Aserca Airlines

Aero Servicios Carabobo Airlines
Founded	1994
Hubs	Simón Bolívar International Airport; Arturo Michelena International Airport
Focus cities	Santiago Mariño International Airport; Las Americas International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Privilege
Fleet size	23
Destinations	11
Company slogan	Por todo lo alto; (all over the sky)
Headquarters	Valencia, Carabobo State, Venezuela
Key people	Simeon Garcia; Migdalia Garcia
Website	Aserca Airlines

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Aserca Airlines C.A. (Aero Servicios Carabobo) is an airline based in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela. It operates domestic and regional scheduled services to destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and the USA. Its main base is Arturo Michelena International Airport, Valencia, with a hub at Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas^[1].

[edit] History

Old Aserca Airlines Logo

The airline was established in 1968 and started operations in 1991 with small aircraft for private transport. In 1992 it entered the domestic scheduled market with a leased Douglas DC-9-30. Aserca's operations were centred around Valencia, but it managed to develop Caracas as a hub after 1994 which made it experience a significant growth in its market share, expanding its network to Bogotá, Lima and Miami (no longer in service) via Aruba. Between 1998 and 2000 Aserca had a controlling interest in Air Aruba. In 2008, Aserca took a majority stake in fellow Venezuelan carrier SBA Airlines (Santa Barbara Airlines). A proposed merger is in discussion.

[edit] Destinations

Aserca Airlines consists of 11 destinations, nine of them are domestic.

Simon Bolivar international airport (Hub)

General Jose Antonio Anzoategui int`l airport

La Chinita Int`l airport

Maturin airport

Jancito Lara Int`l airport

Santo Domingo Del Tachira airport

Del Caribe Santiago Marino Int`l airport

Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana airport

Arturo Michelena Int`l airpot

Queen Beatrix int`l airport (Aruba)

Las Americas int`l airport (Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.)

[edit] Fleet

Aserca Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 at Simon Bolivar International Airport, Maiquetia

The Aserca Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 19 May 2010) ^[2]:

[edit] Accidents and Incidents

In 2011, an Aserca Airlines DC9 had to make an emergency landing in Puerto Ordaz Airport because of smoke in the cabin. All passangers and crew landed safely at the airport.