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Skymaster Airlines was a
Skymaster Airlines
Defunct airlines of Brazil Cargo airlines Airlines established in 1995 {{Brazil-airline-stub
Skymaster Airlines was a cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of air cargo, cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline ...
based in Manaus, Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It operated charter cargo services in Brazil and other countries in the Americas.
History
The airline was established on 30 November 1995 and started operations in 1997. On February 19, 2014, Skymaster along withBETA Cargo
BETA Cargo (Brazilian Express Transportes Aéreos) was a cargo airline based in Brazil. It operated international cargo charters in the Americas. Its main base was Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo.
History
The airline was establishe ...
were fined by CADE (Brazilian antitrust court) a combined 83 million reais
The Brazilian real ( pl. '; sign: R$; code: BRL) is the official currency of Brazil. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The Central Bank of Brazil is the central bank and the issuing authority. The real replaced the cruzeiro real in 1994.
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(US$35 million), for running a cartel that hampered competition and drove up bid prices of procurements by the country's state-owned postal service Correios.
Fleet
The Skymaster Airlines fleet included the following aircraft in August 2006, but the maximum was 8 :Flight International
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, 3–9 October 2006
* 5 Boeing 707-300
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Developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype first flown in 1954, the initial first ...
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* 1 Douglas DC-8-62CF
* 2 Douglas DC-8-63CF
Crashes and Incidents
* On 7 March 2001, a Skymaster Airlines 707-320C, registration PT-MST, landed hard on Runway 09R, São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. As a result of the landing the undercarriage failed, damaging all four engines and injuring three people. The aircraft was subsequently written off.See also
*List of defunct airlines of Brazil
a. German trade company that operated airline services in Brazil while also providing aircraft, maintenance and aviation information.
See also
* List of airlines of Brazil
* Transportation in Brazil
References
{{List of defunct airl ...
References
External links
Skymaster Airlines
Defunct airlines of Brazil Cargo airlines Airlines established in 1995 {{Brazil-airline-stub