Regional Paraguaya Líneas Aéreas (officially AeroRegional Paraguaya S.A.), was a regional airline based at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, in Asuncion, and was intended to be the new flag carrier of Paraguay.[1][2]

It officially announced its operations would launch on November 2, 2008 with chartered services.[3][4]

Destinations

By April 2009, the airline planned to operate scheduled flights to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain, Uruguay.[5]

Fleet

Regional Paraguaya's first aircraft, a BAe 146-200 at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport. This aircraft was not used by the airline.

The Regional Paraguaya fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2009):[6][7]

Regional Paraguaya fleet
Aircraft In
service
Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-200 2 2 120 120
Boeing 767-300ER 1 18 220 238
Total 2 3

Controversy

In June 2009, Regional Paraguaya released a new livery that was closely identical to the livery of Gulf Air, the flag carrier of Bahrain. After Gulf Air considered taking legal actions, Regional Paraguaya immediately revised its livery.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Regional Paraguaya dispuesta a volar from Diario ABC Color
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Nace compañía aérea en Paraguay from El Financiero en Línea
  3. ^ Diario ABC Color. "Nueva aerolínea paraguaya inicia vuelos 2 de Noviembre" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Rainer Uphoff (October 6, 2008). "Regional Paraguaya promises November launch". Flightglobal.com.
  5. ^ (in Spanish)Regional Paraguaya destinations chart Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Regional Paraguaya Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Regional Paraguaya". www.regionalparaguaya.com.py. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ David Kaminski-Morrow (June 29, 2009). "PICTURES: Gulf Air investigates as Paraguayan carrier shows off near-identical livery". Flightglobal.com.
  9. ^ Ivan Gale (July 5, 2009). "Gulf Air considers legal action". Thenationalnews.com.
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