Icaro Air
| Icaro Air | |
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| IATA code : | X8 |
| ICAO code : | ICD |
| Call sign : | ICARO |
| Founding: | 1971 |
| Operation stopped: | 2011 |
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Quito , Ecuador
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| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | national |
| Icaro Air ceased operations in 2011. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Icaro Air was an Ecuadorian airline based in Quito and based at Quito Airport .
Destinations
As of June 2009, Icaro flew from Quito to Guayaquil and Manta . Since July 2009, Icaro Air has also operated cargo flights from Quito to Bogotá with a Boeing 737-290C .
fleet
As of July 2009, the Icaro Air fleet consisted of three aircraft and four helicopters:
Incidents
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The Fokker F28 , which was destroyed on September 22, 2008, on June 23, 2008
- On September 22, 2008, shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time, an Icaro (HC-CDT) Fokker F-28 took off from Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport with destination Coca. The machine collided with an antenna and came to a stop about 400 m behind the runway on a wall. A fire developed, but it was quickly brought under control. None of the 62 passengers or crew members were injured in the incident. Quito Airport was subsequently closed for around an hour. The reason for the incident is unclear.
See also
Trivia
- In June 2008 Icaro Air received international attention with the introduction of approximately 25-minute fashion shows called "Sky Fashion" on some flights between Quito and Guayaquil.
Web links
Commons : Icaro Air - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Icaro Air fleet (English) accessed on July 14, 2009.
- ↑ Fleet declaration on the company homepage ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Cinco firmas compran la idea de vender sus productos en el cielo , El Comercio , June 2008 (Spanish)
