Aerovías DAP

Aerovías DAP

IATA - ICAO DAP Callsign DAP
Founded	1979
Hubs	Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport
Fleet size	23
Destinations	5
Headquarters	Punta Arenas,  Chile
Website	http://www.aeroviasdap.cl/

Aerovías DAP (Las Aerolíneas de la Patagonia) is an airline based in Punta Arenas, Chile. It operates scheduled and charter services in the southern Patagonia area, Antarctic continent and also operates flights on behalf of the state-owned oil company, ENAP. Its main base Is Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport, Punta Arenas.^[1] The airline also has a helicopter operation DAP Helicopteros.

History

The airline was established in 1979 and is wholly owned by the Pivcevic family.^[1] Its name DAP is the acronym of its creator, Domingo Andrés Pivcevic, a Punta Arenas businessman. Its first operations were between Punta Arenas, Porvenir, Puerto Natales and Coyhaique, with the first plane being the Twin Otter. The first flight to Antarctica took place on February 12, 1989, and usually these take place on the Southern Hemisphere's summer season, employing the BAE 146 -200, Twin Otter, King Air 100 and (since 2003) the DHC-7 leased from Voyageur Airways of Canada. Nowadays, DAP leased a BAe 146-200 from Tronos, thus replacing the DHC-7s on the Punta Arenas-Teniente Marsh airfield in Antarctica. DAP flies some of the most challenging skies in the world and has a clean accident record.

Destinations

DAP provides daily services from Punta Arenas to Porvenir (3 flights on weekdays) and Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams (2 flights on weekdays).^[2]

Charter flights

Aerovías DAP operates charter services to destinations in Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia. It also operates flights to Antarctica, transporting tourists and scientists, and performing medical evacuations.

Fleet

Aerovías DAP DHC-6 Series 300 at Puerto Williams

The Aerovías DAP fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2008):

• 2 Boeing 737-200
• 1 Avro RJ85
• 2 BAe 146
• 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
• 1 CASA 212-100 (stored)
• 2 Cessna 402C
• 1 Beechcraft King Air 100
• 1 Beechchcraft King Air 300

DAP Helicópteros fleet comprises

• 4 Eurocopter AS355F TwinStar
• 5 Eurocopter BO105CB4
• 4 Eurocopter BO105CBS
• 1 Eurocopter EC135T1 (incorporated May 2007)
• 1 Eurocopter AS350B3

External links

• Aerovías DAP
• AeroRescate
• DAP Helicopteros

See also

• Air Ambulance

References

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