Voe Minas Gerais
Founded | 2016 |
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Commenced operations | 2016 |
Ceased operations | 2019 |
Operating bases | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport |
Headquarters | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
Website | www |
Voe Minas Gerais was a program and informal name of a domestic airline based in Belo Horizonte/Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, Brazil, established in 2016 by the Government of the State of Minas Gerais via its Minas Gerais Development Company CODEMGE.
Flights were operated by the contractor company TwoFlex on behalf of Voe Minas Gerais. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), between January and December 2018, Voe Minas Gerais operated by Two Flex had 0% of the domestic market share in terms of passengers per kilometre flown.[1]
The program was discontinued on June 30, 2019.[2]
History[]
Officially known as Projeto de Integração Regional de Minas Gerais-Modal Aéreo PIRMA (transl. Minas Gerais Regional Integration Air Mode) and informally known as Voe Minas Gerais, the project was established in August 2016 by the Government of the State of Minas Gerais under the responsibility of the Secretariat of Economic Development of Minas Gerais, as a project of State integration using aircraft.[3] The first flight took off on August 17, 2016.
Since its conception, the project was divided into phases, with destinations and schedules being constantly evaluated, with destinations added, maintained or terminated according to demand. In April 2019, the program implemented its 11th and last phase.
Flights were operated by the contract company TwoFlex using its Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft. Schedule flights, sold using Voe Minas Gerais commercial platform, were operated Monday to Friday using Belo Horizonte/Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport as hub.
The program was discontinued on June 30, 2019. The State Government has plans to support the busiest routes via private operators.[4]
Destinations[]
In its eleven phases (the last one was implemented in April 2019), the program operated scheduled services to the following destinations:[5]
City | Airport |
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Almenara | |
Araçuaí | |
Araxá | Romeu Zema Airport |
Barbacena | |
Belo Horizonte | Pampulha / Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport |
Caratinga | |
Curvelo | |
Diamantina | Juscelino Kubitschek Airport |
Divinópolis | Brig. Cabral Airport |
Governador Valadares | Cel. Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport |
Guaxupé | |
Ipatinga / Santana do Paraíso | Usiminas Airport |
Jaíba | |
Januária | Januária Airport |
Juiz de Fora | Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (Serrinha) |
Lavras | |
Manhuaçu | |
Montes Claros | Mário Ribeiro Airport |
Muriaé | |
Nanuque | |
Paracatu | |
Passos | |
Patos de Minas | Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport |
Patrocínio | |
Pirapora | |
Piumhi | |
Poços de Caldas | Emb. Walther Moreira Salles Airport |
Ponte Nova | |
Pouso Alegre | |
Salinas | |
São João del Rei | Pref. Octávio de Almeida Neves Airport |
Teófilo Otoni | Kemil Kumaira Airport |
Ubá | |
Uberlândia | Ten. Cel. Av. César Bombonato Airport |
Varginha | Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport |
Viçosa |
Fleet[]
Flights were operated by the Contract Company TwoFlex using Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft.
Aircraft | Total | Passengers (Y) | Notes |
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Cessna 208 Caravan | 9 |
Airline affinity program[]
Voe Minas Gerais had no Frequent Flyer Program but offered discounts on bulk and advanced purchase tickets.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Demanda e oferta do transporte aéreo" (in Portuguese). Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Voe Minas Gerais" (in Portuguese). CODEMGE. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "O que é o projeto" (in Portuguese). Estado de Minas Gerais. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Voe Minas Gerais" (in Portuguese). CODEMGE. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Cidades atendidas" (in Portuguese). Governo de Minas Gerais. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Condições especiais" (in Portuguese). Governo de Minas Gerais. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
External links[]
- Defunct airlines of Brazil
- Airlines established in 2016
- Airlines disestablished in 2019
- 2016 establishments in Brazil
- 2019 disestablishments in Brazil