Línea Turística Aereotuy Explained

Airline:Línea Turística Aereotuy
Fleet Size:2[1]
Destinations:9
Iata:LD
Icao:TUY
Callsign:AEREOTUY
Parent:Grupo Cóndor C.A.
Founded:1982
Ceased:July 30, 2018
Headquarters:Caracas, Venezuela
Key People:Juan Carlos Marquez (President)
Hubs:Simón Bolívar International Airport
Frequent Flyer:Privilege
Num Employees:300 (2010)

Linea Turistica Aereotuy LTA, C.A. was a Venezuelan regional and domestic airline headquartered in Caracas and based at Simón Bolívar International Airport.[2]

History

The airline was established in 1982 and started operations on June 30 of the year. It was part of a full service safari company with its own lodges, camps, guides, aircraft and sailing vessels and operated services to remote destinations in Venezuela, including tourist attractions. It had 300 employees by March 2010.[2]

In October 2014, the airline was forced to suspend its flights to Aruba, affecting more than 7,000 customers. The airline's suspension was due to a failure in an aircraft that covered the route, however the National Institute of Civil Aviation indicated that the suspension was due to the over-sale of tickets for said route, as well as the creation of new unauthorized flights to cover the over-sale. This suspension was maintained until February 28, 2015.[3]

In February 2016, it was announced that LTA was bought by Grupo Cóndor C.A. for which it joined the alliance.

On July 30, 2018, the airline had ceased all services.[4]

Destinations

The airline flew to the following destinations, with further routes served as charters:

CountryCityAirportNotes
BonaireKralendijkFlamingo International Airport
MartiniqueFort-de-FranceMartinique Aimé Césaire International Airport
Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainPiarco International Airport
VenezuelaCanaimaCanaima Airport
CaracasSimón Bolívar International Airport
Ciudad GuayanaManuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport
Los RoquesLos Roques Airport
MaturínJosé Tadeo Monagas International Airport
PorlamarSantiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport

Fleet

Final fleet

As of February 2017, the Línea Turística Aereotuy fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Línea Turística Aereotuy fleet
AircraftIn
service
PassengersNotes
ATR 42-320146Stored
de Havilland Canada Dash 7150
Total2

Former fleet

Accidents and incidents

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Itinerarios Los Roques. dead. 18 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150218142144/http://www.tuy.com/los-roques/itinerarios-los-roques/.
  2. News: Directory: World Airlines. Flight International. 106. 2007-04-03.
  3. Web site: Venezuela's LTA Aereotuy suspends int'l flights until February. Ch-aviation.com. November 25, 2014.
  4. Web site: Venezuela's LTA throws in the towel. Ch-aviation.com. September 14, 2018.
  5. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090417-0 aviation-safety.net - Accident description