Private company
Air Vias
Brazilian airline
Air Vias was founded on December 25, 1993, as the first Brazilian airline focusing solely on charter flights. Flights commenced in January 1994. The airline started with a fleet of a Boeing 727-200 and a Douglas DC-8-62.2 It ceased to exist in 1995.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersRio de Janeiro1
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Air Vias was founded on December 25, 1993, as the first Brazilian airline focusing solely on charter flights. Flights commenced in January 1994.2
Products and brands
Destinations
Air Vias flew to destinations as contracted by tour operators.
Brazilian destinations included Porto Alegre, Foz do Iguaçú, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Porto Seguro, Aracajú, Maceió, Recife, Natal, Fortaleza, Manaus, Campo Grande and Cuiabá.
International destinations included Cancún, St. Maarten, Aruba, Barbados, Porlamar (Isla Margarita), and eventual technical stops in Paramaribo when the Boeing 727 operated the flights from São Paulo to Cancún.
The Boeing 727-200 flew from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão and São Paulo-Guarulhos to the Brazilian destinations mentioned above; it was also used on flights to Aruba, Porlamar and St. Maarten (usually with a stopover in Manaus). This aircraft also operated the only scheduled service that Air Vias had: an evening flight to and from São Paulo/Campo Grande/Cuiabá.
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The Douglas DC-8 was used on long-haul flights, mainly to Cancún (from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasília) and to St. Maarten.
Fleet
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62H – PP-AIY (cn 46070/467)
Boeing 727-247 – PP-AIV (cn 20874/1057) Ex N2818W
Boeing 727-2J4 – PP-AIW (cn 22079/1588)
From Wikipedia’s article on Air Vias, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataAir Vias on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAir Vias on Wikipedia
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