Total Linhas Aéreas
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| Founded | 1988 | |||
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| Hubs | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport | |||
| Secondary hubs | Tancredo Neves Int'l Airport Salgado Filho International Airport Florianópolis Int'l Airport Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport |
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| Fleet size | 9 | |||
| Destinations | 14 | |||
| Parent company | TRIP Linhas Aéreas | |||
| Headquarters | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |||
| Website | www.total.com.br | |||
Total Linhas Aéreas is an airline based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It operates regional passenger and cargo charter and air taxi services, as well as night mail flights on behalf of the Brazilian post.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1988 and formerly known as Total Taxi Aéreo. It is owned by Grupo Empresarial Rota.
On Nov 13, 2007 TRIP Linhas Aéreas and Total Linhas Aéreas agreed to merge and got the merge operation approval by the Brazilian National Agency of Civil Aviation. On May 2008 the operation was concluded. Scheduled passenger operations were transferred to TRIP Linhas Aéreas. Charter and cargo flights however remain being operated by the brand Total Linhas Aéreas. Presently Total operates three ATR42-500 for charter flights, particularly for Petrobras flights in Amazonas and six Boeing 727-200F for cargo and nightmail flights as per contract with Brazilian Post and Telegraph Corporation.
[edit] Destinations
As of November 2011 Total Linhas Aéreas operated services to the following destinations:[1]
[edit] Cargo division
Operated by Boeing 727-200F:
- Belém – Val de Cães International Airport
- Belo Horizonte – Confins/Pres. Tancredo Neves International Airport
- Brasília – Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport
- Curitiba – Afonso Pena International Airport
- Florianópolis – Hercílio Luz International Airport
- Fortaleza – Pinto Martins International Airport
- Porto Alegre – Salgado Filho International Airport
- Rio de Janeiro – Galeão/Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport
- Salvador da Bahia – Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport
- São Paulo – Guarulhos/Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport
[edit] Charter division
Operated by ATR-42. Presently, under contract with Petrobras, they are used on regular charter flights to the following destinations:
- Carauari – Carauari Airport
- Coari – Coari Airport
- Manaus – Eduardo Gomes International Airport
- Porto Urucu (Coari) – Porto Urucu Airport
[edit] Fleet
As of December 2011 the fleet of Total Linhas Aéreas included the following aircraft:[2]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers (Y) | Notes |
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| ATR 42-500 | 3 | – | Charter division | |
| Boeing 727-200F | 6 | – | – | Cargo division |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- 14 September 2002: an ATR42-312 registration PT-MTS on a cargo flight between São Paulo-Guarulhos and Londrina crashed while en route near Paranapanema. The crew of 2 died.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Mapa de rotas" (in Portuguese). Total Linhas Aéreas. http://www.total.com.br/novosite/index.php. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ "Frota atual das empresas brasileiras" (in Portuguese). Aeromuseu. December 31, 2011. http://www.aeromuseu.com.br/frota.htm. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- ^ "Accident description PT-MTS". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020914-0. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
[edit] External links
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