Aerosucre

Aerosucre S.A. is a cargo airline based in Bogotá, Colombia. It started operations in 1969 and operates scheduled international and domestic cargo services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its home base is El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.[1]

Aerosucre S.A.
IATA ICAO Callsign
6N KRE AEROSUCRE
Founded1969
Operating basesEl Dorado International Airport
Focus citiesBarranquilla, Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Isla de San Andrés, Yopal; San José (Costa Rica), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Lima (Peru), Aruba (Dutch Antilles)
Fleet size5
Destinations18
HeadquartersSoledad, Colombia
Key peopleJorge Solano Recio
Employees118 (2018)

History

Aerosucre was founded by Juan Carlos Salano Recio in Barranquilla in 1969 and began flight operations in the spring of 1970 with a Piper PA-28 as an air taxi company.

In spring of 1975, the company focused primarily on freight transport, although it was still allowed to carry a maximum of five passengers on the flights. Initially, the company flew to the Colombian island of San Andrés as well as internationally Aruba, Curaçao, and Barranquilla.

In 1981, Aerosucre acquired two Handley Page Heralds from British Air Ferries. The first jet aircraft, Sud Aviation Caravelle was purchased in August 1982 from Spanish company Transeuropa.

Currently, the company is engaged in bringing help to different regions of Colombia in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Destinations
A former Boeing 727-100F of Aerosucre at Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Country City Airport Notes
ArubaOranjestadQueen Beatrix International Airport
ColombiaBarranquillaErnesto Cortissoz International Airport
ColombiaBogotaEl Dorado International AirportHub
ColombiaCaliAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport
ColombiaIniridaCésar Gaviria Trujillo Airport
ColombiaMedellinJosé María Córdova International Airport
ColombiaMituFabio Alberto León Bentley Airport
ColombiaPuerto CarreñoGermán Olano Airport
ColombiaSan AndresGustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport
ColombiaYopalEl Alcaraván Airport
Costa RicaSan JoseJuan Santamaría International Airport
EcuadorGuayaquilJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International
El SalvadorSan SalvadorEl Salvador International Airport
GuatemalaGuatemala CityLa Aurora International Airport
ParaguayAsuncionSilvio Pettirossi International Airport
PeruLimaJorge Chávez International Airport
VenezuelaCaracasSimón Bolívar International Airport
VenezuelaMaracaiboLa Chinita International Airport

Fleet

Current Fleet
A Boeing 727-200F of Aerosucre in the current livery
A Boeing 737-200F of Aerosucre

The Aerosucre fleet consists of the following aircraft (September 2020):[2] Also refer to airliners.net and jetphotos.com

Aerosucre Fleet
Aircraft In
Service		 Orders Notes
Boeing 737-230/Adv(F) 1 — HK-5026, delivered 11.2013
Boeing 737-2X6C 1 — HK-5192, delivered 10.2017
Boeing 727-2J0/Adv(F) 1 — HK-4504, delivered before 03.2008
Boeing 727-227/Adv(F) 1 — HK-5216, delivered 07.2017
Boeing 727-223/Adv(F) 1 — HK-5239, delivered 09.2017
Total 5 —

Former Fleet

In the past Aerosucre operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents
  • On September 16, 1976, a Curtiss C-46 Commando registered HK-1282, disappeared without a trace on a cargo flight from Barranquilla to Oranjestad. There were two crew members on board.
  • On April 26, 1989, An Aerosucre Sud Aviation Caravelle registered HK-3325X, crashed into an inhabited area shortly after taking off from Barranquilla. All five crew members and two people on the ground were killed. The cause was the poorly secured cargo slipping during take-off, which shifted the aircraft's center of gravity so far that it stalled.
  • On June 25, 1997, a Boeing 727-100F registered HK-1717, crossed the threshold of runway 31L at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, after having aborted takeoff. All occupants were unharmed, but the aircraft was declared a total loss and later dismantled.
  • On August 17, 2006, an Aerosucre Boeing 727-200F, registered HK-3985, suffered a failure of the landing gear during its taxiing to runway 31R at El Dorado International Airport in the city of Bogotá, causing damage to its left wing. The aircraft was declared a total loss and was dismantled.
  • On November 18, 2006 - an Aerosucre Boeing 727-100F on a cargo flight from Bogotá to Leticia crashed on approach to Leticia when it hit a 150-foot television antenna. The three crew members and two passengers were killed.[3]
  • On February 12, 2011, an Aerosucre Boeing 727-200F carrying cargo from Yopal to Mitú had a hydraulic failure while flying over Bogotá. The plane landed safely at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, and no one was injured.[4]
  • On December 20, 2016, Aerosucre Flight 157, Boeing 727-200F crashed after take-off from Germán Olano Airport in Puerto Carreño after overrunning the runway, hitting the fence, eventually becoming airborne, climbing out, but crashed attempting to return for an emergency landing. 5 crew members died, 1 crew member had several injuries.[5][6]

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. March 27, 2007. p. 50.
  2. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 12.
  3. "Aerosucre Colombia Boeing 727-23F plane crash Leticia, Colombia 18th November, 2006". 1001crash.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. "Incident: Aerosucre B722 near Bogota on Feb 12th 2011, hydraulic failure". The Aviation Herald. February 13, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  5. "Crash: Aerosucre B722 at Puerto Carreno on Dec 20th 2016, overran runway on takeoff". AeroInside. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  6. "Vídeo: el momento en el que el avión de Aerosucre se estrella".

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