Línea Aérea Amaszonas

Compañía de Servicios de Transporte Aéreo Amaszonas S.A., usually shortened to Amaszonas,[note 1] is an airline based in Bolivia, headquartered in La Paz.[1] It operates scheduled and chartered short-haul passenger flights throughout the northern and northeastern regions of the country as well as to neighboring Peru, Chile and Paraguay, with its network's hub being located at El Alto International Airport.

"Amaszonas" redirects here. For similarly spelled "Amazonas", see Amazonas (disambiguation).
Amaszonas S.A.
IATA ICAO Callsign
Z8 AZN AMASZONAS
Founded1998
Commenced operations2000
HubsEl Alto International Airport
Focus citiesViru Viru International Airport
Frequent-flyer programJet Class Miles
Subsidiaries
Fleet size12
Destinations24
HeadquartersEquipetrol, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Key peopleSergio de Urioste (General manager)
Websiteamaszonas.com

History

The company was founded on 1 October 1998, but flight services were only commenced in 2000.[2] Initially, Amaszonas operated chartered flights using a small fleet of turboprop airliners of the types Cessna 208 Caravan and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner.[3] In 2012, following the demise of AeroSur, five Bombardier CRJ200 were acquired from Avmax Aircraft Leasing Inc. in order to launch scheduled passenger services.[4] The first one of these 50-seat jet aircraft was put in service in late August on the La Paz-Santa Cruz de la Sierra route.[4][5]

In late 2014 Amaszonas announced it would lease 9 CRJ200 aircraft to expand its regional network and intended to fly to up to 40 destinations by 2017.[6]

Purchase of BQB Líneas Aéreas

In 2015 the Bolivian airline purchased the Uruguayan BQB Líneas Aéreas 5 days after the company shut down its operations due to a crisis that began in 2014. From 4 May, the airline takes over the routes operated by BQB before the closure of operations, which are Buenos Aires and Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.[7]

Subsidiaries

Destinations

As of January 2017, Amaszonas offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:[9]

City Country Airport Status
Buenos Aires Argentina Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Córdoba Argentina Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella International Airport Terminated
Salta Argentina Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport Terminated
Cochabamba Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
La Paz Bolivia El Alto International Airport Hub
Oruro Bolivia Juan Mendoza Airport Terminated
Rurrenabaque Bolivia Rurrenabaque Airport
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia Viru Viru International Airport Focus city
Sucre Bolivia Alcantari Airport
Sucre Bolivia Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport
Tarija Bolivia Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
Trinidad Bolivia Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport
Uyuni Bolivia Joya Andina Airport
Yacuiba Bolivia Yacuiba Airport
Cobija Bolívia Capitain Aníbal Arab Airport Campo Grande Brazil Campo Grande International Airport Terminated
Cuiaba Brazil Marechal Rondon International Airport Terminated
Florianópolis Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Terminated
Antofagasta Chile Cerro Moreno International Airport Terminated
Arica Chile Chacalluta International Airport Terminated
Copiapó Chile Desierto de Atacama Airport Terminated
Iquique Chile Diego Aracena International Airport
La Serena Chile La Florida Airport Terminated
Asuncion Paraguay Silvio Pettirossi International Airport Focus city
Ciudad del Este Paraguay Guaraní International Airport
Arequipa Peru Rodríguez Ballón International Airport Terminated
Cusco Peru Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport
Montevideo Uruguay Carrasco International Airport Focus city
Punta del Este Uruguay Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet
An Amaszonas Bombardier CRJ200.

The Amaszonas fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2020):[10]

Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Bombardier CRJ200 6 — 50
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 Dash 8 2 — 37
Embraer 190STD/LR 4 — 112
Total 12 —

Former fleet

The airline previously operated: 2 Fairchild Metroliner and a further 4 Bombardier CRJ200[11]

Interline agreements

As of April 2014, Amaszonas has interline agreements with the following airlines:[12]

Incidents
An Amaszonas Cessna 208 Caravan at El Alto International Airport (2004).
  • On 10 July 2001 at 16:47 local time, the two pilots of an Amaszonas Cessna 208 Caravan (registered CP-2395) carrying eleven passengers had to execute an emergency landing on a hill near Viacha, six minutes into a flight from La Paz to Rurrenabaque, due to an engine problem. When hitting the ground, the aircraft turned over and was destroyed, but all persons on board survived.[13]
  • On 25 January 2005 at around 10:00 local time, another Amaszonas Caravan (registered CP-2412) crash-landed, this time near Colquiri. The aircraft with two pilots and ten passengers on board had been on a chartered flight from La Paz to Sucre, when it encountered atmospheric icing conditions, thus being unable to maintain height. There were no fatalities, but as a consequence, Amaszonas was stripped of the allowance to operate Caravans on passenger flights.[14]
  • On 27 February 2011 at 15:10 local time, an Amaszonas Fairchild Metro 23 (registered CP-2473) [15] was substantially damaged when the left landing gear collapsed upon landing at El Alto International Airport. The aircraft carrying six passengers and two crew members had been on a scheduled flight from San Borja to Rurrenabaque when problems with the undercarriage occurred, leading the pilots to divert to La Paz. All persons on board survived the ensuing crash landing.[16]
  • On November 9th 2017 an Amaszonas Uruguay Canadair CRJ-200 was operating flight 749 from Asuncion, Paraguay to Montevideo, Uruguay and suffered a tyre explosion at the gate damaging another aircraft and seriously injuring a ground worker. The worker was taken to a military hospital where he had both legs amputated. The airline postponed all operations of November 10 and reestablished services on November 11.[17]

Notes
  1. The name "Amaszonas" is a pun on the Spanish term "A más zonas", which means "to more zones". The pronunciation is nearly identical to "Amazonas", Spanish for the Amazon River, whose drainage basin covers northeastern Bolivia.

References
  1. Home page. Amaszonas. Retrieved on 5 April 2015. "Av. Saavedra N° 1649 - Miraflores La Paz, Bolivia"
  2. "Profile for: Amaszonas". Aero Transport Data Bank. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. "Information about Amaszonas". rzjets.net. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. "Bolivia gets new scheduled carrier". volaspheric. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. "Amaszonas Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. Airliner World: 15. January 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Amaszonas confirmó adquisición de BQB. Comenzará a operar el 4 de mayo". 2015-04-18. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  8. "Amaszonas Uruguay adds maiden aircraft". Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  9. "Route map". Amaszonas. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  10. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 5.
  11. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 7.
  12. User, Super. "Amaszonas". www.amaszonas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  13. "Amaszonas 2001 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 2001-07-10. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  14. "Amaszonas 2005 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  15. "Accident Description Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  16. "Amaszonas 2011 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  17. "Accident: Amaszonas Uruguay CRJ2 at Montevideo on Nov 9th 2017, tyre explosion on the ground causes amputation of both legs of ground worker". The Aviation Herald. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
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