Línea Turística Aereotuy

LTA - Línea Turística Aereotuy was[1] a Venezuelan regional airline headquartered in Caracas and based at Simón Bolívar International Airport.[2]

LTA - Línea Turística Aereotuy
IATA ICAO Callsign
LD TUY AEREOTUY
Founded1982
Ceased operationsJune 2018
Focus citiesSimón Bolívar International Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations2
Parent companyGrupo Cóndor C.A.
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key peopleJuan Carlos Marquez, President
Websitetuy.com

History
Línea Turística Aereotuy de Havilland Canada Dash 7 in 2001

The airline was established and started operations in 1982. 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 at March 2010.[2] As of June 2018, the airline ceased all serves and plans to restart operations.[1]

Destinations

Regular services were operated between Caracas and Los Roques[3] with further routes served as charters.

Fleet

As of April 2012 the Línea Turística Aereotuy fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[4][5]

Accidents and incidents
  • On April 17, 2009, an Línea Turística Aereotuy Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Canaima National Park after failing to gain sufficient altitude, killing one person. The aircraft had been chartered to take holiday makers to Ciudad Bolívar.[6]

References
  1. ch-aviation.com - LTA - Linea Turistica Aereotuy retrieved 2 June 2018
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 106.
  3. http://www.tuy.com/los-roques/itinerarios-los-roques/
  4. Flight International 2009 World Airliner Census retrieved 2012-04-27
  5. Our Fleet – Línea Turística Aereotuy website (in Spanish) retrieved 2010-06-17
  6. aviation-safety.net - Accident description retrieved 2 June 2018

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