Flybondi (FO, Córdoba International) 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 International 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 - Neuquén (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 Hermes Quijada (Tierra Del Fuego, Antártida E Islas Del Atlántico Sur);
- Buenos Aires - Santa Fe Sauce Viejo (Santa Fe);
- Buenos Aires - Formosa El Pucu (Formosa);
- Buenos Aires - Puerto Madryn (Chubut);
- Buenos Aires - San Martin 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, AR (Catamarca);
- Buenos Aires - Bahia Blanca (Buenos Aires);
- Buenos Aires - Parana (Entre Ríos);
- Buenos Aires - San Luis (San Luis);
- Buenos Aires - San Rafael Suboficial Santiago Germano;
- Buenos Aires - Rosario Islas Malvinas (Santa Fe);
- Buenos Aires - Corrientes (Corrientes);
- Buenos Aires - Malargüe;
- Buenos Aires - Viedma (Río Negro);
- Buenos Aires - Santa Rosa, LP (La Pampa);
- Córdoba International - 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 Islas Malvinas (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 International - 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 International (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Salvador (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Florianopolis (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Porto Alegre International (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Recife (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Curitiba International (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Fortaleza International (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Natal Aluizio Alves (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Porto Seguro (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Brasília Juscelino Kubitschek International (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Belo Horizonte (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Maceió Zumbi dos Palmares (Brazil);
- Buenos Aires - Santiago de Chile (Chile);
- Buenos Aires - Bogotá (Colombia);
- Buenos Aires - Cartagena Rafael Núñez International (Colombia);
- Buenos Aires - Quito International (Ecuador);
- Buenos Aires - Guayaquil (Ecuador);
- Buenos Aires - Asuncion (Paraguay);
- Buenos Aires - Lima International (Perú);
- Buenos Aires - Cusco (Perú);
- Buenos Aires - Montevideo Carrasco (Uruguay);
- Buenos Aires - Punta del Este (Uruguay);
- Buenos Aires - Caracas Simón Bolivar (Venezuela );
- Córdoba International - 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 International - Santiago De Chile (Chile);
- Mendoza - São Paulo (Brazil);
- Mendoza - Río De Janeiro (Brazil);
- Rosario Islas Malvinas (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).