Avant Airlines

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AVANT Airlines
Avant Airlines Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
OT VAT AVANT
Founded1997
Ceased operations2001
Hubs
Fleet size12
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile

AVANT Airlines was a Chilean airline, belonging to . It started flying in 1997 and closed down in 2001.

History[]

AVANT Airlines made its first flights to La Serena in 1997. In the following months AVANT was flying to different cities of Chile. In 1998 it acquired another Chilean airline, , for 24 million US Dollars.[1]

In 1999 AVANT went into bankruptcy despite having 30% of the Chilean air market. The Chilean airline was owned by the Diez family, which also owned bus company TurBus.[2] Its last flight was in 2001, a flight from Calama to Santiago, bringing the airline's existence to an end.[3]

Fleet[]

Avant Airlines Boeing 737
  • 9x 737-200

References[]

  1. ^ "Avant Airlines To Expand in Chile". aviationweek.com. 1999-09-23. Retrieved 2019-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Avant Stops Flying As Chile's Number 2". aviationweek.com. 2001-03-14. Retrieved 2019-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "History of Avant and National Airlines (in Spanish)".

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