Cheap Conviasa Airlines Tickets
Conviasa Airline is based in Caracas, Venezuela and is a state-owned airline. It operates services to South America and the Caribbean as well as other domestic destinations.
Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas is its main base. The airline plans to add destinations in Europe to expand its network.
Airlines history
Due to prolonged financial problems, Viasa the flag carrier of Venezuela ceased its operation after 37 years of service in January 1997. The idea to create a new flag carrier for Venezuela was proposed in May 2001.
However, the proposed project was put to hold. Fortunately, Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, signed a decree formally establishing the new airline early 2004. The decree was published in the official gazette of Venezuela. Thus, the new flag carrier of Venezuela was named Conviasa.
The inaugural flight had flown from the airport in Charallave to Santiago Marino International Airport. A month after its inauguration, Conviasa airline began its international and national operations. The ministry of production and commerce originally ran the operation of Conviasa but the Ministry of Infrastructure shortly took over.
Jose David Cabello Rondon replaced Wilmer Castro Sotelo as head of Conviasa in April 2006. The management of Conviasa had passed from one person to another like Ramon Alonzo Carrizales Rengifo in July 2006 until Franklin Martinez became the president of the airline. The Venezuela government owned eighty percent share in the airline while twenty percent share to the regional government of Nueva Esparta.
Operations and destinations
As of January 2009, Conviasa airline serves the following domestic destinations such as Barcelona, Barinas, Caracas, Ciudad Bolovar, Elorza, El Vigia, La Fria, Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Maturin, Porlamar, Puerto ayacucho, Puerto Ordaz and San Fernando de Apuri.
For the international destinations, Conviasa airlines serve Damascus, Grenada, Port of Spain, Saint Vincent and Tehran. The airline has code shared agreements with Iran Air and air Europa.
The Conviasa fleet includes 1 AirBus A340-200, 1 ATR 42, 3 ATR 72, 4 Boeing 737-200, 3 Boeing 737-300, 1 Cessna 208 Caravan and 2 orders of llyushin II-96-300.According to statistics of the airline, Conviasa airline had served 324,671 passengers both domestic and international flights from December 2004 to March 2006.
Likewise, the airline flies over 23,740 seats worldwide weekly and nine flights weekly from San Fernando de Apure Airport. Five hundred fifty-two international seats were carried over by Conviasa weekly. However, the shortest flight recorded by the airline was from Guasdalito to Elorza with 86 miles.
Conviasa Airlines is one of the
most popular airlines. Travelers like to travel in Conviasa Airlines, can easily get air tickets from Conviasa Airlines online. Check out the best air fare deals for Conviasa Airlines.
|
|
