AeroTACA (

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of ''AeroTaxi Casanare'') was a airline based in Bogotá, Colombia. It operated charter flights within Colombia and to neighbouring countries. Its main base was

El Dorado International Airport El Dorado International Airport is an international airport serving Bogotá, Colombia and its surrounding areas. The airport is located mostly in the Fontibón district of Bogotá, although it partially extends into the Engativá district and ...

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27 March 2007

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1965 as ''AeroTaxi Casanare'', It was wholly owned by the Urdaneta family. In 1989, one of its planes crashed in the city of

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when it was unable to land. After the accident, the airline's facilities were transferred to

, and its name was changed to ''Aerotransportes Casanare''. The company was authorized to expand its routes to territories that only

AIRES Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym: ''AIRES'', lit. ''airs''), d/b/a LATAM Airlines Colombia (formerly known as LAN Colombia) is a Colombian airline. It is the second-largest air carrier in Colombia after Avianca. It operates sc ...

covered. The airline changed its name in 1996 to ''AeroTACA'', with the acquisition of larger aircraft. Since 2000, the company began to expand throughout the national territory, in addition to signing a technical support contract with the Venezuelan airline Avior Airlines. Several regional routes from ACES were also requested to operate upon entering the settlement. The company wanted to operate 11 aircraft and cover the entire Colombian territory. Following the crash of

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, the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority required that all airlines undergo a special inspection of its maintenance facilities and aircraft. AeroTACA was forced to cease operating in September 2005 after not passing any of the inspections and went into liquidation in 2006, as it was unable to remain financially stable.

Destinations

* Aguachica ( Hacaritama Airport) * Arauca (

Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Santiago Pérez Quiroz is an airport serving Arauca, the capital of the Arauca Department in Colombia. The runway is southeast of the city, and south of Colombia's border with Venezuela. Airlin ...

) * Bogota (

) Hub *

Bucaramanga Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and has the ninth-largest population in the country, with 6 ...

(

Palonegro International Airport Palonegro International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro) is an international airport located west of Bucaramanga in the Santander Department of Colombia. The airport serves the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and sur ...

) *

Cimitarra Cimitarra is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. References Municipalities of Santander Department {{Santander-geo-stub ...

( Cimitarra Airport) * Cucuta (

Camilo Daza International Airport Camilo Daza International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Camilo Daza, ) is an international airport located in Cúcuta, Colombia. It serves the Norte de Santander Department. The airport is from the center of Cúcuta. It has internation ...

) * Florencia (

Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes) is a public, domestic Colombian air terminal run by the Civil Aeronautics. It is located southeast of the city of Florencia, the capital of the Caquetá Department ...

) * Ibague ( Perales Airport) * La Pedrera (

La Pedrera Airport La Pedrera Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de La Pedrera) is an airport serving the Caquetá River town of La Pedrera in the Amazonas Department of Colombia. The runway length does not include of unpaved overrun on the southeast end. The La Pedrera ...

) * Malaga (

Málaga Airport Málaga Airport , officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Málaga-Costa del Sol) since June 2011, is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. It is significant for Sp ...

) * Mitu ( Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport) *

Neiva Neiva () is the capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 357,392 inhabitants. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly ...

(

Benito Salas Airport Benito Salas Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Benito Salas, ) is an airport that serves the city of Neiva, the capital of the Huila Department in Colombia. It was named after Benito Salas Vargas, a military and social leader during Colombia's (then know ...

) * Paz de Ariporo ( Paz de Ariporo Airport) * Puerto Berrio ( Morela Airport) * Sabana de Torres ( Las Cruces Airport) *

San Gil San Gil is a town municipality in the Department of Santander in northeastern Colombia, located roughly 300 km (192 mi) from Bogotá and 95 km from the department's capital, Bucaramanga. As of 2020, San Gil had a population of rou ...

( Los Pozos Airport) * San Jose del Guaviare (

Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Jorge Enrique González Torres) is an airport serving San José del Guaviare, the capital of the Guaviare Department of Colombia. The runway is just north of the town and parallels the Gua ...

) *

Santa Rosa del Sur San Rosa del Sur () is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia, around 720 km away from the department's capital, Cartagena. Municipalities of Bolívar Department {{Bolivar-Colombia-geo-stub ...

(Gabriel Antonio Caro Aerodrome) *

Saravena Saravena is a city and municipality in Arauca Department, Colombia. It is south of Colombia's border with Venezuela. The area of about 47,000 people near the Venezuelan border has had FARC and ELN activity as well as a Colombian military presenc ...

( Los Colonizadores Airport) *

Sogamoso Sogamoso () is a city in the department of Boyacá of Colombia. It is the capital of the Sugamuxi Province, named after the original Sugamuxi. Sogamoso is nicknamed "City of the Sun", based on the original Muisca tradition of pilgrimage and ador ...

( Alberto Lleras Camargo Airport) *

( Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport) * Tauramena (Tauramena Airport) * Villanueva ( Villanueva Airport) *

Villavicencio Villavicencio () is a city and municipality in Colombia. Capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The city had an urban population of approximately 531,275 inhabitants in 2018.https://www.dane.gov.co/files/varios/informacio ...

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La Vanguardia Airport La Vanguardia Airport is an airport serving the city of Villavicencio in the Meta Department of Colombia. It serves regular passenger, charter and cargo airlines as well as private sectors. The airport is just north of the city. Airlines and ...

) *

Yopal Yopal () is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia. History During the period of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people. The ...

( El Alcaraván Airport)

Fleet

The AeroTACA fleet includes the following aircraft: * Raytheon Beech King Air C90B *

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* Cessna 206 *

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* de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter *

Fairchild Hiller FH-227 The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 were versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. The Fairchild F-27 was similar to the standa ...

Piper PA-28 The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 62–64. Werner & Werner Corp, ...

Piper PA-32 The Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six is a series of single-engine, fixed landing gear, light aircraft manufactured in the United States by Piper Aircraft between 1965 and 2007.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', page 63. Werner & Werner Cor ...

Saab 340B The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB and Fairchild Aircraft. It is designed to seat 30-36 passengers and, as of July 2018, there were 240 operational aircraft used by 34 different op ...

References

{{Airlines of Colombia Defunct airlines of Colombia Airlines established in 1965 Airlines disestablished in 2006 Defunct companies of Colombia 2006 disestablishments in Colombia

History

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