SETE Linhas Aéreas Ltda. (Serviços Especiais de Transportes Executivos) was a domestic airline based in

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founded in 1999. The company operated in several cities located in the

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ian states of

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and

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, and also in the

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(

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) but since January 1, 2016 it is grounded for restructuring. According to the

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(ANAC), between January and December 2015 Sete had 0.1% of the domestic

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in terms of passengers per kilometer flown.

History

SETE traces its origins to 1976, when

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, also founder of

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, created an airline specialized in general aviation and maintenance. The airline was sold to Luis Roberto Villela in 1980, who bought its first aircraft, a Mitsubishi. In 1995 SETE built a hangar at Goiânia Airport and in 1998 it started to offer air-medical services. In 1999 SETE received authorization to operate charter flights and in 2006 it became a regular carrier. Its fleet then consisted of 3

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. A fourth Cessna arrived in 2000 and a fifth in 2002. In spite of being the main

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of both Central and North-Central regions of

, all regular services were indefinitely suspended on January 1, 2016. During the suspension all services of the airline will be restructured including routes and aircraft. Air taxi services are not affected.

Destinations

As of December 2015 SETE Linhas Aéreas operated scheduled services to the following destinations:

Fleet

As of July 2015 the fleet of Sete Linhas Aéreas included the following aircraft:

Airline affinity program

SETE Linhas Aéreas has no

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