{"id":6709,"date":"2022-06-15T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2022-06-16T02:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T01:10:13","slug":"akori-jetsmarts-initial-airliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/akori-jetsmarts-initial-airliner\/","title":{"rendered":"A hawk called “Akori”<\/b>: JetSmart’s first airliner"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first of 100 Airbus A320s allocated to JetSmart by Indigo Partners<\/strong>, the investment fund also controlling several other ultra-low-cost airlines in the USA (Frontier), Hungary (Wizz Air) and Mexico (Volaris), our subject aircraft was allocated c\/n 7595<\/strong> and, after assembly in Airbus<\/strong>‘ Hamburg Finkenwerder plant fitted with two IAE V2527-A5 engines, was initially destined for Spanish carrier Vueling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ten days after first flight, however, the aircraft was reallocated to Indigo\/JetSmart and departed to Airbus’ French plant at Tolouse-Blagnac (and later to Bordeaux-Merignac) for reconfiguration in the 186-seats economy class layout and repainting in the livery of its new designated operator.<\/p>\n

Ferried to Chile via Gander (Canada) and Kingston (Jamaica), it arrived in Pudahuel early in the morning of a foggy 06\/15\/2017 and was greeted by an enthusiastic party of JetSmart officials headed by company CEO, Estuardo Ortiz<\/strong>, media correspondents, several aircraft spotters and Andr\u00e9s Segall<\/strong>, the individual behind the aircraft’s designation and nickname.<\/p>\n

The aircraft was named “Halc\u00f3n Peregrino Austral”<\/strong> (Falco Peregrinus)<\/em> after Andr\u00e9s’ proposal to name it “Akori”<\/strong><\/em> (the birds’ name in Mapundungun language) was selected as the winner of a social media contest launched by the start-up carrier.<\/p>\n

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\"EDHI, <\/a>
Towed among Airbus Hamburg facilities (photo: Mathias D\u00fcber). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"LFBO, <\/a>
Awaiting its reallocation from Volaris to a new customer (photo: Romain Salerno \/ Aeronantes Spotters). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCSE, <\/a>
Water canon salute on its inaugural service to La Serena (photo: Javier Vera Mart\u00ednez). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL, <\/a>
Akori and its welcome party after landing in Pudahuel (photo: \u00c1lvaro Romero). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL <\/a>
Accelerating for take-off on runway 17L while bush fires raged over the coastline cordillera (photo: Carlos Ay). <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL, <\/a>
Near perfect side view showing most of Akori’s colorful livery (photo: Carlos Ay). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL, <\/a>
Lifting off runway 17R on a shiny winter day (photo: Carlos Ay). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL, <\/a>
Final approach to runway 17L (photo: Carlos Ay). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL, <\/a>
Three quarter rear view shortly after take-off (photo: Carlos Ay). <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL, <\/a>
Taxiing from East to West on “Tango” taxiway (photo: Carlos Ay). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"SCEL, <\/a>
Akori’s captain greeting the author at a Nuevo Pudahuel Spotter Day (photo: Carlos Ay). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
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Once the airline obtained its air operator certificate from Chile’s civil aviation authorities, “Akori” single-handedly launched and sustained regular services to domestic destinations in Calama, Antofagasta, La Serena, Concepci\u00f3n and Copiap\u00f3 until joined by sistership CC-AWC “Loica”.<\/p>\n

Following a +3.6G hard landing and secondary bounce at Puerto Montt on 02\/21\/2020 (flight JA151), the aircraft was for sometime considered a potential write-off, but after nearly a year under repair at Avianca’s MRO facility in R\u00edo Negro (Medell\u00edn, Colombia), it returned to Chile and normal operations 01\/20\/2021.<\/p>\n

Variants<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n

Airbus A320-232<\/strong> (first flown 03\/06\/2017 in Hamburg Finkenwerder, Germany).<\/p>\n

Identities<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n

D-AUBK<\/strong> (03\/2017), Spanish registration not completed, F-WHUL<\/strong> (03\/2017), CC-AWA<\/strong> “Halc\u00f3n Peregrino Austral”<\/em> (06\/2017).<\/p>\n

Owners and operators<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n

Airbus<\/strong> for Vueling<\/strong> (ntu), GY Aviation Lease 1701<\/strong> and JetSmart Chile<\/strong> (lessor and operator, respectively).<\/p>\n

Fate<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n

Active, last recorded as JA494 Santiago de Chile-Trujillo (Per\u00fa), 05\/14\/2022.<\/p>\n

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Acknowledgements:<\/strong> Carlos Valle and Eduardo Cancino-Rom\u00e1n contributed to this post. Internet sources<\/strong>: AIB Family Flights, Airfleets, Aviation Safety Network, DGAC Chile, FlightRadar24, The National News, Wikipedia and World Airline News.<\/p>\n

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On its fifth anniversary flying with JetSmart’s Chilean unit, let’s recap the individual story of this gorgeous aircraft and its unique name and markings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[66,89,91,90],"class_list":["post-6709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transport","category-spotting","tag-photo-log-books","tag-airbus-a320","tag-indigo-partners","tag-jetsmart"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2017-08-07-DSC_0063-3_edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1JKRl-1Kd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8844,"url":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/domestic-security-crisis-releases-extraordinary-funding-for-chilean-carbineers-rotary-wings-and-airbus\/","url_meta":{"origin":6709,"position":0},"title":"Domestic security crisis boosts Chilean Carbineers rotary wings expansion and Airbus Helicopters bonanza","author":"Carlos Ay","date":"Monday 16 October 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The pressing need to improve domestic security is prompting several Chilean government bodies to try and innovate to fund the acquisition of helicopters that will increase air support for their jurisdictions police forces, a trend that is visibly gaining nationwide (or rather \"nationlong\", if you know what I mean!) momentum.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Defence & security"","block_context":{"text":"Defence & security","link":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/category\/defence\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Commando airlifter","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/wp-content\/uploads\/3023\/10\/20171111-IMG_3853_edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/wp-content\/uploads\/3023\/10\/20171111-IMG_3853_edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/wp-content\/uploads\/3023\/10\/20171111-IMG_3853_edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/wp-content\/uploads\/3023\/10\/20171111-IMG_3853_edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8869,"url":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/the-first-sky-airline-airbus-a319\/","url_meta":{"origin":6709,"position":1},"title":"Low-fare pioneer: SKY Airline’s first Airbus A319","author":"Carlos Ay","date":"Thursday 14 September 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A typical low-cost (or rather \"low-fare\") European-built and operated airliner, A319 c\/n 2283 was the first of its kind to join Chilean carrier SKY Airline for a five-year stint in Southern Cone routes. 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