Aerolineas 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 size5
Destinations13
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 America's 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 October 2020, 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
ColombiaCartagenaRafael Nuñez International Airport
ItalyRomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportTerminated
MexicoCancúnCancún International Airport
PanamaPanama CityTocumen International Airport
PeruLimaJorge Chávez International Airport
PeruPiscoCapitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera Airport
PortugalLisbonLisbon AirportTerminated
SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportTerminated
VenezuelaBarquisimetoJacinto Lara International Airport
VenezuelaCaracasSimón Bolívar International AirportHub
VenezuelaCumanaAntonio José de Sucre 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 January 2021, the Estelar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]

Aerolineas Estelar fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-200 1 108
Boeing 737-300 4 128
Total 5

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 Leased from Hi Fly Malta

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). 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. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  6. flyestelar.com - Destinos (Spanish) retrieved 10 June 2018
  7. "Estelar Latinoamerica Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

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