Azul Brazilian Airlines

Azul Brazilian Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
AD AZU AZUL
Founded2008 (2008)
AOC #10,123 – 23 December 2022[1]
Hubs[2]
Frequent-flyer programTudoAzul
SubsidiariesAzul Conecta
Fleet size166
Destinations160
Traded asB3: AZUL4
NYSEAZUL
HeadquartersBarueri, São Paulo, Brazil[3]
Key people
RevenueIncrease R$9.97 billion (2021)[6]
Operating incomeIncrease R$524.9 million (2021)[6]
Net incomeDecrease R$945.7 million (2021)[6]
Employees12,485
Websitevoeazul.com

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A (Azul Brazilian Airlines; or simply Azul) is a Brazilian airline headquartered in Barueri, a suburb of São Paulo.[7] The company's business model is to stimulate demand by providing frequent and affordable air service to underserved markets throughout Brazil. The company was named Azul ("Blue" in Portuguese) after a naming contest in 2008, where "Samba" was the other popular name.[8] Azul is a publicly traded company on the Brazilian stock exchange, with the ticker AZUL4.[9] It was established on 5 May 2008 by Brazilian-born David Neeleman (founder of American low-cost airline JetBlue), with a fleet of 76 Embraer 195 jets.[10] The airline began service on 15 December 2008.[11][12]

According to the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC), between January and December 2019 Azul had 23.5% of the domestic and 5.0% of the international market shares in terms of revenue passenger kilometers (RPK),[13] making it the third largest domestic and second largest international airline in Brazil.

  1. ^ "Empresas Aéreas - Consulta". ANAC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Mapa de rotas". Azul magazine (in Portuguese). Diretoria de Marketing, Comunicação e Marca. December 2018. p. 159. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  3. ^ Azul Brazilian Airlines website [dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d e "Management".
  5. ^ "Azul Linhas Aéreas tem um novo Presidente: Abhi Shah". 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "2021 Financial Results". Azul IR. 24 February 2021. p. 14. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ^ "CONTRATO DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO DE PASSAGEIROS Archived 13 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine." Azul Brazilian Airlines. Retrieved on 20 February 2010.
  8. ^ Jessie Scanlon (6 May 2008). "Braving Brazil's 'Airline Graveyard'". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  9. ^ "AZUL4 - AÇÕES AZUL: cotação e indicadores". Análise de Ações (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Azul itching to launch low cost services in Brazil". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  11. ^ Matos, Marcela; Silvana Pereira (5 November 2008). "Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras recebe o CHETA e já pode pleitear as rotas que pretende operar". Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 January 2009.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Relatório demanda e oferta do transporte aéreo". Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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