WebJet

♦  WebJet was founded by Rogério Ottoni in Jan2005 and started operations on 12/Jul/2005. Suspended operations on 23/Nov/2012 following parent GOL’s announcement that the airline was being closed down
< domestic scheduled services out of Rio’s Galeao (GIG) >

[ – Gol Transportes Aereos was founded in 2000 and operations started 15/Jan/2001 with a flight from Brasília to São Paulo. VARIG-VRG was formed by the GOL obtaining a controlling stake in a failing Varig. (VARIG was founded by a German immigrant (Otto Ernst Meyer). The airline expanded by the acquisition of AERO GERAL in 1951. Acquired REAL Consortium in 1961 making it largest airline in South America. Acquired CRUZEIRO do SUL in 1975. Ceased operating late 2006 but restarted in 2007). On 23Nov2012 Webjet abruptly ceased to operate and all services were incorporated by GOL. The Webjet brand ceased to exist.
< low-cost airline with its main hubs at São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport and Tancredo Neves International Airport near Belo Horizonte > ]