Aerosur

Infobox Airline
airline = Compañía Boliviana de Transporte Aéreo Privado Aerosur, S.A.

logo_size = 280
fleet_size = 14
destinations = 17
IATA = 5L
ICAO = RSU
callsign = AEROSUR
parent =
company_slogan = "La pasión de volar"
(passion of flying)
founded = 1992
headquarters = Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
key_people =
hubs = Viru Viru International Airport
focus_cities = El Alto International Airport
frequent_flyer = Club Aerosur
lounge =
alliance =
website = [http://www.aerosur.com Aerosur] [http://www.abstravel.com/aerosur]

Aerosur (Compania Boliviana de Transporte Aereo Privado Aerosur, S.A.) is an airline based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It is a private airline operating domestic scheduled services and some international flights, as well as charter services. Its main base is Viru Viru International Airport, Santa Cruzcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 50 | date= 2007-04-03] .

History

The airline was established in April 1992 and started operations on August 24 1992 as a regional air carrier. It was created after deregulation of local air transport in Bolivia by a merger of existing charter companies. It was the first Bolivian airline to introduce business class and first class on domestic flights. It plans to extend its international network and has 456 employees (at March 2007).

Steadily growing, Aerosur has since become the second largest airline in Bolivia after Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, now operating a large domestic network as well as offering international flights to Madrid (Spain), São Paulo (Brazil), Miami (USA), and Buenos Aires (Argentina). In 2004 Aerosur had also begun scheduling nostalgic flights on a Douglas Super DC-3 to popular tourist destinations Salar De Uyuni and Rurrenabaque. Also As of June 2008 Aerosur is operating the Santa Cruz-Miami-Santa Cruz with their Boeing 727 via Panama.

Destinations

As of June 2008 Aerosur offers the following services:
*Domestic scheduled destinations are Cobija, Cochabamba, La Paz, Puerto Suárez, Santa Cruz (El Trompillo and Viru Viru), Sucre, Tarija.
*International scheduled destinations are Arequipa [future] , Asunción, Buenos Aires, Cusco, Lima, Salta and São Paulo. Aerosur also serves Miami and Madrid through wet leases with Ryan International Airlines and Air Comet respectively.

On 2008 the airline will begin with schedule flights to Arequipa in Peru, and Tucumán, Argentina.On November 2008, the airline will begin with schedule flights to Bogotá in Colombia and in Panama City in Panama.

Because of its wetlease with Ryan International Airlines, Aerosur provided charter service for the 2007 BCS National Championship Game in Phoenix, Arizona, on behalf of the University of Florida. Aircraft N753NA was used.

Fleet

The Aerosur fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 12 September 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=5L&al_op=1] [aerosur.com: " [http://www.aerosur.com/Pages/pgSeccion.aspx?id=61 Aerosur - Nuestra Flota] " 6. August 2008] :

*7 Boeing 727-200
*5 Boeing 737-200
*1 Boeing 747-300
*1 Boeing 767-200ER

References

External links

* [http://www.aerosur.com/ Aerosur]