Aeroméxico

Aeroméxico
IATA code :	AT THE
ICAO code :	AMX
Call sign :	AEROMEXICO
Founding:	1934
Seat:	Mexico City , Mexico
Turnstile :	Mexico city
Home airport :	Mexico city
IATA prefix code :	139
Management:	Andrés Conesa Labastida ( CEO )
Passenger volume:	18.8 million (2015)
Alliance :	SkyTeam
Frequent Flyer Program :	Club Premier
Fleet size:	68 (+ 54 orders)
Aims:	National and international
Website:	aeromexico.com

Aeroméxico is the largest Mexican airline based in Mexico City and based at the Benito Juárez International Airport there . It is a member of the SkyTeam aviation alliance .

history

An Aeroméxico Bellanca around 1935

Aeroméxico was founded on September 1, 1934 under the name Aeronaves de México . The maiden flight was from Mexico City to Acapulco .

From 1952 to 1962 Aeronaves de México bought competitors Aerovías Reforma SA ., Aerolíneas Mexicanas SA . and finally Guest Aerovias México , which operated transatlantic flights from London . In July 1959, Aeronaves de México was nationalized by the Mexican government and a Pan-American holding company. The first international flight was from Mexico City to New York City on a Britannia 302 . Later a Douglas DC-8 was used on this route .

In February 1972 Aeronaves de México was renamed Aeroméxico. Also in February 1972 the domestic flight system was nationalized . It consisted of eight smaller companies, with Aeronaves de México taking the lead.

A code share agreement has existed with the American airline Delta Air Lines since 1994 . In June 2012, Delta bought 4.2% of Aeroméxico and faltered this share in March 2017 620 million US dollars to 36.2%. There is an option to later increase this percentage to 49%. In the second half of 2017, the cooperation between the two companies should be deepened.

Like the other two major airlines in Mexico, Interjet and Volaris, Aeroméxico had suffered losses for several years in 2019.

In connection with the COVID-19 crisis , Aeroméxico voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the USA on June 30, 2020 .

Destinations

Aeroméxico offers a variety of national connections, for example to Acapulco , Guadalajara , Mazatlán or Tijuana, as well as international connections to the most important countries of the American subcontinent , especially the USA . There are also some long-haul intercontinental destinations such as Tokyo , Paris and Madrid .

fleet

Current fleet

An Aeroméxico Boeing 737-700

A Douglas DC-6 of the Aeronaves de México

A Douglas DC-8-51 from Aeronaves de México

As of July 2020, the Aeroméxico fleet consists of 70 aircraft with an average age of 8.0 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( Business / Economy Plus / Economy )	Average age (July 2020)
Boeing 737-700	9		first delivery in October 2003; equipped with winglets ; will be replaced by Boeing 737 MAX 8	124 (12/18/94)	15.6 years
Boeing 737-800	34		equipped with winglets; one inactive	160 (16/18/126) 186 (- / 18/168 )	9.0 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8	6th	54	first delivery in February 2018, all inactive since March 2018 due to global grounding	166 (16/18/132)	1.7 years
Boeing 787-8	9		first delivery in August 2013	243 (32/27/184)	5.8 years
Boeing 787-9	10		XA-ADL in special painting " Quetzalcóatl "	274 (36/27/211)	2.5 years
total	68	54			8.0 years

Aeromar also uses two ATR 72-600s as AeroMéxico Express. These are used on the Mexican route Monterrey - Tampico - Veracruz - Villahermosa - Mérida .

Previously deployed aircraft

In the past, Aeronaves de México and Aeroméxico also operated aircraft of the following types:

Avro Anson Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing Boeing 247 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-200 and Boeing 767-300 Bristol Britannia 302 Convair CV-340 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Douglas DC-2 (C-39) Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-4

Douglas DC-6 Douglas DC-8-21 Douglas DC-8-51 Fairchild F-27 Lockheed L-049 Constellation Lockheed L-749A Constellation Douglas DC-9-82 Douglas DC-9-83 Douglas DC-9-87 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Incidents

The company has recorded 16 incidents of total loss of an aircraft in its history, including 10 with a total of 236 fatalities:

• On March 25, 1954, a Douglas DC-3 of the Aeronaves de México ( registration XA-GUN ) with 15 passengers and three crew members on board had an accident on the flight from Mazatlán to the airport of Ciudad General Escobedo . While the pilots were waiting for permission to land, the plane collided with a mountain. There were no survivors.

• On June 2, 1958, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation of the Aeronaves de México (XA-MEV) with 38 passengers and seven crew members on board collided with a mountain after taking off from Guadalajara Airport . There were no survivors.

• On January 19, 1961, a Douglas DC-8-21 of the Aeronaves de México (XA-XAX) with 97 passengers and nine crew members on board had an accident when the take-off from Idlewild Airport (today 's John F. Kennedy International Airport ) was canceled. The incident was caused by the third, non-flying pilot who operated the thrust levers without prior consultation and thus reduced the power of the four engines . Four crew members died in the accident. At the time of the incident, the weather was bad and the runway was covered in snow (see also Aeronaves de México flight 401 ) .

• On July 9, 1965, the main landing gear could not be locked in the extended position of a Bristol Britannia 302 of Aeronaves de México (XA-MEC) on approach to Tijuana Airport ( Mexico ). All 82 occupants, 9 crew members and 73 passengers survived the emergency landing unharmed. The aircraft was totaled.

