Wayraperú is an inactive Peruvian airline based at

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, that operated between March and November 2006, then again from 2018 until 2021. In 2018, the carrier recommenced limited services but has since shut down operations again.

History

Early operations

At the end of 2004, the news of the creation of an airline was announced to the media. Wayraperú was the result of the

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between the

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ian company

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and Fondo de Inversiones Sustentables, run by entrepreneur Pedro Koechlin. At its peak, the airline operated to 14 destinations, with three

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s for

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. On March 20, 2006, it formally began operations, inaugurating from Lima to Arequipa. On November 27, 2006, all flights had been suspended, citing poor management creating an "existential" company crisis. The airline had, according to September 2006 figures, 9% of the Peruvian market with flights to

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Iquitos Iquitos (; ) is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province, Peru, Maynas Province and Loreto Region. It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the List of cities in Peru, ninth-most populous city in Peru ...

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, Talara,

Tarapoto Tarapoto, founded in 1782 as Santa Cruz de los Motilones de Tarapoto, is a commercial hub town in the San Martín Province of the Department of San Martín of northern Peru. It is an hour by plane from Lima, in the high jungle plateau to the east ...

, Trujillo and Tumbes.

Recommence operations

On January 30, 2018, Wayraperú announced they would restart operations after 12 years. The announcement came after the airline was due to acquire two

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s formerly from

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, who retired the aircraft on October 28, 2017. Wayraperú has an active air services license from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Peru that allows it to carry out domestic passenger charter flights from its main international base in Lima, as well as Iquitos, Tarapoto,

and Chachapoyas. However, the airline does not yet have an

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. On May 24, 2018, the airline recommenced operations using a

from Tarapoto to Juan Simons Vela Airport on a reconnaissance flight, with airline employees and the mayor of Rioja, Mercedes Torres, on board. The airline reportedly will also begin twice-weekly flights between Rioja and Lima from June 2018, which could have increased frequency according to demand. By 2021, Wayraperú had its last aircraft retired and stored in Lima, and its official web page has since shut down.

Destinations

Fleet

Wayraperu operated the following aircraft:

References

External links

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