Sol Líneas Aéreas

For the Brazilian airline, see Sol Linhas Aéreas. For the Argentine airline legally known as Sol S.A. Lineas Aereas as of 2020, see Flyest Lineas Aereas.

Sol Líneas Aéreas

IATA ICAO Call sign 8R[1] OLS[2] FLIGHT SOL[2]
Founded	2005 (2005)
Ceased operations	2016 (2016)[3]
Hubs	Islas Malvinas International Airport
Secondary hubs	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Fleet size	4
Destinations	13
Headquarters	Rosario, Argentina
Key people	Horacio Angeli
Website	www.sol.com.ar

Sol Saab 340A

SOL S.A. Líneas Aéreas^[4] was an Argentine airline founded in 2005,^[5] and operating since August 2006 pursuant to an agreement between Transatlántica Group and the government of Santa Fe Province, who sought to improve air connections between the cities of Córdoba and Santa Fe. It had its headquarters in Rosario.^[6]

The airline filed for bankruptcy and ceased operation in January 2016.^[3] At the time of closure, the airline's fleet was made up of Saab 340 A/B and Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft.

Corporate affairs

Key people

As of November 2013^[update], Horacio Gabriel Angeli held the company's chief executive and president positions.^[7]

Destinations

Sol Líneas Aéreas served the following destinations throughout its history:

Country	City	Airport name	Refs
Argentina	Bahía Blanca	Comandante Espora Airport	[8]
Argentina	Bariloche	San Carlos de Bariloche Airport	[9]
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery	[8]
Argentina	Comodoro Rivadavia	General Enrique Mosconi International Airport	[8]
Argentina	Córdoba	Ingeniero Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport	[8]
Argentina	Esquel	Esquel Airport	[9]
Argentina	Mar del Plata	Astor Piazzolla International Airport	[8]
Argentina	Mendoza	Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport	[1]
Argentina	Merlo	Villa de Merlo Airport	[8]
Argentina	Neuquén	Presidente Perón International Airport	[1]
Argentina	Río Gallegos	Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport	[9]
Argentina	Río Grande	Hermes Quijada International Airport	[9]
Argentina	Rosario	Islas Malvinas International Airport	[8]
Argentina	San Luis	Brigadier Mayor César Raúl Ojeda Airport	[1]
Argentina	Santa Fe	Sauce Viejo Airport	[8]
Argentina	Trelew	Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport	[8]
Argentina	Tucumán	Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport	[1]
Argentina	Ushuaia	Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport	[9]
Argentina	Villa Gesell	Villa Gesell Airport	[8]
Argentina	Villa Mercedes	Villa Reynolds Airport	[8]
Uruguay	Montevideo	Carrasco International Airport	[1]
Uruguay	Punta del Este	Capitan Corbeta C.A. Curbelo International Airport	[8]

Fleet

At time of shutdown:

SOL Líneas Aéreas fleet^[10]

Aircraft	In fleet	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Bombardier CRJ200	—	5[11]	—	50	50^[citation needed]
Saab 340 A/B	4	—	—	34	34^[citation needed]
Total	4	5

In 2015, the airline took delivery of the first of six CRJ200 aircraft (leased from Air Nostrum) that were to enter service from October 2015.^[12]

Accidents and incidents

Main article: Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428

18 May 2011: Flight 5428, a 1985-built Saab 340A, tail number LV-CEJ, operating a scheduled domestic Córdoba–Mendoza–Neuquén–Comodoro Rivadavia passenger service, crashed in Prahuaniyeu, 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-west of Los Menucos, in Río Negro Province, Argentina, while en route the last leg, following several distress calls made by the pilots.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]} All 22 occupants of the aircraft, of whom 19 were passengers, perished in the accident.^{[13][15][16][17][18][19][20]} The cause of the accident had not been determined as of September 2011, although ice accumulation on the aircraft wings is believed to have been a factor.^[21]

See also

• Transport in Argentina

References

1. "Timetable (Effective 5 September 2011)" (PDF). Sol Líneas Aéreas. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2012.
2. https://extranet.eurocontrol.int/http://prisme-web.hq.corp.eurocontrol.int/indicators/aircraft_operators_browse.jsp ^{[dead link‍]}
3. "La aerolínea Sol confirmó el cese de actividades." Clarín iECO. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
4. "Condiciones del contrato y otros avisos importantes." Sol Líneas Aéreas. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
5. "Sol, la única compañía aérea del interior" [Sol, the only Argentine interior's company]. La Nación (in Spanish). 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
6. "Contactos." Sol Líneas Aéreas. Retrieved 9 October 2010. "Casa Central - Domicilio legal Rosario: Entre Ríos 986 - CPA S2000CRR"
7. Yeo, Ghim-Lay (13 November 2013). "ALTA: Sol closes in on new turboprops". Flightglobal. Cancun. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
8. "Sol Líneas Aéreas frontpage". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
9. De Santis, Juan Pablo (14 October 2014). "Sol Líneas Aéreas se achica y deja de volar a Santa Cruz y Tierra del Fuego" [Sol Líneas Aéreas downsizes and stops flying to Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived 15 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
10. "Sol Líneas Aéreas Fleet". ch-aviation GmbH. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015. 
11. "Argentina's Sol Líneas Aéreas to lease six Spanish CRJ-200s". ch-aviation GmbH. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015. 
12. "Sol Lineas Aereas". Airliner World: 15. October 2015.
13. "Paso a paso, cómo fue el vuelo fatal del avión de Sol" [The way the fatal crash was step by step]. Clarín (in Spanish). 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
14. Accident description for LV-CEV at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 22 May 2011.
15. "Argentine plane crash kills 22". Air Transport World. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.(subscription required)
16. "22 dead as plane crashes in Argentina". Oman Daily Observer. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
17. "Argentina plane crash kills all 22 people on board". BBC News. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
18. Quinones, Nelson (19 May 2011). "Plane crash kills 22 in Argentina". CNN International. CNN. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
19. Faries, Bill; Orihuela, Rodrigo (19 May 2011). "Argentine Plane Crashes in Patagonia, Killing All 22 Passengers and Crew". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
20. Warren, Michael (19 May 2011). "22 Dead in Plane Crash in Argentine Patagonia". The Guardian. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
21. Kaminski-Morrow, David (13 September 2011). "Sol Saab 340 suffered severe icing before fatal stall". Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)