OceanAir
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OceanAir Linhas Aereas is an airline based at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is a subsidiary airline of Avianca.
The company
The company's main objective is to operate in the market of regional flights, connecting several capitals to the main production center in the countryside and along the Brazilian coast.
OceanAir Airlines is currently Brazilian number one regional airline operating to more than 34 cities in 14 Brazilian States, covering the southeast, south, mid – west and northeast regions, providing both passengers and cargo transportation. Most members of the public served by the company are executives from different economic sectors, such as the oil industry (in the Campos Basin, in Rio de Janeiro), the agricultural industry (Vale do Sao Francisco, Bahia) and agrobusiness (Cascavel /PR, Riberao Preto /SP, Chapecó and Joinville/SC).
Created in 1998 as an air taxi company to render services for oil companies in Campos Basin (RJ), OceanAir began to operate as an Air Transportation Company in 2002, between the airports of Guarulhos (SP), Santos Dumont (RJ), Macaé (RJ) and Campos (RJ).
In 2004 Sinergy Group bought Avianca and by 2007 OceanAir is going to change its name to Avianca. A joint venture formed by OceanAir (49%) and Fondo de Inversiones Sustentables (51%) create a new Peruvian airline called Wayraperú and OceanAir in 2004 bought VIP Ecuador.
Destinations
OceanAir fly to Sao Paulo airport to make connection with Avianca, which serves international destinations in its hub at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
Fleet
The Oceanair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of Nov 2005):- 3 Fokker F50
- 7 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
- 4 Fokker F100-Mk28 (further 6 on order)
External links
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| SCADTA • SACO • Avianca Subsidiary airlines: Avianca Cargo • OceanAir • SAM • VIP Associated airlines: Wayraperú Defunct associated airlines: Aces Defunct alliances: Alianza Summa Aeronautic services: [Avianca Services] Travel agencies: [Deskubra] |
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