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which was founded in 2010. It is authorized to operate non-regular domestic and international charter flights.

History

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of Portugal, controller of the Portuguese charter airline

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. Whitejets received its authorization to operate flights on March 5, 2010 and operated its first flight on June 12, 2010 between Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Campinas-Viracopos and

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. By the end of 2011 Whitejets planned to start operating regular flights on the route Rio de Janeiro-Galeão / São Paulo-Guarulhos / Recife, while maintaining its charter operations. These plans however were never materialized. On March 13, 2013, the airline announced that its name would change to POP Brasil and that as of April 16, 2013 it would start operating as a regular charter airline, pending on the necessary government authorizations. However, on September 23, 2013, the Whitejets single aircraft, an Airbus A320-214 registration PR-WTB, was returned to its owner,

, making unsure the future for the airline. Furthermore, the project to operate scheduled flights and change its name to POP Linhas Aéreas was also abandoned. The airline ceased operations in 2014.

Destinations

Whitejets operated charter passenger services contracted by tour operators, usually departing from Campinas-Viracopos, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão and São Paulo-Guarulhos.

Fleet

Airbus A310-304, Whitejets Transportes Aereos JP7004069

As of September 2013 the fleet of Whitejets included no aircraft:

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{{authority control Defunct airlines of Brazil Airlines established in 2010 Airlines disestablished in 2014 Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (state) 2010 establishments in Brazil

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