Private company

BQB Líneas Aéreas

Former airline of Uruguay founded in 20101

BQB Líneas Aéreas (legally Los Cipreses S. A.) was an airline based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Its main base was Carrasco International Airport. The airline was owned by the owner of Buquebus, Juan Carlos López Mena.2 It ceased to exist in 2015.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 14, 2010Founded1
CX-JPL@AEP 21DEC11 (6952899838)
Photo: Robert Underwood, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

BQB Líneas Aéreas (legally Los Cipreses S. A.) was an airline based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Its main base was Carrasco International Airport. The airline was owned by the owner of Buquebus, Juan Carlos López Mena. The airline ceased operations in April 2015.2

Corporate structure

BQB Líneas Aéreas sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • BQB Líneas Aéreas Montevideo

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Routes that were approved: Montevideo, Uruguay (home base) to Rosario, Córdoba, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Asunción, Paraguay, Porto Alegre and Florianópolis, Brazil. From Buenos Aires to Salto, Uruguay. Due to delays in government approvals and changes international routes were still pending when BQB ceased operations during April 2015, however BQB commenced ATR 72 domestic service from Montevideo to the cities of Salto twice a week (Mondays and Fridays) and the city of Rivera three times a week (Mondays-Wednesdays and Fridays) as a discount carrier and in competition with the bus service. These frequencies were expected to be increased. Others that were expected to commence included the routes from Montevideo to Rivera to Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre to Punta del Este, and from Salto to Buenos Aires.

On 11 April 2015, the airline ceased operations due to a crisis that began in 2014, being sold 5 days later to the Bolivian Línea Aérea Amaszonas. A month later, Amaszonas formed a new subsidiary with BQB's assets called Amaszonas Uruguay.

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Leadership

Who has led BQB Líneas Aéreas, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

201520202025

Products and brands

Destinations

By April 2015, BQB Líneas Aéreas operated scheduled services to the following destinations:

Fleet

BQB's fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

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Timeline

  1. Apr 11, 2015Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2015New chief executive Juan Carlos López Mena becomes CEO1
  3. May 14, 2010Founded Founded1

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