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Cuban airline
Aerogaviota
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| IATA ICAO Call sign KG GTV GAVIOTA | |
| Founded | 1994; 31 years ago (1994) |
| Hubs | Playa Baracoa Airport |
| Fleet size | 4[1] |
| Destinations | 7[1] |
| Parent company | GAVIOTA, S.A. |
| Headquarters | Havana, Cuba |
Aerogaviota is a Cuban regional airline based in Havana.[2] It operates domestic flights within Cuba and formerly also served Jamaica. Its main base is Playa Baracoa Airport.[3]
The airline was established by the Cuban army and started operations in 1994. and is wholly owned by the Government of Cuba, run by Corporación de la Aviación Civil S.A of Cuba.[3]
Aerogaviota was forced to suspend operations in 2022 due to a lack of available aviation fuel but in late 2023 resumed a network of domestic destinations with future plans to resume international flights to Jamaica in support of the receding Cuban tourism.[1]
A former Aerogaviota Mi-8 helicopter in 2004.
As of August 2023, Aerogaviota serves scheduled domestic destinations:[1]
As of August 2023, the Aerogaviota fleet includes the following aircraft:
- 4 ATR 42-500 (1 operated for Cubana de Aviación, 1 stored)[1]
Accidents and incidents
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- On 29 April 2017, an Antonov An-26 chartered by Cuban military crashed at Las Lomas de San Cristóbal, killing all 8 people on board.[4]
- ^ a b c d e aerotelegraph.com - "Aerogaviota flies again: New domestic flights to support Cuban tourism" (German) 1 August 2023
- ^ "Contáctenos Archived 7 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine." Aerogaviota. Retrieved on 1 February 2011. "Ave 47 No 2814 e/ 28 y 34, Reparto Kohly Playa, Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba."
- ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
- ^ Beltrán, Federico (29 April 2017). "Accidente aéreo en Cuba: Se estrella avión de Aerogaviota en Pinar del Río" [Accident in Cuba: Aerogaviota plane crashes in Pinar del Río] (in Spanish). Cibercuba. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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