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Aerolíneas Internacionales S.A. de C.V. was a Mexican domestic airline headquartered in
The airline operated flights to:
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Source:North American Airlines, published by Airways International Inc 1987
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Defunct airlines of Mexico Airlines established in 1994 Airlines disestablished in 2003 1994 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-airline-stub
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
and had a hub in Cuernavaca Airport
Cuernavaca International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional General Mariano Matamoros'' (General Mariano Matamoros International Airport) is an airport located in Temixco, Morelos, Mexico. It manages air traffic for the Cuernavaca ...
. Despite its name (translating to "International Airlines"), the airline never actually operated outside Mexico.
History
Aerolíneas Internacionales started operations in July 1994 with a fleet of twoBoeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After the heavier Boeing 707, 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter ...
under its President Luis Rodriguez Dorantes and his brother, Alfredo Rodriguez Dorantes.
The airline's permit was suspended by the Secretariat of Communications and Transport due to violations of safety inspections on its aircraft. Further, it had outstanding debts with Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) is a Mexican Federal Government-owned company with its own equity capital and legal identity. It has its headquarters in Mexico City in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It was set up in June 1965 to overs ...
, the Mexican Air Traffic Control (SENEAM) and the finance ministry ( SHCP) of over US$7 million. Thus, all scheduled and charter operations ceased on June 13, 2003.
Destinations
The airline operated flights to:
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**Acapulco
Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , ; ), is a city and Port of Acapulco, major seaport in the Political divisions of Mexico, state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Located on a deep, semicirc ...
( Acapulco International Airport)
**Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of above sea level it is pre ...
( Aguascalientes International Airport)
**Cancún
Cancún is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat of the municipality of Benito J ...
(Cancún International Airport
Cancún International Airport () is Mexico’s List of the busiest airports in Mexico, second busiest airport and the largest in the country and List of the busiest airports in Latin America, Latin America for international passengers. Locate ...
)
**Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez ( , ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan language, Lipan: ''Tsé Táhú'ayá''), is the most populous city in the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. It was k ...
( Ciudad Juárez International Airport)
**Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
( General Mariano Matamoros Airport) Hub
**Culiacán
Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531 by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de ...
(Culiacán International Airport
Culiacán International Airport, (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Bachigualato'' (Bachigualato Federal International Airport) (), is an international airport located in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the primary air ...
)
**Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...
(Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport
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Places
* Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
* São Miguel (disam ...
)
**Hermosillo
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...
( Hermosillo International Airport)
** León ( Del Bajio International Airport
**Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
(Mexico City International Airport
Mexico City International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez'' (Benito Juárez International Airport) is the primary international airport serving Greater Mexico City. It is the List of the busiest airports in Me ...
)
**Monterrey
Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...
(Monterrey International Airport
General Mariano Escobedo International Airport () , simply known as Monterrey International Airport (), is an international airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico serving Monterrey metropolitan area, Greater Monterrey. It operates fli ...
)
**Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid; Otomi language, Otomi: ) is a city and municipal seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. It is both th ...
(General Francisco Mujica International Airport
Morelia International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional General Francisco J. Mujica'' (General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport) is an international airport located in Álvaro Obregón, Michoacán, Álvaro Obregón, Mic ...
)
**Reynosa
Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico which also holds the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAlle ...
( General Lucio Blanco International Airport)
**Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
(Tijuana International Airport
Tijuana International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez'' (General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport) , is an international airport located northeast of downtown Tijuana, Baja Califo ...
) Hub
**Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
(Veracruz International Airport
Veracruz International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Heriberto Jara'' (General Heriberto Jara International Airport) is an international airport located in Veracruz (city), Veracruz, Mexico. It handles national and internati ...
)
Fleet
Source:North American Airlines, published by Airways International Inc 1987
*2 Boeing 727-100
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airp ...
*6 Boeing 727-200
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airp ...
*1 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14
All but one of the 727s are abandoned at Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
's airport. One of the 727s was bought by Kidzania, and is currently located in Seoul
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for the new opening of KidZania Seoul.
See also
* List of defunct airlines of MexicoReferences
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Defunct airlines of Mexico Airlines established in 1994 Airlines disestablished in 2003 1994 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-airline-stub