The Douglas DC-9-32 with the license plate XA-DEN crashed on July 27, 1981

• On June 20, 1973 a Douglas DC-9-15 (XA-SOC) with 22 passengers and five crew members on board from Houston had an accident while approaching the airport of Puerto Vallarta . There were no survivors.

• On September 2, 1976, a Douglas DC-9-15 (XA-SOF) with 24 people on board had an accident while landing at Del Bajío Airport . The plane shot over the runway. There was no personal injury , the plane had to be written off.

• On July 27, 1981, a Douglas DC-9-32 (XA-DEN) had an accident while landing at Chihuahua Airport with 60 passengers and 6 crew members on board. The aircraft touched down about 150 m to the right of and about 60 m after the landing threshold , flicked back into the air and then hit the ground. The fuselage broke and the aircraft caught fire. Twenty-eight passengers and two crew members were killed. At the time of the accident there were strong gusts and showers (see also Aeroméxico flight 230 ) .

• On November 8, 1981, a Douglas DC-9-32 (XA-DEO) with 12 passengers and 6 crew members on board had a pressure drop in the aircraft 35 minutes after take-off from Acapulco Airport . The pilots tried to return to Acapulco for an emergency landing . The aircraft collided with a mountain, there were no survivors (see also Aeroméxico flight 110 ) .

Aerial view of the crash site of Aeroméxico Flight 498

• On August 31, 1986, a private Piper PA 28-181 Archer II (registration number N4891F ) collided with a Douglas DC-9-32 (registration number XA-JED ) of Aeroméxico due to a pilot's error . In the accident on the approach to Los Angeles , all 64 people on board the Douglas DC-9-32 and the three people on board the Piper as well as 15 people on the ground died (see also Aeroméxico flight 498 ) .

• On October 15, 1997, a Douglas DC-9-32 (registration number XA-DEJ ) had to be written off after a tail strike. None of the 67 passengers and the five-man crew were harmed.

• On October 6, 2000, a Douglas DC-9-31 (registration number N936ML ) with 88 occupants shot over the runway when landing in Reynosa , broke through several houses and came to a halt in a ditch. Four people died on the ground (see also Aeroméxico flight 250 ) .

• On October 31, 2002, a Douglas DC-9-32 (registration number XA-AMF ) shot over the runway at Monterrey Airport , causing the nose wheel to buckle. All 86 passengers and four crew members were uninjured, the aircraft had to be written off.

• On April 16, 2013, another tail strike occurred with a Boeing 767-200ER (registration number XA-TOJ ) at take-off from Madrid-Barajas Airport . The take-off weight of the aircraft was incorrectly calculated as the Zero Fuel Weight instead of the Take Off Weight . The total weight of the fuel was therefore not taken into account for the take-off performance , and the pilots did not notice the error. All 154 passengers and nine crew members were unharmed, the Boeing 767-200ER had to be written off.

• On July 31, 2018, an Embraer ERJ-190AR (registration XA-GAL ) of Aeroméxico Connect had an accident at take-off in Durango . The machine burned out completely. Of the 103 people on board, 83 were injured; 49 people were admitted to hospitals, two of them with serious injuries. Video footage shows how the aircraft gains altitude slightly during takeoff in difficult weather conditions, but then sags and hits the runway hard.

In addition, it is known that the company was hit by aircraft hijackings in 1978, 1983, 1988 and 2009 , in which no one was harmed.

Trivia

• The Aeroméxico logo shows the head of an Aztec eagle warrior .

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Aeroméxico  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aeroméxico website (English)

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Delta grabs Aeromexico , accessed March 14, 2017
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13. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) XA-GUN Monterrey in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 16, 2016.
14. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Lockheed L-749A Constellation XA-MEV Guadalajara Airport (GDL)} in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 16, 2016.
15. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Douglas DC-8-21 XA-XAX New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 16, 2016.
16. ^ Accident report Britannia 302 XA-MEC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 15, 2020.
17. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 XA-SOC Puerto Vallarta Airport (PVR) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
18. ↑ Flight accident data and report for McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 XA-SOF Léon Airport (BJX) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
19. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEN Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport (CUU) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
20. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEO Zihuatanejo in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 13, 2016.
21. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the DC-9-32 XA-JED in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 27, 2017.
22. ↑ Flight accident data and report for McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEJ Mexico City-Juarez International Airport (MEX) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
23. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N936ML Reynosa-Gen Lucio Blanco Airport (REX) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
24. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-AMF Monterrey-Gen Mariano Escobedo Airport (MTY) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
25. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Boeing 767-283ER XA-TOJ Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 14, 2016.
26. ^ Accident report Embraer 190 XA-GAL , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2018.
27. ^ Accident report Embraer 190 XA-GAL , The Aviation Herald (English), accessed on August 3, 2018.
28. ↑ Tim Nowack: Flight AM2431: Aeroméxico plane crashed. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. August 1, 2018, accessed August 3, 2018 . 
29. ↑ Global News: Video captures moment of plane crash inside Aeromexico flight. August 1, 2018, accessed August 4, 2018 . 
30. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 registration unknown Mexico City in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 13, 2016.
31. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-JEB Mérida-Rejon Airport (MID) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
32. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9 registration unknown Monterrey in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
33. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Boeing 737-852 EI-DRA Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 14, 2016.