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12 wrz 2023 · Soon enough, Varig began to expand its route network throughout Brazil and take on additional aircraft to grow its fleet. Varig was one of the two Brazilian airlines at the time with German origins, the second being Syndicato Condor, which was later rebranded as Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul.
19 sie 2022 · Varig finally ceased flight operations in July 2006. Rather than sell the airline as a whole, the bankruptcy courts split the company into two parts for sale. The first part of the company, known as Nordeste Linhas Aéreas S/A, became a charter airline.
VARIG (acronym for Viação Aérea RIo-Grandense, Rio Grandean Airways) was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's leading airline and virtually its only international one.
20 cze 2006 · Varig, Brazil’s flag-carrying airline, was close to collapse on Tuesday in spite of an 11th-hour decision by the judge in charge of its creditor protection programme to approve its sale to a...
21 sie 2006 · In the first fortnight after VarigLog bought its former parent as the only bidder in a second court-supervised auction, a new set of crises engulfed the airline.
17 wrz 2020 · Founded in the 1920s, Varig became Brazil’s biggest and best-known airline thanks in part to government support. And it was government action that brought about its downfall, as Jozef Mols explains. The DC-10 and MD-11 (pictured) were the most numerous long-haul aircraft in the Varig fleet, with a total of 42 serving.
20 lip 2021 · DALLAS - Today in Aviation, VARIG Airlines (RG), Brazil's first airline and leading carrier from 1965 until 1990, ceased operations in 2006. VARIG can trace its history back to 1927 when the airline was founded by German aviator Otto Ernst Meyer-Labastille.
