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Regional Paraguaya
IATA ICAO Call sign
P7 REP REGIOPAR
Founded2007
Ceased operationsAugust 2010
HubsSilvio Pettirossi International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations2
HeadquartersAsunción, Paraguay
Key peopleSalvador Sturno (President)
Websiteregionalparaguaya.com.py

Regional Paraguaya Líneas Aéreas (officially AeroRegional Paraguaya S.A.), was a regional airline based at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, in Asuncion, and was intended to be the new flag carrier of Paraguay.

It officially announced its operations would launch on November 2, 2008 with chartered services.

Destinations

By April 2009, the airline planned to operate scheduled flights to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain, Uruguay.

Fleet

Regional Paraguaya's first aircraft, a BAe 146-200 at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport. This aircraft was not used by the airline.

The Regional Paraguaya fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2009):

Regional Paraguaya fleet
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-200 2 2 – 120 120
Boeing 767-300ER — 1 18 220 238
Total 2 3

Controversy

In June 2009, Regional Paraguaya released a new livery that was closely identical to the livery of Gulf Air, the flag carrier of Bahrain. After Gulf Air considered taking legal actions, Regional Paraguaya immediately revised its livery.

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Regional Paraguaya dispuesta a volar from Diario ABC Color
  2. (in Spanish) Nace compañía aérea en Paraguay from El Financiero en Línea
  3. Diario ABC Color. "Nueva aerolínea paraguaya inicia vuelos 2 de Noviembre" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  4. Rainer Uphoff (October 6, 2008). "Regional Paraguaya promises November launch". Flightglobal.com.
  5. (in Spanish)Regional Paraguaya destinations chart Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Regional Paraguaya Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  7. "Regional Paraguaya". www.regionalparaguaya.com.py. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. David Kaminski-Morrow (June 29, 2009). "PICTURES: Gulf Air investigates as Paraguayan carrier shows off near-identical livery". Flightglobal.com.
  9. Ivan Gale (July 5, 2009). "Gulf Air considers legal action". Thenationalnews.com.

External links

Airlines of Paraguay
Current Flag of Paraguay
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