Línea Turística Aereotuy

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LTA - Línea Turística Aereotuy
Línea Turística Aereotuy logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
LD TUY AEREOTUY
Founded1982
Ceased operationsJune 2018
HubsSimon Bolivar International Airport
Frequent-flyer programPrivilege
Fleet size3[1]
Destinations9
Parent companyGrupo Cóndor C.A.
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key peopleJuan Carlos Marquez (President)
Websitetuy.com

LTA - Línea Turística Aereotuy was a Venezuelan regional airline headquartered in Caracas and based at Simón Bolívar International Airport.[2]

History[]

The airline was established and started operations in 1982. 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 at March 2010.[2]

In October 2014, the airline was forced to suspend its flights to Aruba affecting more than 7 thousand 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.

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

As of June 2018, the airline ceased all serves and plans to restart operations.[3][4]

Destinations[]

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

Fleet[]

Final fleet[]

A Línea Turística Aereotuy de Havilland Canada Dash 7 in 2001

As of April 2012 the Línea Turística Aereotuy fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[5][6]

Former fleet[]

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On July 21, 2007, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed after an engine failure while taking off. There was no personal injury, but the plane was written off.
  • On April 17, 2009, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed shortly after taking off from Canaima National Park after failing to gain sufficient altitude, killing one person. The aircraft had been chartered to take holiday makers to Ciudad Bolívar.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Itinerarios Los Roques". Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 106.
  3. ^ ch-aviation.com - LTA - Linea Turistica Aereotuy retrieved 2 June 2018
  4. ^ Venezuela's LTA throws in the towel. ch-aviation, 14. September 2018.
  5. ^ Flight International 2009 World Airliner Census retrieved 2012-04-27
  6. ^ Our Fleet – Línea Turística Aereotuy website (in Spanish)[permanent dead link] retrieved 2010-06-17
  7. ^ aviation-safety.net - Accident description retrieved 2 June 2018

External links[]

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