VARIG

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:airline
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Star_Alliance_(founding_member)
gptkbp:callsign gptkb:VARIG
gptkbp:ceased_operations 2006
gptkbp:country gptkb:Brazil
gptkbp:fleetSize over 100 (at peak)
gptkbp:founded 1927
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Otto_Ernst_Meyer
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Viação_Aérea_Rio-Grandense
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Porto_Alegre,_Brazil
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label VARIG
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:VRG
RG
gptkbp:logo stylized winged seahorse
gptkbp:mainHub gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro–Galeão_International_Airport
gptkb:São_Paulo–Guarulhos_International_Airport
gptkbp:majorCity international
domestic
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Douglas_DC-10
gptkb:Boeing_767
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Boeing_737
gptkb:Lockheed_L-188_Electra
gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Rubem_Berta
gptkb:Otto_Ernst_Meyer
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:VARIG_Flight_254_crash_(1989)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_797_crash_(1987)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_810_crash_(1962)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_820_crash_(1973)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_850_hijacking_(1970)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_967_disappearance_(1979)
privatization in 1990s
Star Alliance founding member in 1997
bankruptcy in 2006
gptkbp:notableRoute Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro to London
Rio de Janeiro to New York
Rio de Janeiro to Paris
São Paulo to Frankfurt
São Paulo to Los Angeles
São Paulo to Miami
São Paulo to Santiago
São Paulo to Tokyo
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Viação_Aérea_Rio-Grandense_S.A.
gptkbp:successor gptkb:VRG_Linhas_Aéreas
gptkb:Gol_Linhas_Aéreas_Inteligentes
gptkbp:website www.varig.com.br (defunct)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Varig
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5