Nacional Transportes Aéreos
{{Short description|Defunct Brazilian airline}}
{{for|the Brazilian airline defunct in 1961|Transportes Aéreos Nacional}}
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Nacional Transportes Aéreos was a Brazilian airline founded in 2000. It ceased operations in 2002.
History
The low-fare carrier Nacional Transportes Aéreos was founded on December 26, 2000 and had as its first service the trunk route São Paulo-Guarulhos / Rio de Janeiro-Galeão / Recife / Fortaleza / São Luís, operated with a Boeing 737-400. The following year, Araçatuba, Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá and Goiânia were added to the network. The Boeing 737-400 was returned to the leasor in April 2001 and replaced by a Boeing 737-200. A second 737-200 arrived in July 2001.{{Cite web | url=http://www.revistaflap.com.br/pdf/45_anos.pdf | title=45 anos de saudade no céu: Breve história de 45 empresas aéreas brasileiras extintas | first=Gianfranco | last=Beting | publisher=Revista Flap | language=pt | access-date=29 June 2010}}
In January 2002, as a consequence of a financial crisis, Nacional was forced to return the aircraft and ceased all operations a few weeks later.{{Cite web | url=http://www.aviacaobrasil.com.br/wp/empresas_aereas/nacionais_desativadas/Nacional_Transportes_Aereos_Brasil | title=Nacional Transportes Aéreos (Brasil) | language=pt | publisher=Aviação Brasil | access-date=26 June 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705184047/http://www.aviacaobrasil.com.br/wp/empresas_aereas/nacionais_desativadas/Nacional_Transportes_Aereos_Brasil | archive-date=5 July 2010 | url-status=dead }}
Destinations
- Araçatuba – Dario Guarita Airport
- Brasília – Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport
- Campo Grande – Campo Grande International Airport
- Cuiabá – Marechal Rondon International Airport
- Fortaleza – Pinto Martins International Airport
- Goiânia – Santa Genoveva Airport
- Recife – Guararapes/Gilberto Freyre International Airport
- Rio de Janeiro – Galeão/Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport
- São Luís – Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport
- São Paulo – Guarulhos/Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport
Fleet
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!Aircraft !Total !Years of operation !Notes |
| Boeing 737-400
|1 |2000-2001 | |
| Boeing 737-200
|2 |2001-2002 | |
Airline Affinity Program
Nacional did not have an airline affinity program.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?distict_entry=true®search=PR-NCT Nacional Photo Archive at airliners.net]
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Category:Defunct airlines of Brazil