Aerovías Explained

Airline:	Aerovías
Fleet Size:	10
Destinations:	4
Iata:	XU
Icao:	AOQ^[1]
Callsign:	Aerovias
Parent:	Aerovías, S.A.
Founded:	1977
Ceased:	1998
Headquarters:	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hubs:	La Aurora Int'l Airport
Focus Cities:	Mundo Maya Int'l Airport

Aerovías is a defunct private passenger and cargo airline formerly based in Guatemala La Aurora International Airport founded by Jimmy K Hall. It was the first private airline in Guatemala. It was operational between 1977 and 1998.^[2] While one of their Heralds 206s aircraft was stored at La Aurora International Airport, their two Aérospatiale N 262s went to RACSA airlines.

Fleet

The Aerovías fleet included the following aircraft:^{[3] [4]}

• 2 Handley Page Herald 206 1988 TG-ASA; 1987 TG-AZE
• 1 Lockheed L-188 Electra TG-ANP
• 1 Douglas DC-6, 1987 TG-CGO
• 1 Boeing 727-100, 1992 TG-LKA^[5]
• 1 Boeing 727-100F, 1992 TG-ANP^[6] (leased from Corsair)
• 1 Boeing 737-200, 1992 TG-ANP^[7]
• 2 Aérospatiale N 262, 1994 TG-ANP; 1997 TG-NTR
• 1 Sud Aviation Caravelle, 1986 HC-BAE (leased from Saeta)

Destinations

• Flores Mundo Maya International Airport
• Cancun International Airport
• Miami International Airport (cargo only)
• Belize Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport

Incidents

See main article: 1986 Aerovias Guatemala air crash.

• 18 January 1986: A Sud Aviation Caravelle temporarily leased from Ecuadorian airline SAETA, reg. HC-BAE, crashed after two missed approaches into the jungle, killing all 87 occupants on board. The flight originated in Guatemala City and was to land at Mundo Maya International Airport in the northern department of Petén. To date, this is the worst air accident in Guatemala.^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://www.airlinedata.com/area1.htm code data
2. http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/central_america/guatemala.htm List of airlines from Guatemala, at airlineupdate.com
3. Web site: Aviation Photo Search Airliners.net.
4. Web site: Civil document . 2007-10-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050226041734/http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/TG-%20CIVIL%20v4%20.doc . 2005-02-26 .
5. http://www.aeromuseu.com.br/boe_19393.htm
6. http://www.aeromuseu.com.br/boe_18742.htm
7. Web site: Aero Continente Chile CC-CJO (Boeing 737 - MSN 19059) (Ex N69AF N9021U OB-1561 OB-1637 OB-1733 P4-OYX TG-ANP XA-SYX) Airfleets aviation.
8. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860118-0 Accident description