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Founded | 2007 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | August 2010 | ||||||
Hubs | Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | 2 | ||||||
Headquarters | Asunción, Paraguay | ||||||
Key people | Salvador Sturno (President) | ||||||
Website | regionalparaguaya |
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]
By April 2009, the airline planned to operate scheduled flights to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain, Uruguay.[5]
The Regional Paraguaya fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2009):[6][7]
Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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C | Y | Total | |||||
Boeing 737-200 | 2 | 2 | – | 120 | 120 | ||
Boeing 767-300ER | — | 1 | 18 | 220 | 238 | ||
Total | 2 | 3 |
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]