Línea Aérea Amaszonas

Amaszonas S.A.[note 1] operating as Amas (legally as Compañía de Servicios de Transporte Aéreo Amaszonas S.A.) is an airline based in Bolivia, headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra with its administrative center 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 Brazil, Argentina, 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
IATA ICAO Callsign
Z8 AZN AMASZONAS
FoundedOctober 1, 1998
Commenced operations2000
AOC #791F491F
HubsEl Alto International Airport
Focus citiesViru Viru International Airport
Frequent-flyer programAmasMiles
Fleet size4
Destinations7
Parent companyNella Linhas Aéreas
HeadquartersSanta Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Key peopleMauricio Souza (CEO)
Websitewww.amaszonas.com

History

The company was founded on October 1, 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]

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

In August 2021, Nella Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian-based company registered in the U.S., had acquired 100% control over Amaszonas. Nella announced a strategic partnership with Boeing on 29-Jul-2021 and it was expecting delivery of a Boeing 737-500 in August 2021. However, such aircraft has not been delivered as of January 2023. Brasília International Airport is the main international airport in Brazil's capital, Brasília and is planned to be the primary hub of Nella.[8][9]

Former subsidiaries

Destinations

As of December 2022, Amaszonas offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:[12]

City Country Airport Status
ArgentinaBuenos AiresAeroparque Jorge NewberyTerminated
BoliviaCochabambaJorge Wilstermann International Airport
La PazEl Alto International AirportHub
OruroJuan Mendoza AirportSuspended
RurrenabaqueRurrenabaque AirportSuspended
Santa Cruz de la SierraViru Viru International AirportFocus city
SucreAlcantarí Airport
Juana Azurduy de Padilla International AirportTerminated
TarijaCapitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
TrinidadTeniente Jorge Henrich Arauz AirportSuspended
UyuniUyuni AirportSuspended
YacuibaYacuiba AirportSuspended
CobijaCaptain Aníbal Arab AirportSuspended
Santa Ana del YacumaSanta Ana del Yacuma AirportSuspended
ChileIquiqueDiego Aracena International Airport
ParaguayAsuncionSilvio Pettirossi International Airport
Ciudad del EsteGuaraní International AirportTerminated
PeruArequipaRodriguez Ballon International AirportTerminated
CuscoAlejandro Velasco Astete International AirportTerminated
UruguayMontevideoCarrasco International AirportTerminated
Punta del EsteCapitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International AirportTerminated

Interline agreements

As of April 2014, Amaszonas had interline agreements with the following airlines:[13]

As of January 2022, only Air Europa maintains an E-Ticket Interlineal agreement which allows the airlines to use the KIU System (Amadeus) to generate reservations in the domestic destination served by Amaszonas.[14]

Fleet

Current fleet
A former Amaszonas Bombardier CRJ200 at Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport in 2014

The Amaszonas fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2023):[15][16]

Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Embraer 190LR 4 — 110
Total 4 —

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:[16]

Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Bombardier CRJ-100LR 1 2015 2016
Bombardier CRJ-200LR 8 2012 2022
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan 3 2000 2008
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-200 2 2017 2023
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner 3 2004 2018

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.[17]
  • 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.[18]
  • On 27 February 2011 at 15:10 local time, an Amaszonas Fairchild Metro 23 (registered CP-2473) [19] 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.[20]
  • On November 9, 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.[21]

See also

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 12 August 2021. "Calle 12, Esquina Sánchez Bustamante, Edificio Gogo N°799, Calacoto, 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. {{cite journal}}: 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. "NELLA Airlines, Regional/Commuter". 2021-07-29. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. "Bolivia's Amaszonas sold to US-based NELLA Airlines Inc". 2021-08-11. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. "Amaszonas Paraguay". Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  11. "Amaszonas Uruguay". Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  12. "Route map". Amaszonas. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  13. "Amaszonas". www.amaszonas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  14. "Air Europa Routes and Destinations" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  15. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 5.
  16. "Amaszonas Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  17. "Amaszonas 2001 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 2001-07-10. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  18. "Amaszonas 2005 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  19. "Accident Description Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  20. "Amaszonas 2011 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  21. "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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