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.jpg) Sky AirlineA320neo taxiing atArturo Merino Benítez International Airport | |||||||
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| Founded | 2001 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Sky Plus | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Sky Airline Ecuador Sky Airline Peru | ||||||
| Fleet size | 36 | ||||||
| Destinations | 45[1] | ||||||
| Parent company | Abra Group (minority investment) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Santiago,Chile | ||||||
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| Website | skyairline.com | ||||||
Sky Airline, styled asSꓘY, is anairline based atArturo Merino Benítez International Airport inSantiago, Chile. It is the second largest airline in the country behind flag-carrierLATAM Airlines and the first airline to operate under a low-cost model in the country. It serves international routes to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay. It also operates charter flights in Chile and South America and domestic flights within Peru.
Sky Airline was founded in 1981 as Flight Service - Servicios Aereos Ltda, operating air taxi services within Chile with 2 Piper PA-23-250F Aztec (CC-CGB and CC-CGC) aircraft and 1 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (CC-CFE) from Modelillo Airport in Valparaiso[citation needed] , later moving to Los Cerrillos in Santiago. In 1999, it became controlled by a company made up of Jürgen Paulmann and Fernando Uauy, a businessman who had worked at National Airlines of Chile and Avant Airlines.[citation needed] The operation then changed its name to Sky Airline and began operating charters to Cuba in July 2001 with a Boeing 737/200 Adv.[citation needed]
Sky Airline was controlled by its founder, Jürgen Paulmann (1930–2014), a German-Chilean businessman, brother of retail billionaireHorst Paulmann.[2] It started Chilean domestic operations in December 2001 and made the first flights from Santiago to Northern Chile in June 2002. Since 2005, Sky Airline is a full member ofIATA.
In April 2009, the company signed an agreement withAerolíneas Argentinas, allowing the Argentinean flag carrier to offer in all its commercial offices and through its electronic ticket system most of the destinations covered by Sky Airline in Chile.[3]
In 2011, it signed a codeshare agreement withTACA for domestic flights in Chile, Peru and between both countries.[4] In 2012, it signed a codeshare agreement with TACA's parent company, Colombia'sAvianca for operations between Chile and Colombia.[4]
The airline planned to transition to a low-cost carrier model during 2015 and 2016 to reduce costs.[5]
On June 28, 2023, it was announced thatAvianca andGol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes plan to add Sky to their proposed Abra Group.[citation needed]
Sky Airline was named the Best Regional Airline in South America in the 2014, 2015 and 2016Skytrax World Airline Awards.[6][7]
In addition, OAG (Official Airline Guide) declared Sky Airline as the most punctual airline of 2016.[8]
Maintenance services are supplied by AIRMAN, a sister maintenance company based in Santiago Airport.
Sky Airline has interline agreements with the following airlines:
As of January 2025, Sky Airline operates an all-Airbus A320neo family fleet composed of the following aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers[20] | Notes |
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| Airbus A320neo | 29 | — | 186 | |
| Airbus A321neo | 7 | —[citation needed] | 238 | |
| Airbus A321XLR | — | 10[21] | TBA | Deliveries from 2025. |
| Total | 36 | 10 | ||
In September 2018, Airbus delivered the airline's first A320neo.[22]
In June 2019, Sky Airline signed a lease contract for three A321neo aircraft from Air Lease Corporation with deliveries scheduled in 2020 and 2021.[23] The first A321neo was delivered in June 2021.[24]
In December 2019, the airline ordered 10 A321XLR aircraft.[21]
Since its beginnings, Sky Airline operated an all-Boeing 737 fleet; these began to be replaced by Airbus A320 family aircraft in 2010 and were fully withdrawn in 2013.[citation needed]
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