Aerolíneas Estelar

Aerolíneas Estelar (formerly Estelar Latinoamérica C.A.) is a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas operating out of Simón Bolívar International Airport.

Aerolíneas Estelar C.A.
IATA ICAO Callsign
ES[1] ETR[1] ESTELAR
FoundedMarch 8, 2008
HubsSimón Bolívar International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations9
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key peopleBoris Serrano (CEO)
Websiteflyestelar.com

History

The airline was founded in March 8, 2008. Its first flights were to Porlamar and within months it commenced a route to and from Maracaibo.[2] It was a charter flight company, until it managed to consolidate itself over the years.

On November 6, 2017, the Chilean airline Latin American Wings terminated the contract with Estelar for non-payment, which caused passengers on the Santiago, Chile route to be stranded for three days at the airport.[3]

In December 2017, Estelar Latinoamerica announced its first intercontinental route from Caracas to Madrid, Spain. Therefore, it expanded its narrow-body fleet with an Airbus A340-300 on lease from Hi Fly Malta.[4] The route to Madrid was operated with three weekly frequencies, replacing the old route operated by the flag carrier, Conviasa. It also flew the A340 to Buenos Aires, with three frequencies a week.

Later, the airline leased an Airbus A380-800 from Hi Fly Malta because the A340 it was leasing needed repairs, making Estelar the first Americas airline in history to operate the aircraft type.[5]

Destinations
Aerolineas Estelar Boeing 737-300
Former Estelar Airbus A340-300 leased from Hi Fly Malta at Madrid

As of February 2022, Estelar serves the following domestic and international scheduled destinations:[6]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
ArgentinaBuenos AiresMinistro Pistarini International AirportTerminated
ChileSantiagoComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportTerminated
ItalyRomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportTerminated
MexicoCancúnCancún International AirportCharter
PanamaPanama CityTocumen International Airport
PeruLimaJorge Chávez International Airport
PortugalLisbonLisbon AirportTerminated
SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportTerminated
United StatesMiamiMiami International AirportLaunch Date TBA[7]
VenezuelaBarquisimetoJacinto Lara International AirportSuspended
VenezuelaCaracasSimón Bolívar International AirportHub
VenezuelaCumanáAntonio José de Sucre AirportSuspended
VenezuelaEl VigíaJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport
VenezuelaMaracaiboLa Chinita International Airport
VenezuelaMaturínMaturín Airport
VenezuelaPorlamarSantiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport
VenezuelaPuerto OrdazManuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport
VenezuelaSanto DomingoMayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

As of November 2021, the Estelar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]

Aerolineas Estelar fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 — 1 TBA To be wet-leased from Global Crossing Airlines[7]
Boeing 737-200 2 — 109
Boeing 737-300 2 — 148
Total 4 1

Former fleet
Aerolineas Estelar former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A340-300 1 2017 2020 Leased from Hi Fly Malta
Airbus A380-800 1 2019 2019

Accidents and incidents

See also

References
  1. "Aerolíneas Estelar information". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  2. "ESTELAR LATINOAMÉRICA – Air World Services EN". aws-aws.com (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  3. "The drama of the travellers of LAW and Estelar". runrun.es (in Spanish). 29 September 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. ch-aviation.com - Venezuela's Estelar launches first route to Europe 16 December 2017
  5. "Estelar Airlines Leases Hi Fly's Airbus A380 For Caracas Service". Simpleflying.com. Joanna Baily. 15 July 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  6. flyestelar.com - Destinos (Spanish) retrieved 10 June 2018
  7. "Venezuela's Estelar to wet-lease an A320 for US ops". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  8. "Estelar Latinoamerica Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  9. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  10. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

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