Private company
Aeroquetzal
Defunct airline based in Guatemala City, founded in 19871
Aeroquetzal is a defunct airline formerly based at Guatemala La Aurora International Airport. Flying only regional routes first, Aeroquetzal later became the first Guatemalan airline besides Aviateca to operate a short lived scheduled passenger flight to Los Angeles International Airport in 1991. The flight existed for around one month only.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersGuatemala City1
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Aeroquetzal is a defunct airline formerly based at Guatemala La Aurora International Airport. Flying only regional routes first, Aeroquetzal later became the first Guatemalan airline besides Aviateca to operate a short lived scheduled passenger flight to Los Angeles International Airport in 1991. The flight existed for around one month only. However, like for all other airlines operating in Guatemala, the most important route was the one from Guatemala City to Flores Mundo Maya International Airport near Tikal. The airline ceased operations in 1992 due to financial problems.2
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Fleet
The Aeroquetzal fleet included:
1 Convair 580 TG-MYM (now with Air Chathams)
1 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 N31UA (ex-KLM)
1 Airbus A-320 N482GX leased over three weeks from Lacsa [1]
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Destinations
Guatemala La Aurora International Airport
Mundo Maya Int'l Airport
Cancún International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
There were also flights existing between Flores and Cancún.
From Wikipedia’s article on Aeroquetzal, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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Links
- WikipediaAeroquetzal
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ4688413
Sources
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- 1WikidataAeroquetzal on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAeroquetzal on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsAeroquetzal photo by Uli Elch, CC BY-SA 4.0