Líneas Aéreas Allegro was a scheduled/charter passenger airline from Mexico and US. Allegro Airlines offered 212 domestic and international flights to the U.S. every week.

Company history

Allegro was founded in 1992 by Fernando Padilla, Fernando Martínez, Jose Angel Cardenas, Cap Alejandro J.Martinez, Luis Treviño y Eduardo Alfaro . It operated scheduled and charter passenger flights from Cancún, Quintana Roo, and Mexico City to points in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America and South America. The home base was in

Monterrey, Nuevo León Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anc ...

. Allegro operated until 2004 when it was ordered by a Phoenix court to return all aircraft to the lessors.

Destinations

Boeing 727-2B7-Adv, Allegro Air AN0059110

*Acapulco *Atlanta *Austin/Bergstrom *Boston *Calgary *Cancun *Chicago/O'Hare *Chichen Itza *Cincinnati *Cleveland *Dallas/Fort Worth *Denver *Fargo *Guadalajara *Helena *Kansas City *Liberia *Los Angeles *Louisville *Mexico City *Oakland *Oklahoma City *Philadelphia *Phoenix *Punta Cana *Saint John's *San Francisco *Tampico *Tijuana *Aruba *St Marteen

Fleet details

*Operated 25 different

Boeing 727-200 The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavy 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airpo ...

throughout its history *Operated 13 different MD-82 and MD-83 throughout its history *Operated 3 different

Douglas DC-9-14 The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced by the developer company as the Douglas DC-9 until August 1967 and then by McDonnell Douglas. After ...

throughout its history

Incidents

On 5/14/1996 Allegro flight 401, a chartered DC-9 from Orlando, FL to Cancun, Mexico crashed short of the runway while attempting an emergency landing in Tampico, Mexico. There were no fatalities among the 46 occupants but the plane was damaged beyond repair.
Accident report

External links

Fleet Data and aircraft picture

References

Defunct airlines of Mexico Airlines established in 1992 Airlines disestablished in 2004 {{Mexico-airline-stub