Sky Airline Takes Delivery of Two Airbus

Sky Airline, Chile’s second largest carrier providing passenger, postal and cargo air transport services since 2002, received two A320-200s in May, and is expected to start operating the second Airbus A320-200 by end of June.

Based in Santiago, Chile, Sky Airline flies to many of the country’s top destinations, including Arica, Iquique, Calama, Antofagasta, El Salvador, Copiapó, Concepción, Temuco, Puerto Montt, Balmaceda and Punta Arenas. Sky Airline also has international flights to Arequipa, Peru and La Paz, Bolivia. With the addition of two Airbus A320-200s, Sky Airline will increase international routes throughout Latin America and continue charter flights.

“We are confident we selected the right aircraft for our future development and are impressed with the support from Airbus,” said Holger Paulmann, Director of Sky Airline.

Airbus has trained 18 of Sky Airline’s pilots to operate the Airbus A320-200s at its state-of-the-art training center in Miami, which recently welcomed a new Airbus A320 Family Thales Reality7 Level D full flight simulator and has another on the way, as part of its ongoing commitment to provide a complete range of integrated training solutions.

Sky Airline’s latest Airbus additions come during an important growth period for Chile. According to the 2010 Airbus Global Market Forecast, Chile’s traffic growth is 47% above 2000 levels, almost twice the traffic growth rate of all of Latin America.

The addition of modern fleets is a growing trend led by Chile in Latin America. The average age of Chilean passenger fleets is 8.9 years, compared to an average age of 10.6 throughout Latin America.

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