Fly Linhas Aéreas

Fly Linhas Aéreas was a Brazilian airline which operated between 1995 and 2003.

Fly Linhas Aéreas

IATA ICAO Call sign 4H FLB AEREAFLY
Founded	1995
Commenced operations	1995
Ceased operations	2003
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

History

A Fly Linhas Aéreas Boeing 727-200 at Recife in 1998

The airline began operations on August 25, 1995, with a Boeing 727-200 as a charter carrier linking Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to holiday destinations in the northeast of Brazil. Originally it was a direct competitor of Air Vias, another Brazilian airline dedicated to charter flights. Eventually Fly became a carrier with both charter and scheduled low-cost operations.^[1]

Though successful in its first years, it suffered a hard economic blow during the 1999 currency exchange devaluation crisis, and a great decrease in traffic, following a world trend, in the second semester of 2001. Those difficulties led to increasing administrative difficulties. The final blow came with increasing competition with Gol Airlines which led to the ceasing of operations in 2003.^[2]

Destinations

• Fortaleza – Pinto Martins International Airport
• Natal – Augusto Severo International Airport
• Recife – Guararapes/Gilberto Freyre International Airport
• Rio de Janeiro – Galeão/Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport
• São Paulo – Guarulhos/Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport

Fleet

FLY fleet

Aircraft	Total	Years of operation	Notes
Boeing 727-200	4	1995–2003

Airline affinity program

Fly did not have an airline affinity program.

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Brazil