美国与委内瑞拉航线再添新军：初创公司 Aegis Air 开通 Miami 往返 Caracas 按座售票包机服务
委内瑞拉加拉加斯——美国初创虚拟航空公司 Aegis Air 10月20日开通 Miami 与加拉加斯之间的按座售票服务。据航空业媒体 ch-aviation 报道，航班由湿租自 Aero 的一架16座 Embraer E135 执飞，连接 Miami 的 Opa-Locka 行政机场与加拉加斯的 Simón Bolívar 国际机场，初期每周两班往返，以公共包机（Part 380）形式在两地固定基地运营商（FBO）之间运行。
Aegis Air 首席执行官 Ross Thompson 表示，该服务面向银行家、企业高管、外交人员、律师以及富裕的委内瑞拉侨民，单程票价3750美元、往返7500美元，南行航班上午9时出发、北行下午2时返回，飞行时间略超3小时，乘客可在起飞前约20分钟办理值机。公司预计很快开通自休斯顿出发的加拉加斯航线，随后是华盛顿特区。
Thompson 说，这项服务填补了市场空白：随着委内瑞拉与美国的商业联系扩大——包括特朗普政府宣布的重大石油交易——前往加拉加斯的安全、便捷出行需求正在增长。他还指出，今年6月的地震损坏了 Simón Bolívar 国际机场的国际航站楼，海关与移民设施两个月后仍受影响。
Aegis Air 由 Thompson 与酒店开发公司 Hospitality Investors Group 创始人 Frank Ornstein 共同创办。公司自称希望成为「拉丁美洲与加勒比地区的 JSX」，并在与多家运营商商讨扩大服务，长远目标包括购置自有飞机。
US Start-Up Aegis Air Launches By-the-Seat Charter Flights Between Miami and Caracas
CARACAS — US virtual carrier start-up Aegis Air launched by-the-seat services between Miami and Caracas on October 20. The flights link Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport with Caracas Simón Bolívar International Airport aboard a 16-seat Embraer E135 wet-leased from Aero, operating initially as two round trips a week under Part 380 public charter rules between private terminals (FBOs), according to ch-aviation.
Aegis Air CEO Ross Thompson said the service targets bankers, business executives, diplomats, lawyers and affluent members of the Venezuelan diaspora. Seats cost $3,750 each way or $7,500 round trip, with southbound departures at 9 a.m. and returns at 2 p.m., a flight time of just over three hours, and check-in about 20 minutes before departure. The company expects to launch a Caracas route from Houston soon, followed by Washington, D.C.
Thompson said the service fills a gap as Venezuela's commercial links with the United States expand, including major oil deals announced by the Trump administration. He noted that the June earthquake damaged the international terminal at Simón Bolívar airport, with customs and immigration facilities still disrupted two months later.
Aegis Air was co-founded by Thompson, founder of medical repatriation provider Covac Global, and Frank Ornstein of Hospitality Investors Group. The company aims to become "the JSX of Latin America and the Caribbean" and is in discussions with other operators, with long-term plans to own aircraft.
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图片来源：Embraer E135 支线客机（资料图）。图片：Adrian Pingstone / 公共领域，Wikimedia Commons
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