Maestro (airline)
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| Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2007 | ||||||
| Hubs | Quebec City Jean-Lesage Int'l Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 14 | ||||||
| Parent company | Vacances Maestro | ||||||
| Headquarters | Quebec City, Quebec | ||||||
| Key people | Michel Mordret (President) | ||||||
Maestro (also known informally as Air Maestro) was an airline based in Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, Canada. It operated charter services.
The airline ceased operations on 7 March 2007, after a decision was made to halt all flights because of overcapacity in the Quebec market.[1]
History
Maestro was established in April 2006 and started operations on 12 December 2006. It was a privately funded start-up airline[1] and the exclusive carrier of tour operator Vacances Maestro, based in Quebec City. Its logo was an airplane empennage over an inclined white Fleur-de-lis, which symbolizes both Quebec and Quebec City. On March 7, 2007, the company announced its bankruptcy and closed definitively.[2]
Destinations
As of March 2007, Maestro operated flights to:
- Acapulco (General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport)
- Cayo Coco (Cayo Coco Airport)
- Fort-de-France (Le Lamentin Airport)
- Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport)
- Holguín (Frank País Airport)
- La Romana (La Romana International Airport)
- Panama City (Tocumen International Airport)
- Pointe-à-Pitre (Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport)
- Porlamar/Isla Margarita
- Quebec City (Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport) hub
- Samaná (Samaná El Catey International Airport)
- San Andres (Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport)
- Santa Clara/Cayo Santa Maria (Abel Santa María Airport)
- Varadero (Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport)
Fleet
Skyservice Airlines operated all Maestro flights using a Boeing 757-200ER aircraft.[3]
References
- 1 2 Flight International 10 April 2007
- ↑ « Une guerre de prix a raison de Vacances Maestro », La Presse, March 7, 2007 Archived March 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Aviation.ca - Your Number One Source for Canadian Aviation News, Jobs and Information! - Skyservice has been chosen by Vacances Maestro to be its exclusive air provider Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine.