Aerovías DAP

Infobox Airline
airline = Aerovias DAP
logo =
logo_size = 160 px
fleet_size = 6
destinations = 5
IATA = -
ICAO = DAP
callsign = DAP
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company_slogan =
founded = 1979
headquarters = flagicon|Chile Punta Arenas, Chile
key_people =
hubs = Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport
secondary_hubs =
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frequent_flyer =
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alliance =
website = http://www.aeroviasdap.cl/

Aerovias DAP (Las Aerolineas de la Patagonia) is an airline based in Punta Arenas, Chile. It operates scheduled and charter services in the southern Patagonia area, and also operates flights on behalf of the state-owned oil company, ENAP. Its main base is Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport, Punta Arenascite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 51 | date= 2007-03-27] . The airline also has a helicopter operation DAP Helicopteros.

History

The airline was established in 1979 and is wholly owned by the Pivcevic family. Its name DAP is the acronym of its creator, Domingo Andrés Pivcevic, a Punta Arenas businessman. Its first operations were between Punta Arenas, Porvenir, Puerto Natales and Coyhaique, with the first plane being the Twin Otter. The first flight to Antarctica took place on February 12 1989, and usually these take place on the Southern Hemisphere's summer season, employing the Twin Otter, King Air 100 and (since 2003) the DHC-7 leased from Voyageur Airways of Canada. Nowadays, DAP leased a BAe 146-200 from Tronos, thus replacing the DHC-7s on the Punta Arenas-Teniente Marsh airfield in Antarctica.

Destinations

As of July 2008, DAP provides daily services from Punta Arenas to Porvenir (3 flights on weekdays) and Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams (2 flights on weekdays) [http://www.aeroviasdap.cl/dapitinerario.html DAP Itinerary (Spanish only)] .

Charter flights

Aerovias DAP operates charter services to destinations In Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia. See [http://www.aeroviasdap.cl/dappatagonia.html DAP destinations map] for the locations.

Fleet

The Aerovias DAP fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2008):

*1 BAe 146
*1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
*1 CASA 212-100(stored)
*2 Cessna 402C
*1 Beechcraft King Air 100DAP Helicópteros fleet comprises
*4 Eurocopter AS355F TwinStar
*5 Eurocopter Bo105S
*1 Eurocopter ec135T1 (incorporated May 2007)

External links

* [http://www.aeroviasdap.cl/ Aerovias DAP]
* [http://www.aerorescate.cl/ AeroRescate]
* [http://www.daphelicopteros.cl/ DAP Helicopteros]

ee also

*Air Ambulance

References