Global Air (Damojh Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V.) was a Mexican airline. Founded in

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, in 1990, it worked in the field of air transportation and executive business travel. It is a non-regular commercial aviation company, registered in Mexico, which provides charter services, charter and

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. This charter airline specialized in leasing and aircraft as well as in air rescue. In 2018, as a result of the

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accident, its operating certificates were rescinded and it had to declare bankruptcy.

History

Global Air began operations in February 1990 under the name of Damojh Aerolíneas S.A. de C.V., based in Guadalajara. Until December 2011 it was based at the

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; it subsequently built new hangars and an apron at the Capitán Rogelio Castillo National Airport located in

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. The company slogan is . On May 19, 2018, the Mexican government announced that its national civil aviation authority was to begin an operational audit of Global Air to see if the airline was in compliance with regulations, on May 21, 2018, the Mexican Directorate General of Civil Aviation temporarily revoked the company's airworthiness licence both following a fatal air accident in Cuba when one of their aircraft, a Boeing 737-200 Adv. wet-leased to

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, crashed shortly after takeoff from

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, Central and

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Fleet

Before declaring bankruptcy, Global Air (Damojh Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V.) operated two

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s: *1

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, registration XA-UMQ. Stored. *1

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, registration XA-UZK. Sold to

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, reregistered as HC-CUH

Accidents and incidents

* On November 4, 2010, a Global Air Boeing 737-200, registration XA-UHY, had to make an emergency landing in the Mexican city of Puerto Vallarta due to a technical failure. That landing resulted in a suspension of activities for the airline between November and December of that year. *Another aircraft was suspended between October 2013 and January 2014 as a result of the demand made by Marco Aurelio Hernández, captain of the company, who denounced technical irregularities in the operation of the aircraft. *On May 18, 2018, a Global Air Boeing 737-200 Adv., registration XA-UHZ, operating on wet lease as

Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Mexican charter airline Global Air on behalf of Cubana de Aviación, from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Frank País Airport in Holguín, Cuba. O ...

, crashed shortly after takeoff from

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. The crash killed 112 of the 113 people on board.

References

External links

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('' El Universal'', May 19, 2018) {{Airlines of Mexico Airlines of Mexico City Charter airlines of Mexico Airlines established in 1990 1990 establishments in Mexico Airlines disestablished in 2019 2019 disestablishments in Mexico Defunct airlines of Mexico Transportation in Guadalajara, Jalisco