ITA Transportes Aéreos

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Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos
Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos Logo, May 2021.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
8I IPM AEROITA
Founded2020
Commenced operations29 June 2021
Ceased operations17 December 2021
AOC #346 - 20 May 2021[1]
HubsSão Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport
Focus citiesRio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport
Frequent-flyer programITA Clube
Fleet size1[2]
Destinationsnone
Parent companyItapemirim
HeadquartersSão Paulo, Brazil
Key people
  • Adalberto Bogsan (CEO)
  • Sidnei Piva de Jesus (President)
Websitewww.voeita.com.br

ITA Transportes Aéreos Ltda, also known as ITA or Itapemirim, is[3] a grounded Brazilian airline based in São Paulo. It was established in 2020 and belongs to Itapemirim Group. On 17 December 2021, the airline temporarily suspended all operations for internal restructuring.[4]

History[]

This is the second time that Itapemirim Group has operated in the aviation sector. The first time was with Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos, which operated between 1991 and 2000. It had a cargo division, Itapemirim Cargo, which owned 6 Boeing 727s. It flew from Viracopos to Manaus and it also operated on the Campinas-Galeão-Recife-Fortaleza route. The other division was Itapemirim Regional, which operated flights between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with two Cessna 208 Caravans, between 1997 and 1998. It operated until the year 2000, when, without any aircraft, its air operator's certificate was revoked by the defunct DAC - Department of Civil Aviation.

Purchase attempts[]

On 3 July 2017, Itapemirim Group announced the purchase of Passaredo Linhas Aéreas. For two months, the airline management was shared between the former owners and Itapemirim Group. There was also a sharing of the airline's routes with the Viação Itapemirim bus routes. Counting the bus lines and the 20 cities where Passaredo operated, the integration between the aerial and road networks reached up to 2,500 Brazilian cities. The purchase was later undone by Passaredo. According to them, the reason was the Itapemirim Group did not comply with the agreement established.[5]

On 14 September 2020, Itapemirim Group purchased América do Sul Táxi Aéreo, sister company of ASTA Linhas Aéreas. ASTA confirmed that Itapemirim bought the sister company, but without its 3 Cessnas Caravans, which were left with ASTA. Later, Itapemirim Group confirmed the purchase and the change of the company's name to ITA Transportes Aéreos. The purchase of this company served to facilitate and streamline the certification processes of ITA, using the certificate of an existing air taxi company.[6]

AOC process and first flight[]

During the month of April 2021, ITA's first A320 made a series of test flights in order to obtain the airline certification, leaving Guarulhos airport and going to Belo Horizonte (Confins), Salvador, Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro (Galeão). On 28 April 2021, the company was approved in the last phase of ANAC assessments and on April 30, 2021, the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) was issued. On 20 May 2021, ANAC issued the concession grant for operating regular and non-regular public air transport services in Brazil.[7]

Ticket sales started on 21 May 2021. The company's inaugural flight was on June 29, 2021 (IPM-0001, from São Paulo-Guarulhos to Brasília) for guests only. Commercial flights started on June 30, 2021.[8]

CEO change[]

On 31 May 2021, Itapemirim Group announced that ITA's former CEO, Tiago Senna, who had been in charge since the company's creation, was promoted to the position of Vice President of New Business at the Itapemirim Group, with the mission of strengthening the group's new multimodal ventures.

He was replaced by Adalberto Bogsan, former CEO of ASTA Linhas Aéreas.[9]

Suspension of operations[]

On 17 December 2021, ITA Transportes Aéreos ceased operations for internal restructuring.[10][4] Hours after the announcement, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil suspended its air operator's certificate.[11]

Destinations[]

ITA Transportes Aéreos operated flights to the following destinations:

Hub
Focus City
City Airport Refs
Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte International Airport [12]
Brasília Brasília International Airport [13]
Curitiba Afonso Pena International Airport [14]
Florianópolis Hercílio Luz International Airport [15]
Fortaleza Fortaleza Airport [15]
Foz do Iguaçu Cataratas International Airport [16]
Maceió Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport [15]
Natal Greater Natal International Airport [17]
Porto Alegre Salgado Filho International Airport [18]
Porto Seguro Porto Seguro Airport [15]
Recife Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport [15]
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport [12]
Salvador da Bahia Salvador International Airport [12]
São Paulo São Paulo–Congonhas Airport [19]
São Paulo São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport [13]

Fleet[]

An ITA Airbus A320-200

ITA fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 23 January 2022):[20]

ITA fleet
Aircraft Out of
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A319-100 — 1 124 PS-SIL leased from Hi Fly Malta, never delivered
Airbus A320-200 1 — 162 PS-AAF stored in S. José dos Campos
Total 1 —

Loyalty program[]

ITA Clube was the Frequent-flyer program of Itapemirim. Members accrued points based on the airfare paid rather than on miles flown.[21]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Empresas Aéreas - Consulta". ANAC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Fleet".
  3. ^ "MP pede decretação de falência do Grupo Itapemirim, incluindo a ITA, e bloqueio de bens do dono da empresa". 4 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "tapemirim cancela todos os voos e suspende operações". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Venda da Passaredo para grupo rodoviário Itapemirim é desfeita". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  6. ^ Ulhôa, Lucas (2020-09-14). "Exclusivo: Grupo Itapemirim adquire a América do Sul Táxi Aéreo para o início da ITA". Contato Radar - Notícias de aviação (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  7. ^ "SEI/ANAC - 5740682 - Decisão". sei.anac.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  8. ^ Andrade, Artur Luiz (2021-05-17). "ITA - Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos anuncia as 14 cidades que terão voos". Portal PANROTAS. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  9. ^ "ITA anuncia Adalberto Bogsan, ex-Gol e Azul, como novo CEO" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  10. ^ "Sem dinheiro, Ita Transportes Aéreos suspende operações". Portal PANROTAS (in Portuguese). 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2021-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "ANAC suspende Certificado de Operador Aéreo (COA) da Itapemirim". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "Veja como foi a estreia da Itapemirim no Rio, em Belo Horizonte e Salvador". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  13. ^ a b "É hoje: decolagem do voo inaugural da Itapemirim poderá ser vista ao vivo pela internet". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Itapemirim faz sua estreia no Aeroporto Afonso Pena". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Quais são os voos que a estreante Itapemirim terá nos próximos três meses?". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  16. ^ "ITA vai começar a voar para Foz do Iguaçu em dezembro". Passageirodeprimeira (in Portuguese). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Itapemirim começará a vender hoje (21) passagens aéreas por R$ 119". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  18. ^ "Aeroporto de Porto Alegre também recebe com festa a estreia da Itapemirim". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Itapemirim se torna a mais nova empresa aérea a ter voos em Congonhas". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Frota" (in Portuguese). 23 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Itapemirim Clube". Itapemirim (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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