Clic Air (formerly known as ''EasyFly'' and officially ''Empresa Aérea de Servicios y Facilitación Logística Integral S.A.'') is a

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that operates in

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. Its main focus is to serve intermediate cities and those not served by other carriers. Operations started in October 2007, with one British Aerospace Jetstream 41 aircraft. Its main base is

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. Alfonso Ávila, the founder of EasyFly, was also one of the founders of Aero República in 1992.

History

The airline was founded as EasyFly in 2006 by Alfonso Ávila and other partners. Its first aircraft have been acquired through the leasing system. After having 9 approved routes, operations began on October 10, 2007, with only two routes:

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and Arauca from

. Between November 2007 and January 2008, new routes were inaugurated to the cities of

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, Cartago, Yopal, Ibague and

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. During 2010, 7 aircraft entered the fleet and in 2012, a new base was inaugurated at

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. In 2018,

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, licensor of the

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brand, began legal proceedings against EasyFly and Honduras-based

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over use of the "easy" prefix. In April 2019, EasyGroup statement focused on this case indicated a claim against Colombia's EasyFly was ongoing. In 2019, the British Aerospace Jetstream 41 left the fleet and gave way to a fleet entirely composed of

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s. On July 8, 2023, EasyFly announced that it will be renamed as ''Clic Air'', after the legal process filed by EasyGroup. The airline officially rebranded on August 15, 2023.

Destinations

As of July 2023, Clic Air operates to the following cities:

Codeshare agreements

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Interline agreements

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Fleet

Current

The Clic Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2024):

Former

As Easyfly, they previously operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents

*On March 26, 2012, EasyFly Flight 8697, a British Aerospace Jetstream 41, presented a hydraulic fluid spill during a flight. The aircraft landed without complications in José María Córdoba International Airport. *On October 15, 2020, EasyFly Flight 9069, an ATR 42-600 (registered HK-5310) collided with a

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at Palonegro International Airport. It is speculated that it was a brake failure, however the aircraft was approaching in a prohibited trajectory for this type of turboprop aircraft. According to Caracol Radio, "an irregular procedure by the pilot" caused the incident, there were no injuries.

References

External links

Official website

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