FB Líneas Aéreas S.A., operating as Flybondi, is a
low-cost airline
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...
in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. The airline, the first of its kind in the country, operates
Boeing 737-800
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aircraft, with bases in
Buenos Aires
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and
Córdoba. All aircraft are
registered in Argentina. The airline's inaugural flight from
Córdoba's
Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport to
Puerto Iguazú
Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the province of Misiones, Argentina. With a population of 82,227 (),
it is the fourth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, and Eldorado.
The world-renowned Iguazú Falls are only away from ...
's
Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport
Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Cataratas del Iguazú) , also known as Mayor Carlos Eduardo Krause Airport, is an airport in Misiones Province, Argentina serving the city of Puerto Iguazú and ...
took place on 26 January 2018.
The company slogan is ''La libertad de volar'', meaning "The freedom of flying" in Spanish.
Destinations
The first routes were launched from its base at
Córdoba International Airport in January 2018, to the cities of
Mendoza,
Bariloche
San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche (), is a city in the province of Río Negro Province, Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake. It is located within the Nahuel ...
and
Puerto Iguazú
Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the province of Misiones, Argentina. With a population of 82,227 (),
it is the fourth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, and Eldorado.
The world-renowned Iguazú Falls are only away from ...
. In February 2018, the airline was the first civilian airline to operate from
El Palomar Airport
El Palomar Airport is a commercial and military airport in El Palomar, Argentina. It is the home base for the 1st Air Brigade ( es, link=no, Primera Brigada Aérea) of the Argentine Air Force, which is mainly a transportation unit. It is locat ...
near
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, where it established a new base and began flights to
Salta
Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...
,
Neuquén
Neuquén (; arn, Nehuenken) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers w ...
,
Tucumán, .
Flybondi went international on December 17, 2018, with flights between El Palomar in the Greater Buenos Aires area and the Paraguayan capital Asunción.
In July, 2019, the airline announced that it will start flights between Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. The flights started operating from 11 October 2019, going from the airline's main base at Buenos Aires' El Palomar Airport to Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro.
Fleet
, Flybondi operates the following aircraft:
References
External links
Official Flybondi Website
{{Airlines of Argentina
Airlines of Argentina
Airlines established in 2016
Low-cost carriers
Argentine companies established in 2016