Apisa Air Cargo

Apisa Air Cargo was a cargo/freight airline based in Peru that began operations in 1985 and ceased flying in 1997.

Company history

Apisa Air Cargo began operating using Douglas DC-8-54F aircraft transporting meat to Lima from Barranquilla and Asunción. In 1989 a Douglas DC-8-33F is acquired for the Lima-Iquitos-Lima route and the Lima-Puerto Maldonado-Lima route. This DC-8-33F had a hard landing at Iquitos during bad weather and the aircraft suffered about 80% damage and had to be written off. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890810-2 Accident description] . Aviation-safety.net, 2008-08-14. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.] ]

Due to the loss of the DC-8, Apisa acquires a Boeing 707-320C from Million Air of Florida and with that aircraft it gets provisional permit to operate a cargo route Lima-Miami-Lima transporting mostly cattle and textiles. Also, flights from Lima to Toronto are begun on a charter basis using a Boeing 707-338C. But due to pressure from other Peruvian airlines, the permit to operate those routes is cancelled.

Apisa tried to keep operations going by forming a parternish with KLM and Iberia to transfer cargo, but the end came in 1997 when the permits to operate were revoked by the Peruvian government. [ [http://www.aerolineasperuanas.com/hangar/recuerdos_hugogrimaldi.htm Apisa Air Cargo en el recuerdo...] . Aerolíneas peruanas.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.]

Fleet Details

*1 - Douglas DC-8-33F
*1 - Douglas DC-8-54F
*1 - Boeing 707-320C
*1 - Boeing 707-338C

External links

* [http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=3336 Data]
* [http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=257513 Picture of the DC-8-33F at Iquitos]

References