Varig economic difficulty. This purchase not only made Varig the largest airline in South America but also granted rights to other cities in Latin America, Miami, the West Coast of the United States and to Japan. European services started on . Varig had been lobbying for European concessions for more than ten years, but after the sudden shutdown of Panair do Brasil by the Brazilian military government Varig was granted rights previously held by Panair and was ordered to immediately operate all scheduled services, including Panair's flight scheduled to depart that very night from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Recife, Lisbon, Paris-Orly
Southern Star Airlines Southern Star Airlines Southern Star Airlines was a domestic airline based in Juba, the capital and largest city of South Sudan. Southern Star Airlines was founded since the independence of the country in July 2011. The airline owned only one aircraft, which was one de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100, registration . Southern Star Airlines' inaugural flight took place on 20 August 2011. However, after only two months of ""erratic operations"", the airline closed, shut down all operations, and gave away its one and only aircraft to the Kenyan-based airline ALS. Southern Star Airlines formed in 2011 shortly after its independence from