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Montevideo, June 22nd 2025 - 04:57 UTC

Tag: flybondi

  • Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

    Flybondi has new major stockholders

    The low-cost airline needs to bounce back from its poor public image following numerous delays and cancellations

    A US-based international investment fund has bought a stake in Argentine budget carrier Flybondi, becoming now the company's main stockholder. COC Global Enterprise seeks to strengthen Flybondi's positioning amid plummeting public perception following numerous delays and cancellations. The new co-owners also hope to add new aircraft and expand the company's route network.

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  • Friday, May 2nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    Argentine airline Flybondi closer to accessing Bolivian skies

    Flybondi has completed all the required phases for operational approval, the DGAC confirmed

    Bolivia's General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) has authorized three new airlines to operate in the country: Argentina's budget carrier Flybondi for international routes, and local companies Andina Airlines and Go Airline for domestic flights. Flybondi has completed all required phases and is awaiting itinerary approval based on fleet availability. Andina Airlines is still in the certification process, while Go Airlines is in an earlier stage. Additionally, Arajet from the Dominican Republic is nearing authorization, only lacking the final demonstration phase.

  • Wednesday, October 25th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Flybondi to revolutionize peer-to-peer airline seats market

    The Argentine low-cost carrier made the announcement during a forum in Mexico

    Argentine budget airline Flybondi will be the first in the world to allow passengers to trade tickets among themselves, the company announced Tuesday during a business forum in Mexico. The details on how travelers will be able to deal their seats are still being finalized, as is the exact moment when the mechanism would become available for users to exchange Flybondi tickets among themselves on both domestic and international routes.

  • Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

    Low cost airline has started three weekly flights Buenos Aires/Ushuaia

    Flybondi's will operate with a Boeing 737/800 which can carry 189 passengers, and is planning three weekly flights during the next twelve months.

    Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego is celebrating the arrival of a new airline which will have three weekly schedules, but equally significant is the fact it is low-cost Flybondi which opens greater options for residents and tourists planning to travel to the extreme south of Argentina, and the main cruise hub to Antarctica.

  • Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

    Flybondi fleet to grow, new jobs created

    Commercial aviation brings on genuine jobs, Sana said

    Argentine budget airline Flybondi has announced plans to expand its fleet to 10 aircraft. The increase in operations would result in 400 new direct jobs, CEO Maurio Sana, announced Tuesday

  • Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 22:48 UTC

    Budget carrier Flybondi announces flights to Uruguay

    Flybondi was Argentina's first low cost airline

    Argentine budget carrier Flybondi will start serving Uruguay as of December, it was announced this week.“ It is a good offer for many tourists to come to our country from Buenos Aires and all of Argentina,” said the head of Tourism.

  • Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 11:07 UTC

    Flybondi resumes services after pandemic-caused travel restrictions in Argentina

    Flybondi has been grounded for 15 months due to the pandemic

    Argentine budget carrier Flybondi is to resume domestic services after 15 months grounded due to restrictions on the circulation of people owing to sanitary reasons, it was announced.

  • Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

    Falklands-Buenos Aires link: Argentina awards license and route to low-cost airline

    Resolution 1087/2018 authorizes FlyBondi Air Lines to exploit commercial and non commercial domestic and international flights of passengers, freight and mail

    The Argentine government awarded low-cost airline Flybondi a 15-year license to exploit 284 domestic and international routes, including one that potentially can link Buenos Aires directly with the Falkland Islands.

  • Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 07:17 UTC

    Argentina has another international air terminal: El Palomar, formerly a military airport

    El Palomar is one of smaller sites that have become available to private operators in the wake of the Mauricio Macri administration's move to liberalize air travel

    The Argentine government has reclassified the El Palomar air terminal in the province of Buenos Aires as an “international airport,” responding to requests from aviation firms.The decision was confirmed via a resolution from the National and Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), issued in the Argentine Official Gazette.

  • Friday, November 9th 2018 - 01:09 UTC

    Flybondi to cross the border in December with Asunción, Punta del Este services

    The first ever Argentine low cost airline has carried more than 700,000 passengers, of whom more than 100,000 were first-timers.

    Argentine budget airline Flybondi will go international starting December 17 with a flight between El Palomar in the Greater Buenos Aires area and the Paraguayan capital Asunción. Three days later it will commence serving Punta del Este from El Palomar and also from Córdoba.