LANICA
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Founded | June 1945 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1946 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 1981 | ||||||
Managua, Nicaragua |
Líneas Aéreas de Nicaragua, operating as LANICA, was an airline from Nicaragua. Headquartered in the capital Managua, it operated scheduled passenger flights within South and Central America, as well as to the United States.
History
The
By March 1953
, the carrier's route network was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) long.LANICA's fleet in April 1965
was composed of one DC-3, oneIn early 1966, the carrier ordered a
Starting in May 1972, LANICA operated four examples of the larger four-engined Convair 880 jet airliner on their scheduled passenger services to Miami. The last was disposed of in 1977.[13]
Pan Am's participation in the airline had decreased to 10% by 1975; private investors held 85% of the company until July 1972Howard Hughes took control of 25% of it, through Hughes Tool Company, in exchange for the lease of two Convair 880s. By March 1975 , LANICA's fleet consisted of two Convair 880s, three C-46s and four DC-6s that served a route network including domestic services, as well as international passenger and cargo services to Mexico City, Miami and San Salvador.[14] Two more Convair 880s were acquired in 1977.[15]
, whenThe government of
Destinations
LANICA offered scheduled international passenger flights to the following destinations:[23]
- Argentina
- Chile
- Santiago de Chile
- Costa Rica
- Honduras
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Ciudad Guatemala
- México
- Mexico D.F.
- Panamá
- Panama City
- Perú
- United States
- Uruguay
Fleet
Over the years of its existence, LANICA operated the following aircraft types:[24]
Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
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Convair 880 | ||
Boeing 727 | ||
BAC One-Eleven | ||
Vickers Viscount 742-D | ||
Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
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Douglas DC-3 |
Accidents and incidents
Date | Location | Aircraft | Tail number | Aircraft damage | Fatalities | Description | Refs |
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27 August 1948 | Unknown | Douglas C-47-DL | AN-ACZ | W/O
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Unknown | Unknown | [25] |
23 January 1957 | Ometepe Island
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Douglas R4D-5
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AN-AEC | W/O | 16/16 | Control of the aircraft was lost while flying the last leg of a domestic scheduled Managua– San Carlos–Managua passenger service. Crashed into Concepción volcano after banking sharply to the left. A fire erupted following the crash, destroying the airframe completely.
|
[26] |
February 1960 | Unknown | Douglas C-47A
|
AN-ADQ | W/O | Unknown | Unknown | [27] |
5 April 1960 | Siuna | C-46A
|
AN-AIN | W/O | 2/18 | Crashed on a hillside while operating a domestic Siuna–Bonanza scheduled passenger service. | [28] |
4 November 1969 | Unknown | BAC One-Eleven | unknown | none | none | Two Grand Cayman Island in the Cayman Islands .
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[29] |
25 February 1976 | Managua | C-46D
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AN-AOC | W/O | 0 | Landing gear collapse during Managua Airport .
|
[30][31] |
17 March 1976 | Puerto Cabezas | C-46A | AN-BGA | W/O | 0 | Unknown | [32] |
16 May 1980 | Bonanza
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C-46A | YN-BVL | W/O | 0 | Crashed at Bonanza-San Pedro Airport after striking a ditch on landing.
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[33] |
13 November 1980 | Panama City | Douglas DC-6BF
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YN-BVI | W/O | 0 | Nosegear collapse. | [34] |
See also
Bibliography
- Eastwood, Tony, and Roach, John. Jet Airliner Production List. 2004. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN none.
References
- ^ Information about LANICA at the Aero Transport Data Bank
- ^ Historical ICAO Callsigns
- Flight. 77 (2665): 503. 8 April 1960. Archived from the originalon 1 September 2013.
- Flight. LXIII (2302): 312. 6 March 1953. Archived from the originalon 27 September 2013.
- Flight. 67 (2407): 306. 11 March 1955. Archived from the originalon 27 September 2013.
- Flight. 69 (2465): 473. 20 April 1956. Archived from the originalon 24 September 2013.
- ^ "World airline surevy – Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua SA (Lanica)". Flight International. 87 (2927): 589. 15 April 1965. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Air transport... – One-Eleven for Nicaragua". Flight International. 89 (2979): 562. 14 April 1966. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
- ^ "World airline survey – Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua SA (Lanica)". Flight International. 91 (3031): 577. 13 April 1967. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
- ^ "World airline survey – Lanica (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua SA)". Flight International. 95 (3135): 578. 10 April 1969. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
- Ilopango Airportis the BAC One-Eleven 400 which was originally bought by Lanica of Nicaragua and which now operates services with TAN Airlines of Honduras on a joint-ownership basis.
- ^ Eastwood and Roach 2004. p. 170
- ^ Eastwood and Roach. 2004. pp. 219-222
- ^ "World airline survey – Lanica (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua SA)". Flight International. 108 (3445): 492. 20 March 1975. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
- ^ "Airliner market". Flight International. 109 (3495): 516. 16 April 1977. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
Lanica of Nicaragua has acquired two more Convair CV-880s.
- ^ "Sandinistas remember their revolt". BBC News. 19 July 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
- ^ a b Golden, Arthur (1 November 1979). "Flights to Nicaragua resumes as Lanica starts 'from zero'". The Miami News.
- ^ a b "Lanica Airlines files bankruptcy". Boca Raton News. Associated Press. 19 April 1981.
- ^ "Nicaraguan Airline Fails". The New York Times. 18 March 1981. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
- ^ Historia de LANICA
- ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the originalon 3 October 2013.
- ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the originalon 3 October 2013.
Aeronica is the new Nicaraguan state carrier, having been formed when Lanica was declared bankrupt.
- ^ Aeronica timetables at timetableimages.com
- ^ LANICA at AeroTransport database
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- ^ "World news – Public-transport accidents". Flight International. 111 (3553): 516. 6 March 1976. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
A Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua Curtiss CW-20,AN-AOC, was damaged on landing at Managua on February 25 when the starboard undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft was badly damaged but there were no passenger injures.
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