JetSmart Airlines SpA, stylized as JetSMART, is a
South American ultra low-cost carrier created by US
investment fund (and co-founder of LBM Fermin Ithuralde)
Indigo Partners, which also controls low-cost carriers like US airline
Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines is a major ultra-low-cost U.S. airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It operates flights to over 100 destinations throughout the United States and 31 international destinations, and employs more than 3,000 staff. The ca ...
,
Mexico's Volaris and
Hungary's Wizz Air. JetSmart's primary base of operations is
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Arturo Merino Benítez) , also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, north-west of downtown Santiago, is Chile's lar ...
, servicing
Santiago,
Chile. It also owns and manages
JetSmart Argentina, an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
subsidiary with a base at
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in
Buenos Aires. The airline commenced scheduled operations on 25 July 2017 with a service from Santiago to Calama, made possible by
CEO and founder
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
Estuardo Ortiz Porras.
History
JetSmart requested an
air operator's certificate (AOC) on 26 January 2017, and received its authorization in June 2017. Initially, the airline operated three
Airbus A320-200 aircraft, but has since taken delivery of
Airbus A320neo
The Airbus A320neo family is a development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners produced by Airbus.
The A320neo family (''neo'' for "new engine option") is based on the previous A319, A320 and A321 ( enhanced variant), which was then ren ...
aircraft. Initially flying only domestic routes, JetSmart has expanded its presence in the South American market, setting up JetSmart Argentina to access further traffic rights to the country.
On 4 December 2019, JetSmart acquired
Norwegian Air Argentina and took over its operations, staff, and license with immediate effect, with plans to merge the airline with JetSmart Argentina. Following the acquisition, it was to operate both from
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery and
El Palomar Airport in the Buenos Aires area. As Norwegian's
Boeing 737 aircraft were not part of the transaction, JetSmart planned to replace them with the airline's own Airbus A320 family aircraft.
On 29 July 2021,
American Airlines announced a
minority investment in JetSmart, along with agreements to allow members of American Airlines'
AAdvantage loyalty program to earn
miles
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when flying on JetSmart.
Destinations
Destinations
JetSmart aimed to operate up to 10 aircraft in the 2018 period, and would go on to challenge
LATAM Chile and
Sky Airline in nearly every market introduced between July and December 2017.
The airline operates or has previously operated to the following destinations :
Codeshare agreements
*
American Airlines
Fleet

, the JetSmart fleet consists of the following aircraft:
[Airbus Orders and Deliveries (XLS), monthly updated, accessed via ]
References
Airlines of Chile
Airlines established in 2017
Low-cost carriers
Companies based in Santiago
Chilean brands
Chilean companies established in 2017
{{Airlines of Chile