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Aero Cuahonte

AeroCuahonte (official legal name: Aero Cuahonte S.A. de C.V.) was a small regional airline headquartered at Uruapan Airport.

History

The airline was founded by Enrique Cuahonte and Marta Amezcua, beginning operations in 1957 with air taxi services in small Cessna aircraft. AeroCuahonte became a regular airline in 1992 with the introduction of a Fairchild SA-226. Another aircraft of the same model was introduced in 1994. One of these aircraft was lost in an accident that same year near Uruapan Airport, which killed 11 people. The crashed aircraft was replaced with another of the same model.

Due to strong competition from Sudpacífico, Aerocuahonte began operating as a scheduled airline in 1992, operating the same pair of Fairchild SA-226 aircraft. Later in 1997, a Cessna 402-C was acquired, which would be used on a scheduled basis and as an air taxi. Also in 1997, another Fairchild SA-226 was lost after a skid at Uruapan Airport, being replaced in 1998 with a Metro III, so that between 1998 and 2003 Aerocuahonte's fleet consisted of a Fairchild SA226, a Metro III and a Cessna 402-C.

Since 2004, Aerocuahonte stopped operating as a regular airline, operating only as an air taxi company with a single Cessna 402-C, which maintained operations until 2007, when the aircraft was transferred to MAYAir and Aerocuahonte ceased operations.

Destinations

Aero Cuahonte operated the following destinations regularly during its existence.

Fleet

Between 1992 and 2007, Aero Cuahonte operated the following aircraft.

Accidents and incidents

  • On December 1, 1988, a Cessna 210 aircraft registered XA-HAO operating an Aero Cuahonte air taxi service between Uruapan Airport and Mexico City Airport crashed near the town of Agostitlán, Hidalgo Municipality, Michoacán, killing the pilot and passenger.
  • On February 4, 1997, a Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II aircraft registered XA-HAO, operated by Aero Cuahonte, went off the road while landing at Uruapan Airport, causing its landing gear to collapse. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

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