RUTACA Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = Rutas Aéreas Compañía Anónima
logo =
logo_size = 288
fleet_size = 8
destinations = 5
IATA = N/A
ICAO = RUC
callsign = RUTACA
parent = Rutas Aereas CA
company_slogan = "Crece Volando"
(grows in a fly)
founded = 1974
headquarters = Ciudad Bolívar, Bolivar, Venezuela
key_people = N/A
hubs = Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Carlos Piar
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
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website = [http://www.rutaca.com.ve/ Rutaca]

Rutaca (Rutas Aéreas C.A.) is an airline based in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.

History

Rutaca was established and began operations in 1974. It currently operates scheduled and charter services throughout the country.

Destinations

This is the list of places that Rutaca flies to (as of September 2006):
*Maturín
*Caracas
*Ciudad Bolívar
*Porlamar
*Puerto Ordaz
*San Antonio del Tachira
*Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Charter Services)

Incidents and accidents

*On January 25, 2001, a Rutaca Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, killing all 20 passengers and four crew members.

Fleet

The Rutaca fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :

*3 Boeing 737-200
*6 Embraer EMB 110P1 Bandeirante

Other aircraft (as of January 2005):
*4 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

ee also

*Aero Ejecutivos
*Yuri Air
*Orinoquia Air Services c.a.
*Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela
*Aserca Airlines
*Avensa
*Avior Airlines
*Conviasa
*LAI - Linea Aerea IAACA
*LASER Airlines
*Linea Turistica Aerotuy
*Santa Barbara Airlines
*Servivensa
*Sol America
*Sundance Air Venezuela
*Transcarga
*Venezolana
*Vensecar Internacional

External links

* [http://www.rutaca.com.ve/ Rutaca]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?nr_of_rows=32&sort_order=photo_id+asc&first_this_page=0&page_limit=60&thumbnails=&&airlinesearch=Rutaca Rutaca in airliners.net]

References