Aerocon
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2015 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Destinations | 0 | ||||||
| Headquarters | El Trompillo Airport Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | ||||||
| Website | http://www.aerocon.bo/ | ||||||
Aero Comercial Oriente Norte Ltda.,[1] doing business as Aerocon, was a Bolivian airline. Its national office was in Hangar 93 in El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.[2]
It started its operations in 2005. In 2006, the airline transferred its operational base to
Tarija but in 2015 it stopped operating[3]
due to finance problems and resulting severe security issues.
Destinations
In January 2013, Aerocon offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:[4]
- Cobija - Captain Aníbal Arab Airport
- Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
- Guayaramerín - Guayaramerín Airport
- La Paz - El Alto International Airport
- Oruro - Juan Mendoza Airport
- Potosí - Captain Nicolas Rojas Airport
- Puerto Suarez - Puerto Suárez International Airport
- Riberalta - Riberalta Airport
- Rurrenabaque - Rurrenabaque Airport
- Santa Cruz - El Trompillo Airport
- Sucre - Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport
- Tarija - Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
- Trinidad - Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport
- Yacuiba - Yacuiba Airport
Fleet
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Fairchild Metro 23 | 4 | 0 | 19
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| Fairchild Metro III | 5 | 0 | 19
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| Total | 9 | 0 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 7 September 2011, Trinidad, Bolivia crashed on approach to Trinidad. The flight was operated by a Fairchild SA227-BC Metro III. There were nine people on board, of whom eight were killed.[5]
- On 3 November 2013, an Aerocon airliner crashed when it was trying to land at the airport in Riberalta that killed 8 people.[6]
External links
- Official website
- Official website (in Spanish)
- "DGAC descarta que accidente de Aerocon fue falla de torre." Página Siete. 14 September 2011.
References
- ^ "empresa_1.png." (Archive) Aerocon. Retrieved on April 10, 2012.
- ^ "aerocon_of_nacional.png." (Archive) Aerocon. Retrieved on April 10, 2012. "Av. La Barranca Esq, Tercer Anillo Interno Hangar 93"
- ^ Source: Report on Pagina Siete, spanish
- ^ "Aerocon - Linea Aérea Bandera del Beni". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Crash: Aerocon SW4 at Trinidad on Sep 6th 2011, missing aircraft found destroyed, one survivor". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ "8 people dead in crash of small Bolivian airliner". USA Today. 4 November 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
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