Varig
Sign in to saveAlso known as Varig Brasil, Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, VARIG S.A., VRG, RG, VARIG – Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense S.A.
VARIG (, 'Rio Grandean Airways') was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's leading airline and virtually its only international one. In 2005, Varig went into judicial restructuring, and in 2006 it was split into two companies: Flex Linhas Aéreas, informally known as "old" Varig, heir to the original airline, now defunct; and "new" Varig, a new company, fully integrated into Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes.
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- VARIG – Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense S.A.
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- Varig logo (2007).svg
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- Logo used from 2007
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- McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Varig AN0521263.jpg
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- A McDonnell Douglas MD-11
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- RG
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- VRG
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- VARIG
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- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- (merged with Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes)
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- Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport
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- Star Alliance
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- Rio de Janeiro
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Official website
::: | VARIG AIRLINES | :::
VARIG S.A. Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense - Ao longo de mais de 78 anos de existência transportou mais de 210 milhões de passageiros, voou mais de 7 milhões de horas e cerca de 115 mil voltas ao redor da terra. Throughout more than 78 years of existence transported more than 210 million passengers, flew more than 7 million hours and about 115000 times around the earth. A largo de más de 78 años de existencia se transportan más de 210 millones de pasajeros, volaron más de 7 millones de horas y 115000 veces alrededor de la tierra.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.varig-airlines.com
- Image
- Varig.md11.arp.750pix.jpg
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- ICAO airline designator
- VRG
- Commons category
- Varig
- IATA airline designator
- RG
- inception
- 1927-05-07
- Commons gallery
- VARIG
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2006-01-01
- Merchant Category Code
- 3018
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Formation and early years (1927–1943)
- Expansion (1943–1966)
- Consolidation (1966–2000)
- Decline and final split (2000–2006)
- Acquisition of Varig
- Historical fleet
- Frequent-flyer program
- Accidents and incidents
- Major accidents involving fatalities
- Incidents
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- External links
VARIG (, 'Rio Grandean Airways') was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's leading airline and virtually its only international one. In 2005, Varig went into judicial restructuring, and in 2006 it was split into two companies: Flex Linhas Aéreas, informally known as "old" Varig, heir to the original airline, now defunct; and "new" Varig, a new company, fully integrated into Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes.
==History== ===Formation and early years (1927–1943)=== Sociedade Anônima Empresa de Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense – VARIG was the first national airline established in Brazil. It was founded on 7 May 1927, in Porto Alegre, by Otto Ernst Meyer-Labastille, a German aviator decorated in World War I, who immigrated to Brazil in 1921 and noticed how necessary air transportation was for a large country like Brazil. Varig was an off-spring of the German trade company and airline Condor Syndikat, thus sharing the same origin as Syndicato Condor, later renamed Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul. Condor Syndikat gave the initial operational and financial support, and for a short time Varig and the sister-company Syndicato Condor operated in partnership. thumb|left|de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide PP-VAN exhibited at the Museu Aeroespacial|MUSAL