Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais
IATA ICAO Callsign
SL RSL RIOSUL
Founded24 August 1976 (1976-08-24)
Commenced operations8 September 1976 (1976-09-08)
Ceased operations20 July 2006 (2006-07-20)
Hubs
Frequent-flyer programSmiles
SubsidiariesNordeste Linhas Aéreas Regionais (1995-2002)
Parent companyVarig
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Websitevoeriosul.com.br
rio-sul.com/home.htm

Rio-Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais S/A was a regional airline headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[1] operating scheduled services to southern Brazil. Its main base was São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, with hubs at Porto Alegre Airport and Santos Dumont Airport.

History

A Rio Sul Boeing 737-500] at Recife Airport in 1998

On November 11, 1975, the Brazilian Federal Government created the Brazilian Integrated System of Regional Air Transportation and divided the country into five different regions, for which five newly created regional airlines received a concession to operate air services. Rio Sul was the fourth of those regional airlines to be made operational.[2] Founded on August 24, 1976,[1] Rio Sul had its services start on September 8, 1976. Its operational area comprised roughly the Southern and parts of the Southeast regions of Brazil, specifically the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and parts of São Paulo, and Espírito Santo.[2]

The airline was originally formed by Top Táxi Aéreo, Banco Bradesco, Atlântica-Boavista Insurance, and Varig.

In 2002, the administration of Rio Sul (which included its former subsidiary Nordeste Linhas Aéreas Regionais) was merged with Varig. The brand Rio Sul was part of the assets sold as VRG Linhas Aéreas, although its debts remained under the judicial entity Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, which uses the brand name Flex Linhas Aéreas. As a result of accumulated debts of around BRL10 billion (US$5,7 billion, EUR4,5 billion), on August 20, 2010, at the request of the administrator, the 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro declared Flex, which included the remaining assets of Rio-Sul, bankrupt and initiated the process of liquidation.[3][4]

Services

Rio Sul operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (in January 2005): Caxias do Sul, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Londrina, Maringá, Passo Fundo, São Paulo and Vitória.

Fleet

Rio Sul consisted of the following aircraft:[5]

Rio Sul Serviços Linhas Aéreos fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 737-300 4 2000 2007
Boeing 737-500 21 1992 2007
Boeing 737-700 5 2001 2004
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante 8 1976 1993
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia 17 1989 2003
Embraer ERJ 145 16 1997 2006
Fokker F27 Friendship 8 1982 1993
Fokker 50 10 1992 1999

Incidents and accidents

According to the Aviation Safety Network's database, Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais has never experienced a fatal accident in its 26-year-history, though four hull-losses have occurred:[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 30, 1985. 112." Retrieved on July 23, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Garófalo, Gílson de Lima (1982). O Mercado Brasileiro de Transporte Aéreo Regional [The Brazilian Regional Air Transport Market] (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas. pp. 103–107, 125–128.
  3. "Justiça decreta falência da Flex, antiga Varig" [Justice decrees bankruptcy of Flex, former Varig] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  4. Laguna, Eduardo (20 August 2010). "Justiça do Rio decreta a falência da antiga Varig" (in Portuguese). Valor Online. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  5. "Rio Sul Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  6. Ranter, Harro. "Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  7. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-110P Bandeirante PT-GKC Florianópolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport, SC (FL)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  8. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 PT-LCZ Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  9. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-110P Bandeirante PT-GKT Santo Angelo Airport, RS (GEL)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  10. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-145ER (ERJ-145ER) PT-SPE Curitiba-Afonso Pena Airport, PR (CWB)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  11. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-53A PT-SSI Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves International Airport, MG (CNF)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  12. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-53A VQ-BBN Kazan Airport (KZN)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

Bibliography

  • Beting, Gianfranco; Beting, Joelmir (2009). Varig: Eterna Pioneira [Varig: Eternal Pioneer] (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre and São Paulo: EDIPUCRS and Beting Books. ISBN 978-85-7430-901-9.
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