Cielos Airlines

Celios Airlines, commonly known by its old name Cielos del Peru, was a cargo airline based in Callao, Lima, Peru. It operated scheduled, ad hoc and contract charter domestic and international cargo services. Its main base was Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima.[1] The company slogan was Spanish: para ayudarlo a llegar lejos, To help you get far.

Cielos Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
A2 CIU CIELOS
Founded1997
Ceased operations30 June 2012
HubsJorge Chávez International Airport
Miami International Airport
AllianceCenturion Air Cargo
Master Top Airlines
Fleet size10
Destinations22
Parent companyAMC (Alliance Management Center)
HeadquartersCallao, Peru
Key peopleOrestes Romero (CEO)
Tony D'Silva (Sales Director)
WebsiteCielos

History
A McDonnell Douglas MD-11F in Cielos del Perú livery at Miami International Airport in 2001.

The airline was established in 1997 and started operations in 1998. On 31 January 1998, Export Air was merged into the company after Cielos acquired its outstanding stock. It was owned by Alfonso Conrado Rey (70%), Francisco Berniwson (15%) and Manuel Eduardo Francesqui Navarro (15%).[1]

It started operations with a Boeing 707 and a leased McDonnell Douglas MD-11. The fleet grew to a total of 8 aircraft at the end of 2006.[2][3]

Destinations

Cielos Airlines operated freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of June 2006):

Fleet

Current

The Cielos Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (at March 2012, three months prior to closure):[4] [5]

Cielos Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F 8
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F 1
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F 1

Naming

The airplanes in the Cielos Airlines fleet were christened Petete, Petete II, Petete III, ... Named after (the nickname of) the airline owner’s son, with Petete meaning pacifier in the owner's local language.[6]

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 66.
  2. Cielos official website (Company info) Archived 2007-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Cielos official website (Fleet) Archived 2007-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Aerotransport.org Cielos Airlines fleet details
  5. Cielos del Peru Fleet Details and History Planespotters, accessdate 16. September 2020
  6. Bandeirante INFORMATION FROM EMBRAER TO BRAZIL AND ABROAD ANO 35 Nº 724, April 2006
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