Aero Cóndor, also known as Aero Condor Peru, is an

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based in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

, the capital of

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. It was founded and started operations in 1975, and provides domestic charter flights, cargo, scenic, and air ambulance services. Its main hub is

Jorge Chávez International Airport Jorge Chávez International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez) is Peru's main international and domestic airport. It is located in Callao, northwest from Lima Center, the nation's capital city and from the district of Miraf ...

in Lima.

History

Aero Cóndor operated an extensive domestic network of more than fifteen destinations until June 2008, when most scheduled services were suspended due to the high fuel prices. On the same month, the Peruvian Ministry of Transportation and Communications ordered the grounding of Aero Cóndor fleet of

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airliners due to safety concerns as these aircraft had been recently involved in several incidents. David Kaminski-Morrow
"Peru's Aerocondor ordered to suspend 737-200 flights"
'' Flight Global'', June 12, 2008. Retrieved on June 15, 2008. Nowadays, the company only serves scenic and charter flight.

Operations

The company is only active at the domain of scenic tourist flights and charter flights.

Former scheduled destinations

Ceased in 2008: * Arequipa (

Rodríguez Ballón International Airport Rodríguez Ballón International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Rodríguez Ballón, ) is an airport serving Arequipa, the capital of Arequipa Region and Peru's second largest city. This airport and Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete In ...

) *

Ayacucho Ayacucho (, qu, Ayak'uchu) is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru. During the Inca Empire and Viceroyalty of Peru periods the city was known by the name of Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga), and it c ...

( Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendivil Duarte Airport) *

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...

( Major General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias Airport) *

Chiclayo Chiclayo (; qu, Chiklayu) is the principal city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located inland from the Pacific coast and from the nation's capital, Lima. Founded by Spanish explorers as "Santa María de los Valles de Chicl ...

( FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport) * Cusco (

Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport is an international airport located in the city of Cusco, in southeastern Peru. Cusco, a principal tourist attraction in Latin America, receives various domestic flights as well as some internat ...

) * Iquitos ( Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport) *

Juliaca Juliaca ( Quechua and ay, Hullaqa) is the capital of San Roman Province in the Puno Region of southeastern Peru. It is the region's largest city with a population of 276,110 inhabitants (2017). On the Altiplano, Juliaca is above sea level, is l ...

( Inca Manco Capac International Airport) *

( Jorge Chavez International Airport) * Piura ( Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport) *

Pucallpa Pucallpa (, qu, puka allpa, lit=red dirt; Shipibo: ''May Ushin'') is a city in eastern Peru located on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It is the capital of the Ucayali region, the Coronel Portillo Pro ...

(

Captain Rolden International Airport FAP Captain David Abensur Rengifo International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Capitán FAP David Abensur Rengifo, links=no) (also known as Captain Rolden International Airport) is an airport serving the city of Pucallpa in the Ucayali R ...

) *

Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado () is a city in southeastern Peru in the Amazon rainforest west of the Bolivian border, located at the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers. The latter river joins the Madeira River as a tributary of the Amazon ...

(

Padre Aldamiz International Airport Padre Aldamiz International Airport , also known as Puerto Maldonado International Airport, is an airport serving the city of Puerto Maldonado in the Madre de Dios Region of Peru. The airport oversees a small number of domestic (national) comme ...

) *

Tacna Tacna is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of ...

( Crnl. FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport) *

Talara Talara is a city in the Talara Province of the Piura Region, in northwestern Peru. It is a port city on the Pacific Ocean with a population of 91,444 as of 2017. Its climate is hot and dry. Due to its oil reserves, and ability to produce aviation ...

( Cap. FAP Víctor Montes Arias Airport) * Trujillo ( Cap. FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport) * Tumbes ( Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport)

Fleet

The Aero Condor Peru fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2010): * 1 ×

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* 1 ×

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* 3 × Cessna 208B Grand Caravan * 1 × Fokker F27-100 * 1 × Fokker F27-200 * 1 × Fokker 50

References

External links

Aero Cóndor
(archive) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aero Condor Airlines of Peru Airlines established in 1975