Linea Turistica Aerotuy

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Linea Turística Aereotuy
IATA LD	ICAO TUY	Callsign Aerotuy
Founded		1982
Hubs		Simon Bolivar International Airport
Fleet size		6
Destinations		6
Headquarters		Caracas, Venezuela
Key people		Peter Bottome Juan Carlos Marquez
Website: Linea Turistica Aereotuy

Linea Turistica Aereotuy is an airline based in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates services to remote destinations in Venezuela, including tourist attractions. Its main base is Simon Bolivar International Airport (CCS), Caracas.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1982. It is part of a full service safari company with its own lodges, camps, guides, aircraft and sailing vessels. It is owned by Peter Bottome (90%) and Juan Carlos Marquez (10%).It has over 300 employees, of which operate different kinds of the structure of the company.

[edit] Destinations

• Maiquetía
• Porlamar
• Maturín
• Los Roques Archipelago
• Canaima
• Arekuna

The Airline also offers a charter Jet Service with privately owned Citation V Jets which operate on demand for the public all over the world.

[edit] Fleet

The Linea Turistica Aereotuy fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[1] :

• 4 De Havilland Canada Dash 7

Other aircraft (at January 2005):

• 2 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

[edit] See also

• Aero Ejecutivos
• Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela
• Aserca Airlines
• Avensa
• Avior Airlines
• Conviasa
• LAI - Linea Aerea IAACA
• LASER Airlines
• Rutaca
• Santa Barbara Airlines
• Servivensa
• Sol America
• Sundance Air Venezuela
• Transcarga
• Venezolana
• Vensecar Internacional

[edit] External links

• Linea Turistica Aereotuy

[edit] References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006