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Airlines of PeruLatin American and Caribbean Air Transport AssociationAirlines established in 1997Cargo airlines
cargo airlineCallaoLimaPeruJorge Chávez International AirportBoeing 707McDonnell Douglas MD-11
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Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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Hubs | Jorge Chávez International Airport Miami International Airport | ||||||
Alliance | Centurion Air Cargo Master Top Airlines | ||||||
Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 22 | ||||||
Company slogan | para ayudarlo a llegar lejos (to help you get far) | ||||||
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 |
Centurion Air Cargo, 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]
Contents
1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
3.1 Current
3.2 Naming
4 References
5 External links
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):[citation needed]
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, United States
Manaus, Eduardo Gomes International Airport, Brazil
Miami, Miami International Airport, United States
Medellín, José María Córdova International Airport, Colombia
Mexico City, Mexico City International Airport, Mexico
Montevideo, Carrasco International Airport, Uruguay
New York City, John F. Kennedy International Airport, United States
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
Current
The Cielos Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2012):[4]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Notes |
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F | 8 | |
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F | 1 | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | 1 |
Naming
The airplanes in the Cielos Airlines fleet were 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]
References
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^ Cielos official website (Company info) Archived 2007-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ Cielos official website (Fleet) Archived 2007-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ Aerotransport.org Cielos Airlines fleet details
^ Bandeirante INFORMATION FROM EMBRAER TO BRAZIL AND ABROAD ANO 35 Nº 724, April 2006
External links
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- Cielos Airlines official website