{"id":575,"date":"2012-10-09T10:51:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T14:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2012-11-02T13:44:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T17:44:15","slug":"historical-crj-operators-pluna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/2012\/10\/09\/historical-crj-operators-pluna\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical CRJ Operators &#8211; PLUNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is one in an ongoing series of articles on Winglets that will summarize past airlines and other operators of CRJ aircraft that are no longer in existence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-573\" title=\"Pluna Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/logo_pluna_nuevo.jpg\" alt=\"Pluna Logo\" width=\"175\" height=\"126\" \/>PLUNA &#8211; <strong>PLUNA L\u00edneas A\u00e9reas Uruguayas S.A.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IATA Code: PU<\/li>\n<li>ICAO\u00a0Code: PUA<\/li>\n<li>Callsign: PLUNA<\/li>\n<li>Flag carrier airline of Uruguay<\/li>\n<li>Operated 1936-2012<\/li>\n<li>Number of CRJs Operated: 13 CRJ-900 NextGens<\/li>\n<li>Options for 2 CRJ-900 NextGens cancelled before delivery<\/li>\n<li>Orders for CRJ-200s considered but never completed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_582\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PLUNAMap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-582\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582\" title=\"PLUNA Route Map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PLUNAMap-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"PLUNA Route Map\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PLUNAMap-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PLUNAMap.jpg 633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PLUNA Route Map<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>PLUNA L\u00edneas A\u00e9reas Uruguayas S.A., more popularly known as PLUNA, was the flag carrier of Uruguay. The airline&#8217;s hub was in Carrasco, Montevideo, and operated scheduled services within South America in the late 2000s before it closed. The airline was founded in 1936 and operated until 2012 when, under government ownership, it ceased to exist due to financial issues and labor disputes. At the time, the airline operated exclusively CRJ-900 NextGen aircraft on regional routes and also had a codeshare agreement with Iberia to allow for overseas connections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Airports served By CRJs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following list is all of the airports PLUNA served with CRJs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MVD &#8211;\u00a0Montevideo,\u00a0Uruguay (Hub)<\/li>\n<li>ASU &#8211; Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay<\/li>\n<li>PDP &#8211; Punta del Este, Uruguay<\/li>\n<li>SCL &#8211; Santiago,\u00a0 Chile<\/li>\n<li>COR &#8211; C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina<\/li>\n<li>EZE &#8211; Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/li>\n<li>AEP -Jorge Newbery Airfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/li>\n<li>IGU &#8211; Foz do Igua\u00e7u, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>POA &#8211; Porto Alegre, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>FLN &#8211; Florian\u00f3polis, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>CWB &#8211; Curitiba, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>GRU &#8211; S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>GIG &#8211; Gale\u00e3o International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CRJ Fleet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PLUNA operated a total of thirteen CRJ-900 NextGens in the LR configuration. The aircraft were operated in an all economy 90 seat configuration. All of these aircraft were delivered directly from Bombardier to PLUNA as new aircraft. While there was a overall basic colour scheme to the fleet, there were colour variations between each aircraft and the bird theme also varied. Upon the airline&#8217;s closure, all CRJs were\u00a0 stored at Montevideo Carrasco airport in Uruguay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_579\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-579 \" title=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15165 CX-CRA&lt;br \/&gt;in full PLUNA blue great crested flycatcher colour scheme&lt;br \/&gt;(Photo By: Salgado Filho)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRA-300x88.jpg\" alt=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15165 CX-CRA&lt;br \/&gt;in full PLUNA blue great crested flycatcher colour scheme&lt;br \/&gt;(Photo By: Salgado Filho)\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRA-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRA.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15165 CX-CRA<br \/>in full PLUNA blue great crested flycatcher colour scheme<br \/>(Photo By: Salgado Filho)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_577\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-577\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-577 \" title=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15169 CX-CRB in full PLUNA green hummingbird colour scheme (Photo By: Patrick Mutzenberg)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRB-300x78.jpg\" alt=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15169 CX-CRB in full PLUNA green hummingbird colour scheme (Photo By: Patrick Mutzenberg)\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRB-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRB.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15169 CX-CRB<br \/>in full PLUNA green hummingbird colour scheme<br \/>(Photo By: Patrick Mutzenberg)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following CRJ aircraft were operated by PLUNA:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CX-CRA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN 15165 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRB\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN 15169 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRC\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN 15175 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRD\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015180 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRE\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015185 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRF\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015204 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRG\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015209 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRH\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015233 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRI\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015234 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRK\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015239 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRL\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015273 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRM\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015274 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<br \/>\nCX-CRN\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MSN\u00a015275 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_578\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-578 \" title=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15175 CX-CRC in full PLUNA red sparrowhawk colour scheme (Photo By: Patrick Mutzenberg)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRC-300x77.jpg\" alt=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15175 CX-CRC in full PLUNA red sparrowhawk colour scheme (Photo By: Patrick Mutzenberg)\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRC-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRC.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15175 CX-CRC<br \/>in full PLUNA red sparrowhawk colour scheme<br \/>(Photo By: Patrick Mutzenberg)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Additionally, one CRJ-900 which had been previously operated by MyAir was to be operated by PLUNA but the transaction was cancelled and the aircraft was leased onto Air Mekong instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MSN15102\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Ex: EI-DUU) (CX-BYB NTU) (To: VN-A801) \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 CRJ-900LR<\/p>\n<p>As of September 2012, stored at Montevideo Carrasco airport in Uruguay waiting on a government auction of PLUNA&#8217;s assets to occur. The initial auction was cancelled, but at a second auction on October 1st, 2012, Cosmo Airlines, a Spanish charter airline, purchased seven of the CRJ-900s with the intention to operate them in Europe. The CRJs purchased in the auction were: CX-CRA, CX-CRB, CX-CRC, CX-CRD, CX-CRE, CX-CRF and CX-CRG.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_580\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-580\" title=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15180 CX-CRD in full PLUNA violet black-necked swan colour scheme (Photo By: Jorge Molina)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRD-300x90.jpg\" alt=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15180 CX-CRD in full PLUNA violet black-necked swan colour scheme (Photo By: Jorge Molina)\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRD-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRD.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15180 CX-CRD<br \/>in full PLUNA violet black-necked swan colour scheme<br \/>(Photo By: Jorge Molina)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before the airline ceased operations, PLUNA held options for two CRJ-900s that were never delivered. The airline also was considering CRJ-200s for shorter less popular routes but that concept never left the planning stage with the airline. Previous to the CRJ-200, PLUNA had previously considered the Bombardier Q400 (DHC-8Q-400) in this role.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_581\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-581  \" title=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15275 CX-CRN in full PLUNA red sparrowhawk colour scheme (Photo By: Shocman)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRN-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15275 CX-CRN in full PLUNA red sparrowhawk colour scheme (Photo By: Shocman)\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRN-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CX-CRN.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadair Regional Jet RJ900LR MSN 15275 CX-CRN<br \/>in full PLUNA red sparrowhawk colour scheme<br \/>(Photo By: Shocman)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one in an ongoing series of articles on Winglets that will summarize past airlines and other operators of CRJ aircraft that are no longer in existence. PLUNA &#8211; PLUNA L\u00edneas A\u00e9reas Uruguayas S.A. IATA Code: PU ICAO\u00a0Code: PUA Callsign: PLUNA Flag carrier airline of Uruguay Operated 1936-2012 Number of CRJs Operated: 13 CRJ-900 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/2012\/10\/09\/historical-crj-operators-pluna\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[243,123],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historical-crj-operators","tag-historical-crj-operators","tag-pluna","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rjet.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}