Amaszonas Uruguay was the

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airline of

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. The airline operated commercial passenger services out of its hubs at

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and Laguna del Sauce International Airport to most major South American destinations, as well as several secondary destinations in the

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History

In April 2015, the Bolivian airline

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reached an agreement with the Uruguayan company BQB Lineas Aereas, thus obtaining the transfer of its permits to enter the aforementioned airline's airspace and changing its name to ''Amaszonas Uruguay'' in exchange for maintaining 30 employees of this airline. The airline announced the suspension of operations on November 19, 2020. The airline officially ceased all operations on January 21, 2021.

Destinations

Amaszonas Uruguay flew to the following destinations:

Codeshare agreements

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Fleet

Current Fleet

As of January 2021, Amaszonas Uruguay's fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Former fleet

Amaszonas Uruguay formerly operated the following aircraft:

Incidents

*On November 9, 2017, a Bombardier CRJ-200ER (registered CX-SDU) was operating Flight 749 from Asuncion, Paraguay to

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, Uruguay. It suffered a tire explosion at the gate, damaging another aircraft and seriously injuring a ground worker. The worker was taken to a military hospital where he had both legs amputated. The airline postponed all operations on November 10 and reestablished services the next day.

References

External links

Official website
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