Aerolíneas Estelar

Aerolíneas Estelar (formerly Estelar Latinoamérica C.A.) is a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas operating out of Simón Bolívar International Airport.

Aerolíneas Estelar C.A.
IATA ICAO Callsign
ES[1] ETR[1] ESTELAR
Founded2009
HubsSimón Bolívar International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations10
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key peopleBoris Serrano (CEO)
Websiteflyestelar.com

History

The airline was founded in 2009. Its first flights were to Porlamar and within months it commenced a route to and from Maracaibo.[2] It was a charter flight company, until it managed to consolidate itself over the years.

On November 6, 2017, the Chilean airline Latin American Wings terminated the contract with Estelar for non-payment, which caused passengers on the Santiago route to be stranded for three days at the airport.[3]

In December 2017, Estelar announced its first intercontinental route from Caracas to Madrid, Spain. Therefore, it expanded its narrow-body fleet with an Airbus A340-300 leased from Hi Fly Malta.[4] The route to Madrid was operated with three weekly frequencies, replacing the old route operated by Conviasa. It also flew to Buenos Aires, with three frequencies a week. In July 2019, the airline leased an Airbus A380-800 from Hi Fly Malta because the leased A340 it had was under repairs, making Estelar Americas' first airline in history to operate the aircraft type.[5]

Destinations

As of November 2023, Estelar serves the following domestic and international scheduled destinations:[6]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
ArgentinaBuenos AiresMinistro Pistarini International AirportTerminated
ColombiaBogotáEl Dorado International AirportTerminated[7]
ChileSantiagoArturo Merino Benítez International Airport[8]
ItalyRomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportTerminated
MexicoCancúnCancún International AirportTerminated
PanamaPanama CityTocumen International AirportTerminated
PeruLimaJorge Chávez International AirportTerminated
PortugalLisbonLisbon AirportTerminated[9]
SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportOperated by Iberojet[10]
VenezuelaBarquisimetoJacinto Lara International AirportTerminated
BarinasBarinas Airport[11]
CanaimaCanaima AirportTerminated
CaracasSimón Bolívar International AirportHub
CumanáAntonio José de Sucre AirportTerminated
El VigíaJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport
MaracaiboLa Chinita International Airport
MaturínJosé Tadeo Monagas International Airport
PorlamarSantiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport
Puerto OrdazManuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport
San Antonio del TáchiraJuan Vicente Gómez International Airport[12]
Santo DomingoMayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport

Interline agreement

Fleet

Current

As of July 2023, the Estelar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[14]

Aerolíneas Estelar fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A340-300 1 — 267
Boeing 737-200 1 — 118
Boeing 737-300 3 — 148
Total 4 —

Former
Aerolíneas Estelar former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A380-800 1 2019 2019 Leased from Hi Fly Malta[5]

Accidents and incidents

See also

References
  1. "Aerolíneas Estelar". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  2. "ESTELAR LATINOAMÉRICA – Air World Services EN". aws-aws.com (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  3. "The drama of the travellers of LAW and Estelar". runrun.es (in Spanish). 29 September 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. ch-aviation.com - Venezuela's Estelar launches first route to Europe 16 December 2017
  5. Thiago Vinholes (July 16, 2019). "Airbus A380 debut in Venezuela". Airdatanews.com.
  6. flyestelar.com - Destinos (Spanish) retrieved 10 June 2018
  7. "Venezuela: Estelar suspends flights to Bogota". Aviacionline.com. 2 January 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  8. "Aerolíneas Estelar retomará sus vuelos entre Caracas y Santiago de Chile". Aviacionaldia.com. 17 February 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  9. "La venezolana Estelar suspende sus ventas en Europa". Reportur.com (in Spanish). 26 September 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  10. "Llega Airbus a Venezuela que cubrirá la ruta Caracas-Madrid. A partir de hoy". Diarioelregionaldelzulia.com (in Spanish). 17 November 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  11. "Estelar Adds Caracas – Barinas Service From April 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  12. "Venezuela: Estelar inaugurates flights to San Antonio del Táchira". Aviacionline.com. 4 October 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  13. Dergam Mousa (December 7, 2023). "Aerolineas Estelar and Aeroregional sign interline agreement". Aviacionaldia.com.
  14. "Nuestra Flota". flyestelar.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  15. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  16. "Incident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
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