FLEET - Conviasa will incorporate ATR42 into its fleet, for operation on flights to the Caribbean.

 

Visit of the President of Cuba to Portugal / CONVIASA - A340-600 - YV-3535

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Conviasa: First A340-600, YV3533

Conviasa from Venezuela has taken delivery of its first A340-600. The aircraft, YV3533 (376), arrived at Caracas on 15 March and made its first commercial flight to Havana on 18 March. It was previously in use with Mahan Airlines as EP-MMF. According to the airline's press-release, it plans to deploy its new long-haul aircraft on flights from Venezuela to Portugal, Russia and Spain.

Next to its new A340-600, Conviasa's fleet also consists of one A319, one A340-200s, one A340-300, sixteen ERJ190s as well as Cessna 208s.

Photo by Conviasa.

CONVIASA - A340-300 - YV3507

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Conviasa suspends international operations

Conviasa (V0, Caracas Simón Bolivar) has suspended international operations as of Friday, May 5. Venezuelan media outlets report the state-owned carrier was unable to source enough foreign currency to pay for its fleet's insurance premiums leading to its grounding. ch-aviation analysis of Venezuelan airport departure and arrival data confirms that domestic operations with its EMB-190s are continuing as of going to press.
Quoting company sources, Airways magazine reports a wet-lease agreement between Conviasa and Wamos Air (EB, Madrid Barajas) wherein the Spanish ACMI/charter specialist operates a B747-400 on flights to/from Venezuela and each of Buenos Aires Ezeiza and Madrid Barajas, has also been suspended. Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows EC-KXN (msn 25703) has been at Madrid Barajas since May 3 when it completed its last flight for the Venezuelans as V03012.

The report states Wamos Air has relocated its ground staff to the Dominican Republic until the situation in Venezuela has been resolved.

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YV3016 - CONVIASA Embraer Lineage 1000 (ERJ-190-100 ECJ)

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Conviasa turns to Hi Fly for A340 leasing needs

Conviasa has switched from AirAsia X to Hi Fly for its longhaul Buenos Aires Ezeiza and Madrid Barajas service requirements. ch-aviation research shows the Venezuelans have swapped the Malaysian's A340-300 for a Portuguese aircraft of the same type, CS-TQM (cn 117).

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Venezuela's Conviasa begins leasing an AirAsia X A340-300

Conviasa has now wet-leased an AirAsia X A340-300 to cover an operational deficit on its long-haul routes.
ch-aviation research shows 9M-XAC (cn 278) was recently in service on Conviasa's Caracas Simón Bolivar to Buenos Aires Ezeiza and Madrid Barajas routes replacing a Hi Fly A310-300, CS-TEX, and a Dynamic Airways B767-200(ER), N767DA (msn 23213).

With its own A340-200 currently parked at Bordeaux awaiting clearance of unpaid maintenance debts, so the Venezuelan national carrier has been forced to outsource its widebody needs to foreign ACMI providers. However, these operations are being severely hampered by the ongoing foreign currency liquidity crunch currently affecting the South American petrostate.

CONVIASA - ERJ-190 -YV3016

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Venezuela's Conviasa to start flights to Italy using A330s

Conviasa is planning to deploy its first two out of three A330-200s on order from Airbus on flights to Italy Venezuelan Minister for Water and Air Transport, Luis Graterol, has said.

Speaking to FinanzasDigital, Graterol said his government had taken the decision following an Alitalia decision to withdraw from the route citing a lack of progress made in securing its ticket remittances.
 With its sole widebody - an A340-200 - still undergoing maintenance in Bordeaux, the Venezuelan national carrier has had to rely on outsourced wet-leased aircraft from foreign carriers to cover its long-haul needs.
It currently uses B767-300(ER) EI-FCV from Blue Panorama Airlines for its Buenos Aires Ezeiza and IAtA!MAD routes.
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CONVIASA - CESSNA Grand Caravan 208 - YV2969

Venezuelan newswires report that the turboprops will be used to service the country's more remote and difficult-to-reach airfields.

The aircraft was flown to three operationally-demanding Venezuelan airports: Mérida, San Antonio del Táchira and Maracay.
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Conviasa now leasing a Meridiana fly A330

Meridiana fly is the latest carrier to have leased out equipment to Conviasa .
The Venezuelan carrier is currently operating Meridiana fly's only A330-200, EI-EZL, on
international flights to Buenos Aires Ezeiza and Madrid Barajas.

Maduro "gives" his A319CJ Presidential Jet to Conviasa

Conviasa has been "given" the Venezuelan presidential jet, a Fuerza Aérea Venezolana A319-100CJ, FAV0001 (cn 1468), by president Nicholas Maduro. In his address to a meeting of regional mayors and governors in late December, Mr Maduro said: "I have delivered the presidential Airbus to Conviasa to reinforce its fleet as more aircraft, that we have acquired to optimize the services of the airline, begin to arrive." It is uncertain at this time as to how and where the Venezuelan national carrier will deploy the twinjet.
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Conviasa takes delivery of its first of ten Cessna Grand Caravans

Conviasa has received its first of ten Grand Caravan C-208B on order from Cessna Aircraft Company.
Sources in Caracas note the aircraft as being YV2969. The Venezuelan national carrier intends to use the turboprops on flights to remote local regions.

