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 t ...

, 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 Mira ...

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.

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"Peru's Aerocondor ordered to suspend 737-200 flights"
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'', 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 Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated cit ...

( Rodríguez Ballón International Airport) *

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 ...

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Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendivil Duarte Airport Coronel may refer to: * Archaic and Spanish variant of colonel * Coronel, Chile, a port city in Chile * Battle of Coronel off the Chilean coast during World War I * The World War II German auxiliary cruiser HSK ''Coronel'', see German night fig ...

) *

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 ...

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Major General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias Airport Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias Airport , known in Spanish as ''Aeropuerto Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias'' (with ''Mayor General'' often abbreviated as ''My. Gral.''), is an airport serving Cajamarca, capital of the Ca ...

) *

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 Chicla ...

( FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport) *

Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the seventh most populous in Peru ...

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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 Iquitos (; ) is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region. It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the ninth-most populous city of Peru. Iquitos is the largest city in the world tha ...

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Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport Coronel (Crnl.) FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport is an airport serving Iquitos, capital of Loreto Region and Peru's fifth largest city. It is also known as Iquitos International Airport, and is one of the main airports in Peru ...

) *

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 ...

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) *

( Jorge Chavez International Airport) *

Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro ...

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Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport is an airport serving Piura, Peru. It is from Piura's main square and from the resort of Máncora. It is the main airport of the department of Piura, the second most populous of Peru ...

) *

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 Prov ...

( Captain Rolden International Airport) *

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 ...

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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 ...

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Crnl. FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport Coronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport is an airport serving Tacna, Peru. It is run by CORPAC The Peruvian Corporation of Commercial Airports and Aviation Inc. (CORPAC) ( es, Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviaci� ...

) *

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 ...

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Cap. FAP Víctor Montes Arias Airport A cap is a form of headgear. Cap may refer to: Aerial warfare * CAP, Combat air patrol is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. Arts and entertainment * Cap, a character in the comic strip ''Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' * ''The Cap'', a ...

) * Trujillo ( Cap. FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport) * Tumbes (

Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport A cap is a form of headgear. Cap may refer to: Aerial warfare * CAP, Combat air patrol is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. Arts and entertainment * Cap, a character in the comic strip ''Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' * ''The Cap'', a ...

)

Fleet

The Aero Condor Peru fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2010): * 1 × Antonov An-24RV * 1 ×

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* 3 ×

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* 1 × Fokker F27-100 * 1 × Fokker F27-200 * 1 ×

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References

External links

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