The story
The airline was established in 2002 by the businessman Clésio Andrade. In the end of 2005 it was bought by Urubatan Helu Teixeira for U$10 Million. The new owner has other transport interests including Brazil's largest courier company Braspress Transportes Urgentes.
Originally a general aviation company, Air Minas started its operations as a regular regional carrier on August 16, 2006. Its first service linked Belo Horizonte-Pampulha to Divinópolis, Varginha, and São Paulo-Guarulhos. In October of the same year, the services were extended to Bauru. In February 2007 Air Minas reached Araçatuba, Cuiabá and Rondonópolis and in May São José dos Campos, Campinas-Viracopos and Uberlândia.
The airline suspended all operations on May 30, 2010, for a major operational restructuring and on September 20, 2011, Air Minas lost its operational license. The fleet moving to CGR - Campo Grande Airport for stored, the former Skywest planes are sold to SETE (Brazil) and an African Operator. The former United Express plane sold to SETE, and 3 remanescent aircraft sold to Venezuela regional startup Albatros.
From Wikipedia’s article on Air Minas Linhas Aéreas, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4