Avianca Cargo

Avianca Cargo
IATA code :	QT
ICAO code :	TPA
Call sign :	TAMPA
Founding:	1973 (as Tampa Cargo )
Seat:	Medellin , Colombia
Turnstile :	Barranquilla Bogotá Miami
Home airport :	Medellin
Company form:	Sociedad Anónima
IATA prefix code :	729
Management:	Rodrigo Plata ( CEO )
Fleet size:	5
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.aviancacargo.com

Avianca Cargo (previously Tampa Cargo ) is a Colombian cargo airline based in Medellín and based at Rionegro Airport . It is a subsidiary of Avianca Holdings .

history

Tampa Cargo Boeing 767-200F

The airline was founded as Tampa Cargo (actually Transportes Aereos Mercantiles Panamericanos SA ) by Luís H. Coulson and Orlando Botero Escobar and began operating on March 11, 1973.

In 1996 the Dutch company Martinair acquired 50 percent of the shares in Tampa Cargo. In February 2008 Avianca took over all shares in the company and is now the sole owner. In May 2013 the company was renamed from Tampa Cargo to Avianca Cargo as part of the merger of its owners into the uniform Avianca brand .

Destinations

Avianca Cargo specializes in the air transport of cut flowers from Latin America to North America. Miami Airport is used as a hub for this purpose. In addition, general freight is transported within America.

It serves Bogotá, Medellin, Barranquilla and Cali within Colombia. There are international flights to México City, Miami, San Juan, Iquitos, Lima, Quito, Caracas, Valencia (in Venezuela) and Manaus. From November 2018, Brussels will be the first European destination to be served twice a week with the A330-200F.

fleet

As of March 2017, the Avianca Cargo fleet consists of five Airbus A330-200Fs with an average age of 3.7 years.

Incidents

• On the morning of December 14, 1983, came the engine no. 4 of a Boeing 707-373C HK-2401X of TAMPA Colombia at a start from Medellín to foreign object damage . The machine then returned to the airport. After an assessment of the damage, it was decided to transfer the aircraft to Miami for repairs. In the afternoon the machine started again, the damaged engine was idling. Engine # 3 also failed during takeoff, the aircraft tilted, grazed power lines, and crashed into a factory complex. All three crew members and 22 people died on the ground (see also the crash of a Boeing 707 operated by TAMPA Colombia in Medellín ) .

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Tampa Cargo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Avianca Cargo website (English, Portuguese, Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ch-aviation - TAMPA Cargo now renamed to Avianca Cargo, May 30, 2013
2. ↑ ch-aviation - Avianca Cargo (English) accessed on March 6, 2017
3. ^ Accident report B-707 HK-2401X , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 22, 2019.