Clic Air (formerly known as EasyFly and officially Empresa Aérea de Servicios y Facilitación Logística Integral S.A.) is a
regional airline that operates in
Colombia. Its main focus is to serve intermediate cities and those not served by other carriers. Operations started in October 2007, with one
British Aerospace Jetstream 41 aircraft. Its main base is
El Dorado International Airport,
Bogotá. Alfonso Ávila, the founder of EasyFly, was also one of the founders of
Aero República in 1992.
History
The airline was founded as EasyFly in 2006 by Alfonso Ávila and other partners. Its first aircraft have been acquired through the leasing system.[1] After having 9 approved routes, operations began on October 10, 2007, with only two routes:
Barrancabermeja and
Arauca from
Bogotá.[2] Between November 2007 and January 2008, new routes were inaugurated to the cities of
Armenia,
Cartago,
Yopal,
Ibague and
Villavicencio.[3]
In 2018,
EasyGroup, licensor of the
EasyJet brand, began legal proceedings against EasyFly and Honduras-based
EasySky over use of the "easy" prefix.[4] In April 2019, EasyGroup statement focused on this case indicated a claim against Colombia's EasyFly was ongoing.[5]
In 2019, the British Aerospace Jetstream 41 left the fleet and gave way to a fleet entirely composed of
ATRs.[6]
On July 8, 2023, EasyFly announced that it will be renamed as Clic Air, after the legal process filed by EasyGroup.[7] The airline officially rebranded on August 15, 2023.
Destinations
As of July 2023, Clic Air operates to the following cities:
On October 15, 2020, EasyFly Flight 9069, an
ATR 42-600 (registered HK-5310) collided with a
jet bridge at
Palonegro International Airport. It is speculated that it was a brake failure, however the aircraft was approaching in a prohibited trajectory for this type of turboprop aircraft. According to
Caracol Radio, "an irregular procedure by the pilot" caused the incident, there were no injuries.[16]