Ultra Air S.A.S is a Colombian

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 ope ...

headquartered in

Rionegro Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro". Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the c ...

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, Colombia, with its main base located at

José María Córdova International Airport José María Córdova International Airport is an international airport located in the city of Rionegro, south-east of Medellín, and is the second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado International Airport of Bogotá in terms of infr ...

, serving

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

History

Ultra Air was founded in 2020 by founder and former CEO of Viva Air Colombia &

Viva Air Perú Viva Air Perú S.A.C. is a Peruvian ultra low-cost carrier. It was created by Irelandia Aviation, which also developed similar carriers Viva Air Colombia and Mexico's VivaAerobús, the latter of which has no legal affiliation with the other "V ...

and former

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CEO William Shaw. It received its

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from the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority in January 2022, and began passenger operations on February 23, 2022 with an inaugural flight from

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest ...

to San Andrés Island. In January 2022, Ultra Air became the first airline to receive a mega-investment qualification from the

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism ( es, Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo) or MCIT, is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers in ...

, which grants tax incentives to companies that meet certain criteria such as creating a certain amount of new jobs, of which Ultra Air created 22,000, and investing a certain amount, which Ultra Air has planned USD $30 million of throughout five years.

Destinations

As of October 2022, Utra Air flies to the following destinations:

Fleet

As of November 2022, Ultra Air operates an all-

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fleet.

References

Airlines of Colombia Airlines established in 2020 {{Colombia-airline-stub

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References