Airline: | LC Perú |
Fleet Size: | 8 |
Destinations: | 12 |
Iata: | W4 |
Icao: | LCB |
Callsign: | BUSRE |
Aoc: | LY0F915F |
Founded: | 1993 (as LC Busre) |
Ceased: | December 12, 2018 |
Headquarters: | Lima, Peru |
Key People: | Carlos Carmona A. (General manager) |
Hubs: | Jorge Chávez International Airport |
Frequent Flyer: | Destino |
LC Perú S.A.C. was a Peruvian regional airline based in Lima, Peru. It operated scheduled domestic flights. Its main base was Jorge Chávez International Airport.[1]
The company was founded in 1993, they started operations as a cargo agent. In 1998, charter flights began for the periodic transport of passengers nationwide. In 2003, a second Fairchild Metro III was incorporated and ventured into regular passenger transport, for 2004 the destinations of Cajamarca, Ayacucho, Huánuco and Pucallpa were covered.
In 2011, the airline made an alliance with LAN Perú, in late 2011, the name was changed to the current name LC Perú. From the partnership with the USMP in 2011, the Fairchild Metro were withdrawn, replaced with Bombardier Dash 8 Q200, in 2013 the IOSA Certification and BARS Certification were obtained.
On December 12, 2018, the airline failed to renew its aviation insurance and was forced to declare bankruptcy.[2]
, LC Perú served the following destinations:[3]
The LC Perú fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2018):[4] [5]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 | 1 | - | 37 | ||
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 | 3 | - | 76 | ||
Boeing 737-500 | 4 | - | 120 | ||
Boeing 737-900ER | - | 2 | 186 | [6] | |
Total | 8 | 2 |
LC Perú previously operated the following aircraft: