Fly Linhas Aéreas was a Brazilian airline which operated between 1995 and 2003.

History

The airline began operations on August 25, 1995, with a Boeing 727-200 as a charter carrier linking Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to holiday destinations in the

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of Brazil. Originally it was a direct competitor of

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, another Brazilian airline dedicated to charter flights. Eventually Fly became a carrier with both charter and scheduled low-cost operations. Though successful in its first years, it suffered a hard economic blow during the 1999 currency exchange devaluation crisis, and a great decrease in traffic, following a world trend, in the second semester of 2001. Those difficulties led to increasing administrative difficulties. The final blow came with increasing competition with Gol Airlines which led to the ceasing of operations in 2003.

Destinations

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– Pinto Martins International Airport * Natal – Augusto Severo International Airport * Recife – Guararapes/Gilberto Freyre International Airport * Rio de Janeiro – Galeão/Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport * São Paulo – Guarulhos/Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport

Fleet

Airline affinity program

Fly did not have an airline affinity program.

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