Calafia Airlines
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Cabo San Lucas | ||||||
| Focus cities | Ciudad Obregón, Hermosillo, Los Mochis | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Aereocalafia Plus | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 19 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico | ||||||
| Website | |||||||
Calafia Airlines is a Mexican regional airline founded in 1993, based in the Cabo San Lucas International Airfield. It was formerly named Aéreo Calafia till mid 2016, when as part of a commercial expansion project they decided to use a more commercial name, since they are negotiating international destinations. It has Cessna and Embraer equipment. It has regular flights to the Baja California Peninsula and the Mexican Pacific coast, in addition to charter flights and tours.
Fleet
The Calafia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2017):[2]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia | 1 | — | ||
| Embraer ERJ 145ER | 4 | — | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | ||
The airline's fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of 1 March 2015):[3]
- 7 Cessna 208
- 5 Cessna 206
Destinations
Nuevo Leon
Baja California
- Cedros Island (Isla de Cedros Airport)[4]
- Mexicali (General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport)[4]
- Tijuana (Tijuana International Airport)
Baja California Sur
- Cabo San Lucas (Cabo San Lucas International Airport) Hub
- Ciudad Constitución (Ciudad Constitución Airport)
- Guerrero Negro (Guerrero Negro Airport)[4]
- La Paz (Manuel Márquez de León International Airport)
- Loreto (Loreto International Airport)
- San José del Cabo (Los Cabos International Airport)[4]
Chihuahua
Guanajuato
Jalisco
- Puerto Vallarta (Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport)
- Guadalajara (Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport)
Sinaloa
- Culiacán (Federal de Bachigualato International Airport)
- Guasave (Campo Cuatro Milpas Airport)[5]
- Los Mochis (Federal del Valle del Fuerte International Airport)
- Mazatlán (General Rafael Buelna International Airport)
Sonora
- Ciudad Obregón (Ciudad Obregón International Airport)
- Guaymas (General José María Yáñez International Airport)
- Hermosillo (Hermosillo International Airport)[4]
Incidents and accidents
| Flight | Date | Aircraft | Location | Passengers | Description |
| 126 | 5 Nov 2007 | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan | Culiacán, Sinaloa. | 13 | Just departing from CUL to CSL, the airplane lost altitude and crash-landed in a field near the airport. No casualties.[6] |
On February 11, 2009, Hector Manuel Verdugo Talamantes, son of Aero Calafia's owner and one of the airline's pilots, was murdered in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.[7]
References
- ↑ "Eurocontrol".
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 21.
- ↑
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 https://www.aereocalafia.com.mx/Destinos
- ↑ "Destinations - Guasave" (Web). aereocalafia.com.mx. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ "Intensifican búsqueda de los sicarios". El Sudcaliforniano, 12 February 2009. (In Spanish.)
External links
- Aéreo Calafia Official Page (in English)/(in Spanish)