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Cielos Airlines 
IATA
A2ICAO
CIUCallsign
CIELOSFounded 1997 Hubs Jorge Chávez International Airport
Miami International AirportAlliance Centurion Air Cargo
Master Top AirlinesFleet size 4 Destinations 22 Company slogan para ayudarlo a llegar lejos (to help you go farther) Parent company AMC (Alliance Management Center) Headquarters Callao. Peru Key people Orestes Romero (CEO)
Tony D'Silva (Sales Director)Website http://www.cielos-airlines.com Cielos Airlines, commonly known by its old name Cielos del Peru, is a cargo airline based in Callao, Lima, Peru. It operates scheduled, ad hoc and contract charter domestic and international cargo services. Its main base is Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima[1].
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History
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 is 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 operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of June 2006):
- Barranquilla, Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, Colombia
- Bogotá, El Dorado International Airport, Colombia
- Buenos Aires, Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Argentina
- Cali, Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport, Colombia
- Campinas, Viracopos International Airport, Brazil
- Caracas, Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela
- Guadalajara Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport, Mexico
- Guatemala City, La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala
- Guayaquil, José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Ecuador
- Lima, Jorge Chávez International Airport, Peru
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport, USA
- Manaus, Eduardo Gomes International Airport, Brazil
- Miami, Miami International Airport, USA
- Medellín, José María Córdova International Airport, Colombia
- Mexico City, Mexico City International Airport, Mexico
- Montevideo, Carrasco International Airport, Uruguay
- New York, John F. Kennedy International Airport, USA
- Panama City, Tocumen International Airport, Panamá
- Quito, Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Ecuador
- São Paulo, Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil
- Santiago, Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Chile
- Santo Domingo, Las Américas International Airport Jose Francisco Peña Gomez, Dominican Republic
- Tucumán, Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport, Argentina
- Valencia, Arturo Michelena International Airport, Venezuela
Fleet
The Cielos Airlines fleet includes as of March 2007:[4]
The airplanes in the Cielos Airlines fleet are 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.[5]
External links
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 66. 2007-04-03.
- ^ Cielos official website (Company info)
- ^ Cielos official website (Fleet)
- ^ Aerotransport.org Cielos Airlines fleet details
- ^ Bandeirante INFORMATION FROM EMBRAER TO BRAZIL AND ABROAD ANO 35 Nº 724, April 2006
Categories:- Airlines of Peru
- Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association
- Airlines established in 1997
- Cargo airlines
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