The return of the airline Wayraperú

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After 12 years since your last flight, Wayraperú airline returns to the Peruvian market and will repeat operation with Fokker aircraft 70 to fly to destinations like Rioja, Tarapoto and Chachapoyas from Lima as launch destinations.

One more airline joins the dynamic Peruvian airline market, that together with Lima Airlines, They hope to be able to take a part of the market led by LATAM Peru, Avianca, Star Peru, Peruvian Airlines, LC Peru and Viva Air Peru.

With the return of Wayraperú they are 7 airlines that will compete for the almost 32 million inhabitants who potentially fly within Peru. Quite a big market, but for airlines like Viva Air Perú it has reached a limit and there are few highly attractive destinations or cities in demand that allow a profitable and long-term operation..

Wayraperú in a first stage, will operate only domestic charter flights.

History of Wayraperú

Windmill (THERE IT IS: 7W) was announced for the first time in the year 2004 as an initiative and joint venture of 2 business groups led by the Synergy Aeroespace Group (OceanAir) and the Peruvian company Sustainable Investment Fund. Subsequently, It would be the beginning of Avianca Peru.

For him 20 march 2006, The airline officially began its operations with its inaugural flight between Lima and Arequipa, at that time operating Fokker aircraft 100 with capacity for 97 passengers in two classes (Executive 8 and Economic 89).

In its short history, Wayra came to operate 3 Fokker 100 those that arrived from American Airlines that had taken them out of service. These planes would later pass to the Synergy Group airline., OceanAir, which is currently Avianca Brazil.

In its extremely short history and despite this, managed to position you with the 9% from the Peruvian market. During his brief flight, the airline flew to Arequipa, Iquitos, Tacna, Pucallpa, Talara, Tarapoto, Trujillo and Tumbes from Lima.

The definitive cessation of its operations, due to administrative problems, It was only months after starting operations, the 27 November 2006 Its flights were suspended and later Avianca Peru took shape.

The new Wayraperú

The 30 of January of 2018, publicly the airline announced the restart of its operations after 12 years off the market. For it, the airline bought 2 Fokker aircraft 70 which had previously belonged to KLM.

These two Fokker aircraft 70 are the following:

• exKLM PH-KZP: MSN-serial number 11539 with 23.1 years since its first flight and with the capacity to 80 passengers in a single class.
• exKLM PH-KZS: MSN-serial number 11540 with 23.1 years since its first flight and with the capacity to 80 passengers in a single class.

Musoq Wayra S.A.C is the current owner registered as owner of the Wayraperú brand and operator of the airline, without ruling out that they are the same businessmen from the first founding of the airline.

Fleet

The company obtained its operating permit on 10 august 2015 to provide the services of National Non-Regular Air Transportation of passengers, cargo and mail, which means that the airline, for now, will only operate charter flights within Peruvian territory.

The airline has among the airplanes allowed for its Operating Permit the following::

• Antonov AN-32B
• Antonov AN-32B-100
• Lama SA315B
• Boeing 737-400
• Boeing 737-500
• Boeing 737-800
• Fokker 100
• Fokker 70

This does not imply that it will operate all of this equipment, but it does open the possibility of adjusting your fleet according to your needs, demand and business line.

destinations

The destinations that Wayraperú has approved for the start of its charter flights are:

• chachapoyas
• Chimbote.
• Andahuaylas.
• Arequipa.
• Ayacucho.
• Cajamarca.
• Cusco.
• Huanuco.
• Pisco.
• Jauja.
• Trujillo.
• Chiclayo.
• Jorge Chavez International.
• Iquitos.
• Puerto Maldonado.
• Ilo.
• Constitution City.
• Piura, Talara.
• Juliaca.
• Rioja, Tarapoto.
• Tacna.
• Tumbes.
• Pucallpa.

The airline's base of operations is located at the Jorge Chávez International Airport and has sub-bases at the Iquitos airports., Tarapoto, Pucallpa and Chachapoyas.

Wayraperú is currently in the certification stage and does not yet have an Air Operator Certificate – AOC, but it has already carried out some familiarization and test flights to the destinations where it plans to start its flights from the 24 last may.

Wayra in Aymara language, a people originally from South America, those who live between Peru and Bolivia, means wind.

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