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LAI – Línea Aérea IAACA

Venezuelan airline

LAI – Línea Aérea IAACA (legally Industria Aero Agrícola C.A.) was an airline based in Barinas, Venezuela.2 It ceased to exist in 2006.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1
  • HeadquartersBarinas Airport1

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LAI – Línea Aérea IAACA (legally Industria Aero Agrícola C.A.) was an airline based in Barinas, Venezuela.2

The story

The airline was founded in 1992 as a cropdusting company. It later turned into an air taxi service. LAI became a regular airline in 1995.

The airline stopped operating on September 27, 2006, after financial problems. After the cessation, a group wanted to make an airline label to achieve and reach number one among passenger airlines, to connect the tourist destinations from and to Venezuela, with a modern fleet and high-tech equipment.

From Wikipedia’s article on Línea Aérea IAACA, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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Destinations

LAI operated to the following destinations:

Venezuela

Acarigua (Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport)

Barcelona (General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport)

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Barinas (Barinas Airport) Hub

Caracas (Simón Bolívar International Airport)

Carúpano (General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport)

Ciudad Bolívar (Tomás de Heres Airport)

Cumaná (Antonio José de Sucre Airport)

Guanare (Guanare Airport)

Güiria (Güiria Airport)

Maturín (José Tadeo Monagas International Airport)

Mérida (Alberto Carnevalli Airport)

Porlamar (Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport)

Valera (Antonio Nicolas Briceño Airport)

Fleet

Linea Aerea IAACA included the following aircraft:

2 Beechcraft Model 18

2 ATR 42-300

1 ATR 42-320

3 ATR 72-200

From Wikipedia’s article on Línea Aérea IAACA, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2006Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1992Founded Founded1

Sources

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