | 26 | |
| Destinations | 34 | |
| Company slogan | Você faz a gente crescer (You make us grow) | |
| Headquarters |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Website: www.oceanair.com.br | ||
OceanAir is an airline based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It operates passenger services from Rio de Janeiro to 30 destinations along the eastern length of Brazil. Its main base is Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro.[1]
Germán Efromovich has announced the rebranding of OceanAir as Avianca Brasil in 2008. The same will happen with another airline of the Avianca Group, VIP Ecuador.[2]
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1998 as an air taxi company to operate services for oil companies in the Campos Basin. OceanAir began to operate scheduled services in 2002, between São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Macaé and Campos. Soon afterwards, it started to become better known to the public with a flight (no longer operated now) connecting Congonhas Airport in São Paulo and Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro via São Paulo-Guarulhos International, enabling international passengers from both cities easy access to the country's largest international hub from those cities' smaller but central and more convenient airports. At the time, OceanAir's fare between São Paulo's airports was cheaper than a taxi and on a par with the luxury bus ride.
In 2004, Synergy Group, OceanAir's parent company, bought Avianca, so now OceanAir feeds Avianca's flight in GRU and vice-versa. This wide partnership between the airlines is already in place. In 2004, OceanAir also bought VIP Ecuador. In 2006, a joint venture formed by OceanAir (49%) and Fondo de Inversiones Sustentables (51%) created a new Peruvian airline called Wayraperú, but the airline suspended operations a few months later. These airlines make up Synergy Aerospace, and coordination of schedules to feed Avianca's network is taking place right now. They will soon all be members of the AviancaPlus FF programme. OceanAir started international operations to Mexico in 2007, with Boeing 767 aircraft. The Synergy Group, which includes other airlines and companies, had a profit of US$ 3 billion in 2005 and investments of US$ 100 million in the last months.
Germán Efromovich, the owner of Avianca and OceanAir, bought 10 Boeing 787, and OceanAir will be the first Brazilian company to fly the Dreamliners. Five Airbus A330 and 30 Airbus A320 will also be added to the fleet, in a contract of US$ 2.5 billion. Deliveries will start in 2010. With this fleet growth, Efromovich intend to have 15% of the Brazilian air market in the next decade, including routes to Mexico, Colombia, Africa and the United States.[3]
[edit] Destinations
OceanAir flights connect at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport with those of Avianca, which serves international destinations from its hub at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia.
OceanAir started international services in 2007 from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to Mexico City, using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. Los Angeles and Lima are planned destinations for 2008, followed by Lagos and Luanda.
[edit] Fleet
| Aircraft: | Total: | Routes: | Options: |
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| Airbus A319 | (14 orders) | Short routes | |
| Airbus A320 | (7 orders) | Medium routes | |
| Airbus A330 | (7 Orders) | long routes | |
| Airbus A350 XWB | (10 Orders) | long routes | (10 Options) |
| Boeing 737-300 | 3 Ex BRA | Short routes | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 2 ex-Axis Airways | International routes | |
| Boeing 767 | 2 (4 orders) | International routes | |
| Boeing 787 | (10 orders) | Long routes | (10 Options) |
| Fokker 50 | 3 | Regional routes | |
| Fokker 100 | 16 | National routes | |
| EMB-120 | 3 | Regional routes |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 58.
- ^ Efromovich confirms use of Avianca brand in the country (in Portuguese; retrieved on December 11, 2007)
- ^ Exame Magazine, 18 December 2006
- Anonymous. "News from the Airways." Airways Magazine: A Global Review of Commercial Flight. March 2008:3
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