Private company
Aerovías
Logo: Aerovías, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Guatemalan airline
Aerovías is a defunct private passenger and cargo airline formerly based in Guatemala La Aurora International Airport founded by Jimmy K Hall. It was the first private airline in Guatemala. It was operational between 1977 and 1998.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersGuatemala City1
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Aerovías is a defunct private passenger and cargo airline formerly based in Guatemala La Aurora International Airport founded by Jimmy K Hall. It was the first private airline in Guatemala. It was operational between 1977 and 1998. While one of their Heralds 206s aircraft was stored at La Aurora International Airport, their two Aérospatiale N 262s went to RACSA airlines.2
Products and brands
Fleet
The Aerovías fleet included the following aircraft:
2 Handley Page Herald 206 1988 TG-ASA; 1987 TG-AZE
1 Lockheed L-188 Electra TG-ANP
1 Douglas DC-6, 1987 TG-CGO
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1 Boeing 727-100, 1992 TG-LKA
1 Boeing 727-100F, 1992 TG-ANP (leased from Corsair)
1 Boeing 737-200, 1992 TG-ANP
2 Aérospatiale N 262, 1994 TG-ANP; 1997 TG-NTR
1 Sud Aviation Caravelle, 1986 HC-BAE (leased from Saeta)
Destinations
Flores Mundo Maya International Airport
Cancún International Airport
Miami International Airport (cargo only)
Belize Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport
From Wikipedia’s article on Aerovías, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Controversies and legal
Incidents
18 January 1986: A Sud Aviation Caravelle temporarily leased from Ecuadorian airline SAETA, reg. HC-BAE, crashed after two missed approaches into the jungle, killing all 87 occupants on board. The flight originated in Guatemala City and was to land at Mundo Maya International Airport in the northern department of Petén. To date, this is the worst air accident in Guatemala.
From Wikipedia’s article on Aerovías, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaAerovías
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ4688502
Sources
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- 1WikidataAerovías on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAerovías on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsAerovías logo by Aerovías, Public domain
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsAerovías photo by Peter Garwood, CC BY 4.0