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
Founded2009
HubsSimón Bolívar International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations9
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key peopleBoris Serrano (CEO)
Websiteflyestelar.com

History

The airline was founded in 2009. 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 route to be stranded for three days at the airport.[3]

In December 2017, Estelar announced its first intercontinental route from Caracas to Madrid, Spain. Therefore, it expanded its narrow-body fleet with an Airbus A340-300 leased from Hi Fly Malta.[4] The route to Madrid was operated with three weekly frequencies, replacing the old route operated by Conviasa. It also flew to Buenos Aires, with three frequencies a week. In July 2019, the airline leased an Airbus A380-800 from Hi Fly Malta because the leased A340 it had was under repairs, making Estelar the first Americas' airline in history to operate the aircraft type.[5]

Destinations
An Estelar Boeing 737-300 at Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport in 2015
The leased Estelar Airbus A340-300 taxiing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport in 2019

As of October 2023, Estelar serves the following domestic and international scheduled destinations:[6]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
ArgentinaBuenos AiresMinistro Pistarini International AirportTerminated
ColombiaBogotáEl Dorado International AirportSuspended[7]
ChileSantiagoArturo Merino Benítez International AirportVia Lima for refueling[8]
ItalyRomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportTerminated
MexicoCancúnCancún International AirportTerminated
PanamaPanama CityTocumen International AirportSuspended
PeruLimaJorge Chávez International AirportTerminated
PortugalLisbonLisbon AirportTerminated[9]
SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportResumes November 17, 2023[10]
VenezuelaBarquisimetoJacinto Lara International AirportSuspended
VenezuelaBarinasBarinas Airport[11]
VenezuelaCanaimaCanaima AirportSuspended
VenezuelaCaracasSimón Bolívar International AirportHub
VenezuelaCumanáAntonio José de Sucre AirportSuspended
VenezuelaEl VigíaJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo AirportSuspended
VenezuelaMaracaiboLa Chinita International Airport
VenezuelaMaturínMaturín Airport
VenezuelaPorlamarSantiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport
VenezuelaPuerto OrdazManuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport
VenezuelaSan Antonio del TáchiraJuan Vicente Gómez International Airport[12]
VenezuelaSanto DomingoMayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2023, the Estelar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[13]

Aerolíneas Estelar fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A340-300 1 — 267
Boeing 737-200 1 — 118
Boeing 737-300 3 — 148
Total 4 —

Former fleet
Aerolíneas Estelar former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A380-800 1 2019 2019 Leased from Hi Fly Malta

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: Estelar suspends flights to Bogota". Aviacionline.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  8. "Aerolíneas Estelar retomará sus vuelos entre Caracas y Santiago de Chile". Aviacionaldia.com. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  9. "La venezolana Estelar suspende sus ventas en Europa". Reportur.com (in Spanish). 26 September 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  10. "Venezuelan Estelar mulls resuming flights to Spain with a wet-leased Airbus A350". Aviacionline.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  11. "Estelar Adds Caracas – Barinas Service From April 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  12. "Venezuela: Estelar inaugurates flights to San Antonio del Táchira". Aviacionline.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  13. "Nuestra Flota". flyestelar.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  14. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  15. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
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