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Aero Sudpacífico

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Sudpacífico
IATA ICAO Call sign
SDP Sudpacífico
Founded1990
Ceased operations1996
HubsUruapan International Airport
Focus citiesMorelia International Airport
Lázaro Cárdenas Airport
Fleet size9 (during its existence)
Destinations15
Parent companyAero Sudpacífico S.A. de C.V.
HeadquartersUruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
Key peopleC.P.A. Manuel Argüeyes

Aero Sudpacífico was a Mexican regional airline which had its base at the Uruapan International Airport, in Uruapan, Michoacán, where it kept operations between 1990 and 1996.

History

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The airline emerged as Aero Sudpacífico on 1990 because of the need to connect Morelia and Uruapan, this route was serviced by a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander. In that year the airline acquired another Islander and a Fairchild SA-226TC Metro-II. Due to the success of the Metro II, Aero Sudpacífico acquired two other similar aircraft, and began to fly to Apatzingán, Lázaro Cárdenas, Guadalajara, Zihuatanejo, Zamora and Mexico City.

During 1993 Aero Sudpacífico had many competitors like Aero Cuahonte and AeroLitoral, so that Aero Sudpacífico had the need to acquire an Embraer 120 Brasilia, being the first operator in Mexico of this kind of aircraft. The Embraer Brasilia allowed Aero Sudpacífico to open flights to Querétaro, Monterrey and Celaya, also caused Aero Sudpacífico changed its name to Sudpacífico and also to change the logo of the brand to a golden eagle, as the logo used before It was a Metro-II flying over the horizon. The Embraer 120 finished operations with Sudpacífico on 1995 because of the devaluation of Mexican peso and the high operation costs.[1][2]

For 1996 (its last year of operations) Aerosudpacífico operated short routes with daily flights from Morelia to Mexico City, Uruapan, Huetamo, Zihuatanejo, Guadalajara, Lázaro Cárdenas, Apatzingán and Ciudad Altamirano. However, the increase in operating costs due to the devaluation of the peso, as well as the loss of various aircraft in accidents and various debts and seizures at different airports forced the airline to cease operations this year.[1]

Destinations

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Sudpacífico opered these destinations during its working.[3][4]

Focus destination
City State IATA ICAO Airport Ref
Apatzingán Mexico (Michoacán) AZG MM59 Pablo L. Sidar National Airport
Ciudad Altamirano Mexico (Guerrero) - MM35 Santa Barbara Regional Airport
Mexico City Mexico (Mexico City) MEX MMMX Mexico City International Airport
Celaya Mexico (Guanajuato) CYW MMCY Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport
Colima Mexico (Colima) CLQ MMIA Colima Airport
Guadalajara Mexico (Jalisco) GDL MMGL Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport
Huetamo Mexico (Michoacán) - MM73 Huetamo Airfield
Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico (Michoacán) LZC MMLC Lázaro Cárdenas Airport
Manzanillo Mexico (Colima) ZLO MMZO Playa de Oro International Airport
Morelia Mexico (Michoacán) MLM MMMM Morelia International Airport
Monterrey Mexico (Nuevo León) MTY MMMY Monterrey International Airport
Querétaro Mexico (Querétaro) QRO MMQT Engineer Fernando Espinosa Gutiérrez National Airport
Uruapan Mexico (Michoacán) UPN MMPN Uruapan International Airport
Zamora Mexico (Michoacán) ZMM MMZM Zamora National Airport
Zihuatanejo Mexico (Guerrero) ZIH MMZH Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport
Total: 15 destinations in México

Historical Fleet

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During its existence Sudpacífico operated the following aircraft:[5][6]

Sudpacífico & Aerosudpacífico fleet
Aircraft In Service Registration Note
Fairchild Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II 3 N32AG, N248AM y N247AM (XA-SJY) XA-SJY crashed in Morelia in 1996.[7]
Britten-Norman BN-2B-27 Islander 1 XA-RML Crashed in 1992
Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander 1 XA-RRM Crashed in 1996[8]
Piper PA-34-200 Seneca 1 XA-RTO Used as air taxi
Grumman I 1 XA-TBT Seized by ASA in Uruapan Airport
Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia 1 XA-SQN Returned to the lessor
Fokker F-27J 1 XA-RMB Accidented during a test flight at Mexico City Airport[9]
Total 9

References

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  1. ^ a b Banda, Samuel (December 27, 2016). "Aero Sudpacífico" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  2. ^ López Cervantes, Martín (July 15, 2015). "EL PRIMER BRASILIA 120 EN MÉXICO" [The first Brasilia 120 in Mexico] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Un recorte que encontré entre mis tiliches de una seccion amarilla de Morelia del año de 1996". December 20, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  4. ^ López Cervantes, Martín (July 15, 2015). "EL PRIMER BRASILIA 120 EN MÉXICO" [The first Brasilia in Mexico] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "Post Aerosudpacífico Facebook Post" (in Spanish). November 23, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "SDP" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "Aerosudpacífico Facebook post" (in Spanish). March 14, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "Aerosudpacífico Facebook post" (in Spanish). October 5, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  9. ^ "Aerosudpacífico Facebook post" (in Spanish). December 4, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2018.