Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., known under the commercial name Magnicharters, is an

airline An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in which ...

with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc,

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley ...

, operating domestic holiday flights out of

Mexico City International Airport Mexico City International Airport ( es, link=yes, Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México, AICM); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez'' (Benito Juárez International Airport) is the main international airport serving ...

History

The travel agency Magnitur was created in 1984. Magnicharters was established in 1994 by the Bojórquez family to fly the clients of Magnitur. It started operations in January 1995. Focusing on the

domestic tourism Domestic tourism is tourism involving residents of one country traveling only within that country. Such a vacation is known as a domestic vacation (British: domestic holiday or holiday at home). For large countries with limited skill in foreign lan ...

market, it mainly serves the major beach resorts of the country. Magnicharters was the first Mexican commercial airline to hire a woman pilot. In 2000, Magnicharters was allowed to offer commercial flights (only charters and cargo flights before). In 2014, Magnicharters invested $2.5 million to develop its fleet by 30%. That year, the airline started flights to the United States, from

Monterrey 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 ...

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and

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. In July 2017, to celebrate the 25 year-anniversary of the

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its o ...

, Magnicharters presented 2 planes painted with the masks of Dr. Wagner Jr. and

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Destinations

Additionally, Magnicharters offers a wide range of charter flights.

Fleet

The Magnicharters fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2022): The Magnicharters fleet previously included the following aircraft: * Boeing 737-100 * Boeing 737-200 * Boeing 737-500 * Boeing 727

Accidents and incidents

*On 14 September 2007 at 19:29 local time, the landing gear of a Magnicharters

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( registered XA-MAC) collapsed upon landing at

Guadalajara International Airport Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla) or simply Guadalajara International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara) , is the main airport ...

. The aircraft with 103 passengers and 6 crew members had been on Flight 582 from

Cancún Cancún ( ), often Cancun in English (without the accent; or ) is a city in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat ...

. Following the crash, an engine fire broke out, but the aircraft was evacuated in time, so that there were no fatalities. *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

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. There were no serious injuries among the 108 passengers and 8 crew on board. *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. *In December 2014, the PROFECO suspended the commercial activity of Magnicharters because the company did not release its prices to the public. *On 26 November 2015 another landing gear problem on a

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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.

References

External links

Official website
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