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Santa Barbara Airlines
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IATA ICAO Call sign
S3 BBR Santa Barbara
FoundedNovember 1, 1995
HubsSimón Bolívar International Airport
Focus citiesLa Chinita International Airport
Frequent-flyer programAlturas
Fleet size11
Destinations15
Parent companySanta Barbara Airlines, C.A.
HeadquartersVenezuela Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Key peopleFrancisco Gonzalez, President Santa Barbara Airlines
WebsiteSanta Barbara Airlines

Santa Barbara Airlines is an airline based in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates scheduled domestic and international services. Its main base is Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS), Maiquetía, with a hub at La Chinita International Airport (MAR), Maracaibo.

History

The airline was established on November 1, 1995 and started operations on March 1, 1996. It wholly owned Islas Airways until September 2006, when it was sold to the Canary Islands entrepreneurs group Grupo SOAC.

Destinations

Further information: [[:Santa Barbara Airlines destinations]]

The airline started new European routes to Funchal, Portugal, in 2006.

Fleet

The Santa Barbara Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 8, 2006):

Aircraft # Seats Notes
ATR 42-320 4 Local destinations
ATR 42-300 1 Local destinations and Aruba
Boeing 757-200 2 For the Caracas-Miami, Caracas-Guayaquil and Caracas-Quito routes
Boeing 767-300ER 3 a wet-lease from Icelandair for the Caracas-Madrid, Caracas-Funchal & Caracas-Tenerife routes
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Santa Barbara Airlines Cargo

The Boeing 767-300ER aircraft replaced the two older McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. Santa Barbara Airlines executives promptly announced the timely retirement of the venerable DC-10's, a move that had been speculated and expected for several months. They also announced the decision to wet-lease 2 Boeing 767 aircraft the same week, in mid-October 2005. The 767-300ER's began service on November 2, 2005. Recently they announced the incorporation of Boeing 737-300 to their fleet, the number is still unknown.

Frequent flyer program

Alturas is the frequent flyer program for Santa Bárbara Airlines, which was launched in 2005 following the expansion of the airline when it launched flights to Europe.

See also

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