FlyBondi will add 7 new itineraries in six months

Cheap airline Flybondi has transported approximately 1 million pbadengers in its first year of operation in Argentina, more than 130,000 of which have flown for the first time, and this semester will see the addition of 7 new links, according to the company.

During these first twelve months of operation, completed last Saturday, it reached 21 links (18 cabotage and 3 regional), incorporated 5 Boeing 737-800 new generation and generated direct jobs for more than 390 people in 2018, added the company today.

The company announced that its goal was to carry 10 million pbadengers by 2021, generating 2,000 new direct jobs and more than 25,000 indirect jobs.

The executive "rated 2018 as a good year because we managed to get thousands of people to connect at the lowest price in the market with reliable, secure and close customer service. "And he promised:" We will continue to work to expand the connectivity of the country and promote the economic, social and tourism growth of Argentina and the countries of the region.

Andrés Vacarezza, Acting CEO of the company, said "Flybondi is creating a new market for pbadengers who did not fly before or did not fly regularly." In a year of activity, we managed to generate a business model that was and still is disruptive "

He added that "among the paradigms we challenge, the one we are most proud of is the democratization of the aircraft as a means of transportation", while anticipating "that in the first half of 2019, we will begin to operate 7 new routes and we will continue to evaluate the aircraft with the aim of making new additions to our fleet from the second half of the year ".

The company began operations on January 26, 2018 with a flight between the Cordoban Ambrosio Taravella Airport and the Puerto Iguazú International Airport. She then began operating from El Palomar Airport, which was the first low cost airport in the country. the seventh in the air traffic of Argentina.

In October 2018, Flybondi obtained the concession for 15 years out of a total of 284 routes, in addition to the 85 that the company already owned, which will allow it to pursue its expansion plan.