One less A340 in the skies as Conviasa retires its sole A340-200

Conviasa has retired its sole remaining A340-200, YV1004 (cn 31), from active service with the aircraft now parked in Bordeaux, destined to be scrapped. The Venezuelan carrier has now wet-leased B747-400 EC-LNA (msn 26346) for its long-haul routes to Buenos Aires Ezeiza and Madrid Barajas replacing an A330-200 previously wet-leased from Jordan Aviation.

Conviasa plans to acquire three A330s at some point in the future.

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Venezuela's Conviasa to acquire A330s, ATR72s says Nicolás Maduro

Conviasa  is set to acquire three A330 aircraft and an undisclosed number of ATR72-600s, Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has told the country's Council of Ministers. Mr Maduro made the announcement after Caracas sent a governmental mission to France to hold talks with both Avions de Transport Régional  and Airbus Industrie  regarding the acquisition, which could see as many as fifteen of the wide-bodies acquired in line with the country's long term plans for the national carrier. He added that the ATR72 would prove ideal for Caribbean routes and flights to Mérida and would compliment the twenty EMB-190 set to join the airline's fleet over the coming years.

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CONVIASA APR/MAY 2013 MADRID OPERATION CHANGES

As per 13MAR 2013 GDS timetable and inventory display, Conviasa appears to have introduced Airbus A330-200 operation on selected service. Based on current schedule listing, the A330 service is to operate Caracas – Madrid service until 31MAY 2013, despite reservation is closed.

Schedule from 31MAR13 to 31MAY13:
V03012 CCS1730 – 0830+1MAD 330 13
V03013 MAD1030 – 1305CCS 330 24

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Conviasa puts EMB-190s into scheduled operations

Conviasa has launched scheduled operations with its first three EMB-190. It will initially operate the aircraft on routes from Caracas to El Vigía Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, Havana José Marti International, Maracaibo La Chinita and Santo Domingo Las Américas as well as between Maracaibo and Porlamar. Conviasa is due to receive three additional new EMB-190s from Embraer as part of an order announced in August

Conviasa Takes Delivery of its First EMBRAER 190 Jet

 

Embraer (NYSE: ERJ; BM&F-BOVESPA: EMBR3) today delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to Venezuelan Airline Conviasa, Consorcio Venezuelano de Industria Aeronáutica e Serviços Aéreos S.A. The companies signed a contract last July for the acquisition of six E190, including an option for an additional 14 units of the same aircraft model. The contract also includes a flight simulator and a logistics package to support operations for the next five years.

The total value of the deal, at list price and January 2012 economic conditions, is USD 271.2 million, and could reach USD 904 million should all purchase options be converted into firm orders. The delivery ceremony was attended by Brazil´s Vice minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Ricardo Scheafer, representing the Minister Fernando Pimentel, the Venezuelan Minister for Air & Aquatic Transportation, Elsa Gutiérrez Graffe, Ambassadors and other officials from both countries, besides Embraer and Conviasa executives.

“We are certain that the E190 will have an extremely important role in the development of Conviasa and Venezuela’s air transportation, due to its versatility, comfort and low operational cost”, said Paulo Cesar Silva, President of Embraer, Commercial Aviation. “Additionally, Conviasa’s entry into the E-Jet family of customers strengthens our leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean where we have over a 70% share of the commercial aviation market in the 120-seat jet segment.”

“In compliance with the determinations of our Commander President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, and the implementation of the air transport policies by Minister Elsa Gutierrez, the new Embraer aircraft will allow us to interconnect national and international destinations at a regional level, with much more quality”, said César Martínez Ruiz, President of Conviasa. “Thus, we position Venezuela as an air transport provider with modern and efficient aircraft for the rendering of public service to all Conviasa passengers.”

The Venezuelan airline’s E190s are configured with 104 seats in economy class, in the traditional and comfortable seat arrangement of the Embraer E-Jets, with four seats per row, two on each side of the aisle and no middle seat.

Conviasa is the eleventh member of the E-Jet family of customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company currently offers 14 domestic and 9 international flight destinations. Embraer forecasts that the Latin American and Caribbean market will grow an average of 7% a year over the next 20 years, higher than the 5%

 

A340-300 acquisition planned by Venezuelan national carrier Conviasa

Conviasa is planning to acquire an ex-Iberia A340-300 currently stored at Bordeaux Mérignac. Conviasa currently operates a single A340-200.  It is unclear if the new aircraft will replace or complement the A340-200 YV1004 which has not recently been used for scheduled services.