Línea Turística Aereotuy

LTA - Línea Turística Aereotuy C.A. was a Venezuelan regional airline headquartered in Caracas and based at Simón Bolívar International Airport.[2]

LTA - Línea Turística Aereotuy
IATA ICAO Callsign
LD TUY AEREOTUY
Founded1982
Ceased operationsJune 2018
HubsSimon Bolivar International Airport
Fleet size3[1]
Destinations13
Parent companyGrupo Cóndor C.A.
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key peopleJuan Carlos Marquez (President)
Websitetuy.com

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1982. It was part of a full service safari company with its own lodges, camps, guides, aircraft and sailing vessels and operated services to remote destinations in Venezuela, including tourist attractions. It had 300 employees at March 2010.[2]

In October 2014, the airline was forced to suspend its flights to Aruba affecting more than 7 thousand customers, the airline's suspension was due to a failure in an aircraft that covered the route, however the National Institute of Civil Aviation indicated that the suspension was due to the over-sale of tickets for said route, as well as the creation of new unauthorized flights to cover the over-sale, this suspension was maintained until February 28, 2015.

In February 2016, it was announced that it was bought by Grupo Cóndor C.A.

As of June 2018, the airline ceased all serves and plans to restart operations.[3][4]

Destinations

The airline flew to the following destinations, with further routes served as charters:

Fleet

Final Fleet
Línea Turística Aereotuy de Havilland Canada Dash 7 in 2001

As of April 2012 the Línea Turística Aereotuy fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[5][6]

Former Fleet

Accidents and incidents
  • On July 21, 2007, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed after an engine failure while taking off. There was no personal injury, but the plane was written off.
  • On April 17, 2009, aCessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed shortly after taking off from Canaima National Park after failing to gain sufficient altitude, killing one person. The aircraft had been chartered to take holiday makers to Ciudad Bolívar.[7]

References
  1. http://www.tuy.com/los-roques/itinerarios-los-roques/
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 106.
  3. ch-aviation.com - LTA - Linea Turistica Aereotuy retrieved 2 June 2018
  4. Venezuela's LTA throws in the towel. ch-aviation, 14. September 2018.
  5. Flight International 2009 World Airliner Census retrieved 2012-04-27
  6. Our Fleet – Línea Turística Aereotuy website (in Spanish) retrieved 2010-06-17
  7. aviation-safety.net - Accident description retrieved 2 June 2018

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