Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas

Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas
IATA code :	LA
ICAO code :	LAU
Call sign :	SURAMERICANO
Founding:	1972
Seat:	Bogotá , Colombia
Home airport :	Bogotá airport
Fleet size:	3 (+ 1 order)
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.lascargo.com

Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas is a Colombian cargo airline based in Bogotá and based at Bogotá Airport .

history

The company was founded in 1972 under the name Aeronorte and has been flying under its current name since 1986. It opened its first international flight connection in 1987 between Bogotá and Panama City . In 1992 the company acquired a Sud Aviation Caravelle from the Transwede and adopted its unchanged hull painting as the new corporate design for the entire fleet. This painting has been replaced by a new color scheme since mid-2014. The company is owned equally by Alvaro Cote and Luis Enrique Prieto.

Destinations

Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas is primarily active in the national air freight business and also maintains flight connections to Miami as well as the Caribbean , Central and South America .

Incidents

Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas was one of the last operators of Sud Aviation Caravelle. This plane had an accident on January 31, 2001 (here in Bogota, 1996).

• On December 11, 1991, a Curtiss C-46 of the Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas ( aircraft registration number HK-2716 ) was flown into a hill during the approach to Bogotá-Eldorado airport (CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain ). The machine came on a positioning flight from Medellin-Rionegro Airport . All 8 occupants (4 crew members and 4 passengers each) were killed.

• On January 31, 2001 the Sud Aviation Caravelle 10R of the Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas (HK-3932X) flew around 8 kilometers from El Yopal / El Alcaraván airport into the area. The machine started there; when landing in Mitu , they touched down in front of the runway. It was launched to return to El Yopal. As it passed the control tower, it looked as if part of the left main landing gear was missing. On its final approach, the aircraft brushed the ground; there was a crash landing in a meadow and the outbreak of fire. The cargo consisted of 14 barrels with a total of around 3700 liters of gasoline. Of the 6 occupants, 3 were killed, 1 crew member and 2 passengers (see also flight accident of a Sud Aviation Caravelle of the Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas ) .

fleet

Current fleet

As of April 2019, the fleet consists of three active aircraft with an average age of 44.6 years:

• 1 Boeing 727-100 (F)
• 1 Boeing 727-200 (F) (inactive)
• 1 Boeing 727-200F
• 1 Boeing 737-300SF ( ordered ; equipped with winglets)

Former aircraft types

In the course of their existence, Aeronorte and Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas also used the following types of aircraft:

• Canadair CL-44
• Curtiss C-46 Commando
• Douglas DC-3
• Douglas DC-4
• Douglas DC-6
• Douglas DC-9
• Sud Aviation Caravelle

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

• Web presence of the Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas (Spanish, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Destinos lascargo.co, accessed June 8, 2017 (Spanish)
2. ↑ Accident Report C-46 HK-2716 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11, 2019.
3. ^ Accident report Caravelle 10R HK-3932X , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11, 2019.
4. ↑ rzjets: Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS Cargo) (English), accessed on August 12, 2019.
5. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1973–2007.
6. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.