ONE Airlines of Chile announced on June 24 2020 that it had ceased operations.
Through a letter to its workers, the owner of ONE (Over Night Express), Claudio Fischer, informed the workers of the decision to close the airline.
The reason given was the difficult financial situation caused by the current pandemic (COVID-19). Fischer also blamed the competition from SKY, JetSMART and LATAM Airlines who are offering charters at prices that ONE cannot compete, and also the lack of financial support from the Chilean government, making ONE’s operation non-viable during the present time and near future. The company has not been flying since April this year.
ONE Airlines mainly operated on the behalf of mining interests in northern Chile for seven years, initially with a couple of Boeing 737-400s leased from Xtra Airways.
Above Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero. Boeing 737-36N CC-AIT (msn 28554) at Santiago.
The company later added the pictured Boeing 737-300 CC-AIT in December 2013 and 737-300 CC-DAN during 2019.
The Puerto Montt based airline Aerocord (also owned by Fischer) is continuing its operations.
Alvaro Romero reporting from Chile.
