Albatros Airlines

Albatros Airlines is a Venezuelan commercial airline with private capital, authorized to carry out flight operations for the transfer of passengers and cargo, founded on December 27, 2007. Its fleet includes only a Boeing 737-500.

Albatros Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
G2 GAL ALBATROS
FoundedDecember 27, 2007
AOC #GAL-035
Fleet size1
Destinations12
Parent companyGlancelot Alliance, C.A.
HeadquartersMaracay, Venezuela
Key peopleMarvin Linares (CEO)
Employees400
Websitealbatrosair.aero

History
Former Albatros Airlines Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia

Albatros Airlines was founded on December 27, 2007 and received the Air Services Operator Certificate issued by the National Institute of Civil Aviation on May 13, 2010, to carry out commercial air transport operations, passengers, cargo and mail on an national and international level.

On May 13, 2010, the airline made its first commercial flight in a Cessna 208B Caravan, a 12 seat airplane, on the Porlamar - Carúpano route. During the rest of that year, new routes were opened in the eastern region of Venezuela, with departures from Porlamar to Maturín, Cumana, Barcelona and Güiria and to Los Roques, with departures from Maiquetía and Maracay.

The airline has made charter flights to various international destinations, including Aruba, Curaçao, Barranquilla, Port of Spain, and Haiti.

In mid-2010 and 2011, the airline dedicated itself exclusively to the corporate market, serving different passenger and cargo transfer companies on different national routes.

On July 27, 2012, the Cessna Caravan 208B aircraft were replaced by the 30-seat Embraer EMB 120 for commercial flights from Porlamar to Carúpano and Maturín, and including flights to Tucupita and Maracay and the Carúpano route to Caracas.

In the expansion project of the company, the acquisition of one Boeing 737-500 was made to increase its fleet and air services. With it, it operates flights to San José de Costa Rica with two weekly frequencies, being the only direct flight between Maiquetía and San José.

On December 5, 2018, Albatros Airlines began commercial flights from Caracas to Barranquilla, on a Thursday and Sunday frequency, flying non-stop direct to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport.

On November 12, 2019, the airline received its first Airbus A320-200 from Montreal under a wet lease scheme, landing in Porlamar, becoming the second Venezuelan commercial airline with this type of aircraft, after Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela operated under this same scheme between 1999 and 2001.

The company announced in its expansion plan for 2021 the incorporation of Boeing 777-200ER long range aircraft which will be dry leased, for the operation of flights to Europe on routes to places such as Oporto and Rome.

Destinations
Former Albatros Airlines Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Albatros Airlines Boeing 737-500
Country City Airport Notes Refs
ArubaOranjestadQueen Beatrix International Airport
ColombiaBarranquillaErnesto Cortissoz International Airport[1]
ColombiaCaliAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport
ColombiaMedellinJosé María Córdova International Airport
Costa RicaSan JoséJuan Santamaría International Airport
Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainPiarco International AirportCharter
VenezuelaCaracasSimón Bolívar International AirportHub
VenezuelaCarúpanoGeneral José Francisco Bermúdez AirportCharter
VenezuelaLas PiedrasJosefa Camejo International Airport
VenezuelaLos RoquesLos Roques Airport
VenezuelaPuerto OrdazManuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport
VenezuelaTucupitaSan Rafael AirportCharter

Fleet

Current Fleet

The Albatros Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft as of September 2020:[2]

Albatros Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service On order Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-500 1 — 114
Boeing 777-200ER — 3 266 Dry lease, set to enter service in 2021
Total 1 3

Former Fleet

Albatros Airlines formerly operated the following aircraft:

Albatros Airline former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A320-200 1 2019 2020 Leased from SmartLynx Airlines Estonia
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan 2 2010 2017
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia 3 2012 2018

References
  1. El peculiar vuelo Barranquilla-Caracas elheraldo.co
  2. Albatros Airlines Fleet Details and History planespotters.com, accessdate 15 September 2020

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