Aviateca

Avianca Guatemala
Aviateca
IATA ICAO Callsign
GU GUG AVIATECA
Founded 1929 (as Aerovías de Guatemala)
1945
Hubs La Aurora International Airport
Focus cities Mundo Maya International Airport
Frequent-flyer program LifeMiles
Alliance Star Alliance (affiliate)
Fleet size 4
Destinations 7
Company slogan La Línea Aérea de Guatemala / Más alto, más lejos, mejor (The airline of Guatemala / Higher, further, and better.
Parent company Avianca
Headquarters Guatemala City, Guatemala
Website http://www.avianca.com/

Aviateca is now known as Avianca Guatemala and is headquartered in Guatemala City.[1] The airline is now a subsidiary of Avianca.

History

Aviateca Douglas DC-3 at Fort Lauderdale in February 1971
Douglas DC-6A of Aviateca Cargo Service at Miami Airport in 1971

The airline was established on 1929 as Aerovías de Guatemala, and was founded by Alfredo Denby Chattfield. In 1945, the airline was nationalized during the government of Juan José Arevalo and stablished as Empresa Guatemalteca de Aviación S. A., which was shortened to Aviateca. One of the original founders was Alfredo Castaneda Duarte who also served as a pilot. Aviateca started operations in March 1946 and early aircraft operated by the carrier included the Douglas DC-3.

In 1961, service to Miami was originated with four-engined Douglas DC-6 airliners. The airline later operated the Douglas DC-6B version as well. Convair 340/440 twin-engined medium airliners were also acquired to replace some of the DC-3s on short-haul routes in Latin America.

Aviateca introduced jet service as a customer for the British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven medium twin jet in 1970. In 1974, the airline was operating the stretched BAC One-Eleven series 500 version of the British-manufactured jet on international flights to Miami, New Orleans, Mexico City, Mérida and San Jose, Costa Rica.[2] It also temporarily leased a Fokker F28 Fellowship, a Boeing 720 and a Douglas DC-8 in the 1970s. Aviateca later acquired two Boeing 727-100s, which operated for the airline in the 1980s. From 1989 on Aviateca's fleet consisted of several Boeing 737-200 and Boeing 737-300 jetliners. A full cargo Boeing 737-300 was also operated for a few months.

Aviateca was under government ownership and remained so until 1989 when it joined the TACA-organised Airline Alliance of Central America and was privatised. It was fully integrated into TACA, which later merged with Avianca.

The aircraft were referred to by locals as "las papayas voladoras" (the flying papayas) due to the paint scheme used during the 1970s, in which the underbelly was painted a reddish orange. Later Aviateca switched to blue. From 2006 to 2007 Aviateca had a TACA Airbus A319 aircraft with the TACA-style Aviateca logo on the engines.[3]

Regional

TACA Regional (formerly Inter and operating under Aviateca's IATA code) has two ATR 42-300s.[4]

Destinations

This is a list of both current and terminated destinations of Aviateca.

Current Destinations

City Country Airport Notes
San AndrésColombiaGustavo Rojas Pinilla International AirportVía San José. Operated for Avianca El Salvador
San JoséCosta RicaJuan Santamaría International Airport
LiberiaCosta RicaDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport
San SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador International AirportOperated for Avianca El Salvador
FloresGuatemalaMundo Maya International Airport
Guatemala CityGuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportHub
Tegucigalpa D.C.HondurasToncontín International AirportOperated by Avianca Honduras
San Pedro SulaHondurasRamon Villeda Morales International AirportOperated by Avianca Honduras
RoatanHondurasRoatan International AirportOperated for Avianca El Salvador
PanamaPanamaTocumen International Airport
ManaguaNicaraguaAugusto Cesar Sandino International Airport

Terminated Destinations

Guatemala
Mexico
USA

Fleet

The Avianca Guatemala fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[6]

Avianca Guatemala Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
ATR 72-600 4 — — 68 68
Total 4 —

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

  • 1 further ATR 72-600

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. ↑ World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 22–28, 1995. 46.
  2. ↑ http://www.timetableimages.com, May 12, 1974 Aviateca system timetable
  3. ↑ http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1172324&WxsIERv=Nveohf%20N319-132&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=GNPN%20%28NIVNGRPN%29&QtODMg=Zvnzv%20-%20Vagreangvbany%20%28ZVN%20%2F%20XZVN%29&ERDLTkt=HFN%20-%20Sybevqn&ktODMp=Wnahnel%2011%2C%202007&BP=0&WNEb25u=Ora%20Jnat&xsIERvdWdsY=A479GN&MgTUQtODMgKE=Jvgu%20NIVNGRPN%20gvgyr%20ba%20gur%20ratvar.&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=1583&NEb25uZWxs=2007-02-08%2017%3A44%3A50&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=2444&static=yes&width=1050&height=716&sok=JURER%20%20%28ert%20%3D%20%27A479GN%27%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=2&prev_id=1262714&next_id=1137711
  4. ↑ http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=&airlinesearch=&countrysearch=&specialsearch=&daterange=&keywords=Aviateca+ATR&range=&sort_order=&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&calccount=1219118&truecount=false&engine_version=6.0
  5. ↑ http://timetablist.blogspot.com/2013/07/aviateca-timetable-and-route-map-june.html
  6. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 15. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ↑ "TC-AMA Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  8. ↑ "TG-AGA Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  9. ↑ "TG-AKA Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  10. ↑ "TG-AFA Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  11. ↑ "Photo: Aviateca, Douglas DC-3 TG-AFA". Airline Fan. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  12. ↑ 1995 Crash report
  13. ↑ Aviation Safety report
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