Mas (legally ''Aerotransportes Mas de Carga, S.A. de C.V.'') is a
cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline cargo traf ...
based in
Mexico City
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,
Mexico
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, specialized in the shipment of air freight. It operates scheduled cargo services in Mexico and to the
United States
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,
Ecuador
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and
Colombia
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. Its main base is
Mexico City International Airport
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, with secondary hubs at
Los Angeles
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and
Miami
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.
History
The airline was established as Mas Air in 1992 and started operations in April of the same year, providing air cargo services to clients principally in Latin America and the United States, operating over 600 flights which move near 60,000 tons of air cargo annually.
In December 2000,
LAN Airlines
LATAM Airlines Chile (formerly LAN Airlines and LAN-Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile, one of the founders of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline holding company. The main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez International ...
purchased a 25% stake in Mas Air.
In August 2015, it was announced that all
LATAM Airlines Group
LATAM Airlines Group S.A. is an airline holding company headquartered in Santiago, Chile. It is considered the largest airline company in Latin America with subsidiaries in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. The company filed for Ch ...
airlines would fully rebrand as LATAM, and Mas Air was rebranded as LATAM Cargo Mexico on May 5, 2016.
On December 1, 2018, the LATAM Group sold its shares of LATAM Cargo Mexico, rebranding it back as ''Mas Air''; the latter now operates independently from LATAM.
In April 2021, Mas Air announced the lease of two
Airbus A330-200/P2F during the first quarter of 2022. The company reported the investment of more than $5 million dollars in the hiring and training of crew and technical personnel to operate the aircraft. In May 2021, it announced the lease of two additional
Airbus A330-300/P2F aircraft.
In December 2022, Mas purchase a 49% stake in
Maltese charter Galistair Malta.
Destinations
Mas Air operates the following scheduled services:
Fleet
Current fleet
Mas Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2022):
Former fleet
Mas Air formerly operated the following aircraft:
See also
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List of airlines of Mexico
This is a list of airlines of Mexico. The airline industry in Mexico began in 1921 with Compañía Mexicana de Transportación Aérea in Mexico City. Later known as Mexicana, it was the world's 4th oldest airline, and ceased operations on August ...
References
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{{Airlines of Mexico
Airlines established in 1992
Airlines of Mexico
Cargo airlines of Mexico
Airlines of Mexico City
1992 establishments in Mexico