Magnicharters
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Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | January 1995 | ||||||
Monterrey | |||||||
Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Destinations | 27 | ||||||
Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||
Website | www |
Grupo Aereo Monterrey
History
The travel agency Magnitur was created in 1984.[3] Magnicharters was established in 1994 by the Bojórquez family to fly the clients of Magnitur.[4] It started operations in January 1995.[5] Focusing on the domestic tourism market, it mainly serves the major beach resorts of the country.
Magnicharters was the first Mexican commercial airline to hire a woman pilot.[3]
In 2000, Magnicharters was allowed to offer commercial flights (only charters and cargo flights before).[6]
In 2014, Magnicharters invested $2.5 million to develop its fleet by 30%. That year, the airline started flights to the United States, from
In July 2017, to celebrate the 25 year-anniversary of the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Magnicharters presented 2 planes painted with the masks of Dr. Wagner Jr. and Psycho Clown.[8][9]
Destinations
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Additionally, Magnicharters offers a wide range of charter flights.[citation needed]
Fleet
Current fleet
The Magnicharters fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2024):[11][12]
Aircraft | In Service | On Order | Passengers | Notes |
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Boeing 737-300 | 5 | — | 140 | |
Total | 5 | — |
Former fleet
The Magnicharters fleet previously also included the following aircraft:[citation needed]
- Boeing 727[clarification needed]
- Boeing 737-100
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 737-500
Accidents and incidents
- On 14 September 2007 at 19:29 local time, the landing gear of a Magnicharters
- On 27 April 2009 at approximately at 18:00 local time another undercarriage failure occurred with a Magnicharters Boeing 737-200 (registered XA-MAF) operating a flight from Cancún to Guadalajara, this time as Flight 585. Upon approaching Guadalajara International Airport, the landing gear could not be fully lowered, so the pilots had to perform a belly landing. There were no serious injuries among the 108 passengers and 8 crew on board.[14]
- In December 2014, a pilot of the airline was laid off for letting the singer Esmeralda Ugalde sit in the pilot's seat and take possession of the plane's control during a commercial flight. The singer had taken photos and posted them on Twitter.[15]
- In December 2014, the PROFECO suspended the commercial activity of Magnicharters because the company did not release its prices to the public.[16]
- On 26 November 2015 another landing gear problem on a Boeing 737-300 occurred and caused the left main leg to fail and sway the aircraft, but without any injuries. A photo labelled "MEXICO AIRPORT FIRE DEPT" shows the left main gear leg displaced to the rear, with a broken wing root fairing. This points out not to a folded LG, but a structural failure.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Magnicharters Fleet Details and History".
- ^ "Magnicharters Air Operators Certificate". Av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ a b "31 anos volando". El Universal (in Spanish). 7 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Juan A. José (18 April 2018). "Magnicherters, en media de una compleja encrucijada". T21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Information about Magnicharters at airlineupdate.com
- ^ Sara Cantera (28 May 2018). "Vuelan líneas del país con aviones Antiguos". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Magnicharters: Negocio todo incluido". Milenio (in Spanish). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Fernando Galvan (12 July 2017). "El caso de marketing estacional entre Magnicharters y la Lucha Libre". Merca 2.0 (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Roberto Armendariz (22 June 2017). "Avión de Magnicharters luce cromática del luchador Dr. Wagner Jr". Transponder 1200 (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Regios are invited to vacation to Punta Cana" (in Spanish). El Horizonte. February 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 21.
- ^ "Fleet". Airfleets.net. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Magnicharters Flight 582 at the Aviation safety Network
- ^ Flight 585 at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ "Mexican pilot sacked for letting singer Esmeralda Ugalde fly plane". Telegraph. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Profeco suspende la actividad de Magnicharters en el Aeropuerto de la Ciudad de México". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). 23 December 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)