BQB Líneas Aéreas

BQB Líneas Aéreas

IATA ICAO Callsign 5Q BQB Uruguay/Buquebus
Founded	2010
Ceased operations	April 11, 2015
Hubs	Carrasco International Airport
Fleet size	3
Destinations	3
Parent company	Línea Aérea Amaszonas
Headquarters	Montevideo, Uruguay
Key people	Juan Carlos López Mena, CEO
Website	BQB Líneas Aéreas Amszonas - BQB

BQB - Líneas Aéreas (Spanish: BQB Airlines) was an airline based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Its main base was Carrasco International Airport. The airline was owned by the owner of Buquebus, Juan Carlos López Mena. The airline, which was considered the unofficial flag carrier of Uruguay^{[citation needed]}, ceased operations in April 2015, after a crisis that began in 2014.^{[by whom?][citation needed]}

History[]

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Routes that were approved: Montevideo, Uruguay (home base and hub) to Rosario, Córdoba, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Asuncion, Paraguay, Porto Alegre and Florianópolis, Brazil. From Buenos Aires to Salto, Uruguay. Due to delays in government approvals and changes international routes were still pending when BQB ceased operations during April 2015, however BQB commenced ATR 72 domestic service from Montevideo to the cities of Salto twice a week (Mondays and Fridays) and the city of Rivera three times a week (Mondays-Wednesdays and Fridays) as a discount carrier^[1] and in competition with the bus service. These frequencies were expected to be increased. Other that were expected to commence included the routes from Montevideo to Rivera to Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre to Punta del Este and from Salto to Buenos Aires.

On April 11, 2015 the airline ceased operations due to a crisis that began in 2014, being sold 5 days later to the Bolivian Línea Aérea Amaszonas.

Destinations[]

As of April 2015 BQB Líneas Aéreas operated scheduled services to the following destinations:^[2]

• Argentina
  • Buenos Aires – Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
• Paraguay
  • Asuncion – Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
• Uruguay
  • Montevideo – Carrasco/Gral. Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport

Former Destinations:

• Argentina
  • Buenos Aires – Ministro Pistarini International Airport
  • Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport
• Brazil
  • Curitiba – Afonso Pena International Airport
  • Florianópolis – Hercílio Luz International Airport (Seasonal)
  • Foz do Iguaçu - Foz do Iguaçu
  • Porto Alegre – Salgado Filho International Airport
  • Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport
  • São Paulo – São Paulo/Guarulhos-Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport
• Uruguay
  • Rivera – Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport
  • Salto – Nueva Hesperides International Airport
  • Punta del Este – Laguna del Sauce/Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport

Fleet[]

An ATR-72-500 operated by BQB Lineas Aereas seen landing at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

As of April 2015 BQB's fleet includes the following aircraft. In 2014 the company acquired Airbus A319, although it was never placed into service and was returned to its lessor in December 2014.^[3]

References[]

Further reading[]

• "Uruguay's BQB Líneas Aéreas pursues rapid expansion, emerging as successor to Pluna". Centre for Aviation. 18 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014.

External links[]

• Official website (in Spanish)