Línea Turística Aereotuy

Línea Turística Aereotuy
IATA ICAO Callsign
LD TUY AEREOTUY
Founded1982
Ceased operationsJuly 30, 2018
HubsSimón Bolívar International Airport
Frequent-flyer programPrivilege
Fleet size2[1]
Destinations9
Parent companyGrupo Cóndor C.A.
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key peopleJuan Carlos Marquez (President)
Employees300 (2010)
Websitewww.tuy.com

Linea Turistica Aereotuy LTA, C.A. was a Venezuelan regional and domestic airline headquartered in Caracas and based at Simón Bolívar International Airport.[2]

History

A LTA Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II parked at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in 1990

The airline was established in 1982 and started operations on June 30 of the year. It was part of a full service safari company with its own lodges, camps, guides, aircraft and sailing vessels and operated services to remote destinations in Venezuela, including tourist attractions. It had 300 employees by March 2010.[2]

In October 2014, the airline was forced to suspend its flights to Aruba, affecting more than 7,000 customers. The airline's suspension was due to a failure in an aircraft that covered the route, however the National Institute of Civil Aviation indicated that the suspension was due to the over-sale of tickets for said route, as well as the creation of new unauthorized flights to cover the over-sale. This suspension was maintained until February 28, 2015.[3]

In February 2016, it was announced that LTA was bought by Grupo Cóndor C.A. for which it joined the alliance.

On July 30, 2018, the airline had ceased all services.[4]

Destinations

The airline flew to the following destinations, with further routes served as charters:

Country City Airport Notes
Bonaire Kralendijk Flamingo International Airport Charter
Martinique Fort-de-France Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Piarco International Airport Charter
Venezuela Canaima Canaima Airport
Caracas Simón Bolívar International Airport Hub
Ciudad Guayana Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport
Los Roques Los Roques Airport
Maturín José Tadeo Monagas International Airport
Porlamar Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport

Fleet

Final fleet

A LTA de Havilland Canada Dash 7 parked at Simón Bolívar International Airport in 2001

As of February 2017, the Línea Turística Aereotuy fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[5]

Línea Turística Aereotuy fleet
Aircraft In
service
Passengers Notes
ATR 42-320 1 46 Stored
de Havilland Canada Dash 7 1 50
Total 2

Former fleet

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Itinerarios Los Roques". Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 106.
  3. ^ "Venezuela's LTA Aereotuy suspends int'l flights until February". Ch-aviation.com. November 25, 2014.
  4. ^ "Venezuela's LTA throws in the towel". Ch-aviation.com. September 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Flota actual del Grupo Condor", Flickr.com, retrieved February 15, 2017
  6. ^ aviation-safety.net - Accident description retrieved 2 June 2018

External links

Media related to Línea Turística Aereotuy at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website
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