Flybondi secures $75mn capital injection

Flybondi (Córdoba Int'l) has announced it has completed an investment round of USD75 million with major investors including US-based private equity firm, Cartesian Capital Group LLC, Yamasa Co. Limited, Michael Cawley (former COO at Ryanair Holdings Plc), Michael Powell (former CFO at Wizz Air Holdings Plc), as well as other European and Argentinian private investors.

Flybondi has already signed lease agreements for two B737-800s ahead of its proposed launch out of Córdoba Int'l during the fourth quarter of the year. It has also presented a plan to the Argentine government to set up what will become its main base at the Buenos Aires El Palomar once all necessary infrastructural upgrades at the Fuerza Aérea Argentina-owned facility.

A route determination board (Junta Asesora del Transporte Aéreo - JATA) in Argentina's civil aviation authority (Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil - ANAC) has already granted the start-up its requested route authorities to serve 43 domestic and 42 international destinations. They consist of:

Domestic:

- Buenos Aires - Iguazu (Misiones);

- Buenos Aires - Córdoba;

- Buenos Aires - San Carlos de Bariloche (Río Negro);

- Buenos Aires - Mendoza;

- Buenos Aires - Salta;

- Buenos Aires - Neuquen (Neuquén);

- Buenos Aires - Tucumán (Tucumán);

- Buenos Aires - Ushuaia (Tierra Del Fuego, Antártida E Islas Del Atlántico Sur);

- Buenos Aires - El Calafate (Santa Cruz);

- Buenos Aires - Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut);

- Buenos Aires - Resistencia (Chaco);

- Buenos Aires - Rio Gallegos (Santa Cruz);

- Buenos Aires - San Juan, SJ (San Juan);

- Buenos Aires - Posadas (Misiones);

- Buenos Aires - Jujuy (Jujuy);

- Buenos Aires - Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires);

- Buenos Aires - Rio Grande, TF (Tierra Del Fuego, Antártida E Islas Del Atlántico Sur);

- Buenos Aires - Santa Fe (Santa Fe);

- Buenos Aires - Formosa (Formosa);

- Buenos Aires - Puerto Madryn (Chubut);

- Buenos Aires - San Martin de los Andes (Chapelco - Neuquén);

- Buenos Aires - Santiago del Estero (Santiago Del Estero);

- Buenos Aires - La Rioja (La Rioja);

- Buenos Aires - Esquel (Chubut);

- Buenos Aires - Trelew (Chubut);

- Buenos Aires - San Fernando, BA (Catamarca);

- Buenos Aires - Bahia Blanca (Buenos Aires);

- Buenos Aires - Parana (Entre Ríos);

- Buenos Aires - San Luis (San Luis);

- Buenos Aires - San Rafael;

- Buenos Aires - Rosario, SF (Santa Fe);

- Buenos Aires - Corrientes (Corrientes);

- Buenos Aires - Malargüe;

- Buenos Aires - Viedma (Río Negro);

- Buenos Aires - Santa Rosa, LP (La Pampa);

- Córdoba Int'l - Mendoza;

- Córdoba - Salta;

- Córdoba - San Carlos De Bariloche (Río Negro);

- Córdoba - El Calafate (Santa Cruz);

- Córdoba - Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut);

- Córdoba - Neuquén (Neuquén);

- Córdoba - Puerto Iguazú (Misiones);

- Córdoba - Rosario (Santa Fe);

- Rosario, SF (Santa Fe) - San Carlos De Bariloche (Río Negro);

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - Mendoza;

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - Salta;

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - El Calafate (Santa Cruz);

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut);

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - Neuquén (Neuquén);

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - Puerto Iguazú (Misiones);

- Salta - San Carlos De Bariloche (Río Negro);

- Salta - Mendoza;

- Salta - Puerto Iguazú (Misiones);

- Mendoza - Puerto Iguazú (Misiones);

- Mendoza - San Carlos De Bariloche (Río Negro);

- Mendoza - Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut).

International:

- Buenos Aires - Santa Cruz Viru Viru (Bolivia);

- Buenos Aires - São Paulo (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Rio de Janeiro Int'l (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Salvador (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Florianopolis (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Porto Alegre (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Recife (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Curitiba (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Fortaleza (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Natal Aluizio Alves (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Porto Seguro (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Brasilia (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Belo Horizonte (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Maceió (Brazil);

- Buenos Aires - Santiago de Chile Int'l (Chile);

- Buenos Aires - Bogotá (Colombia);

- Buenos Aires - Cartagena de Indias (Colombia);

- Buenos Aires - Quito Int'l (Ecuador);

- Buenos Aires - Guayaquil (Ecuador);

- Buenos Aires - Asuncion (Paraguay);

- Buenos Aires - Lima Int'l (Perú);

- Buenos Aires - Cuzco (Perú);

- Buenos Aires - Montevideo (Uruguay);

- Buenos Aires - Punta del Este (Uruguay);

- Buenos Aires - Caracas Simón Bolivar (Venezuela );

- Córdoba Int'l - Santiago De Chile (Chile);

- Córdoba - Río De Janeiro (Brazil);

- Córdoba - São Paulo (Brazil);

- Córdoba - Salvador De Bahía (Brazil);

- San Carlos de Bariloche (Río Negro) - São Paulo (Brazil);

- Mendoza - Santiago De Chile (Chile);

- Mendoza - São Paulo (Brazil);

- Mendoza - Río De Janeiro (Brazil);

- Rosario, SF (Santa Fe) - São Paulo (Brazil);

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - Río De Janeiro (Brazil);

- Rosario (Santa Fe) - Santiago De Chile (Chile);

- Salta - Santiago De Chile (Chile);

- Salta - São Paulo (Brazil);

- Puerto Iguazu (Misiones) - São Paulo (Brazil);

- Puerto Iguazú (Misiones) - Curitiba (Brazil);

- Puerto Iguazú (Misiones) - Río De Janeiro (Brazil);

- Puerto Iguazú (Misiones) - Porto Alegre (Brazil);

- Puerto Iguazú (Misiones) - Santiago De Chile (Chile).