Servicios Aéreos de los Andes
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| Founded | 2014 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Jorge Chávez International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Lima, Peru | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
Servicios Aéreos de los Andes, also known as Andes Air, is a Peruvian airline that operates both fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft.[1] Founded as a charter airline in 2005, the company specializes in transporting personnel for the mining and oil and gas industries.[2] In 2014 the airline began offering commercial service with flights between Lima and Jauja and Cusco.[2]
In 2012, two of the company's helicopters were destroyed in an attack by the Sendero Luminoso at the Camisea Gas Project in Peru.[3]
Fleet
The Servicios Aéreos de los Andes fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2020):[4]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 1 | — | 20 | |
| British Aerospace BAE-3200 (Jetstream Super) | 3 | — | 19 | |
| British Aerospace BAE-3100 (jetstrea, 31) | 1 | — | 12 | |
| Total | 5 | |||
Other aircraft operated by the airline include the following:[5]
- 2 Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma with Vector Aerospace
- 3 Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
- Bell 412
- Bell 205
- Bell 212
References
- ^ centre for aviation
- ^ a b "Andes Air entró a sector aerocomercial y volará a Jauja y Cusco". elcomercio.pe. Empresa Editora El Comercio. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ Ángel Páez and Elías Navarro. "Destruyen tres helicópteros de empresas que operan en Camisea". larepublica.pe. Grupo La República Digital. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ SERVICIOS AEREOS PROFESIONALES S.A. aircharterguide.com, accessdate 22 September 2020
- ^ Helicopter Database
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