Aero Uruguay

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Aero Uruguay
IATA ICAO Callsign
UO AUO UNIFORM OSCAR[1]
FoundedJuly 26, 1977
Ceased operations2005
HubsCarrasco International Airport
HeadquartersMontevideo, Uruguay

Empresa Aerolineas Uruguay S.A. (also known as Aerolineas Uruguayas or Aero Uruguay) was an Uruguayan cargo airline company. It was based at Carrasco International Airport at Montevideo, Uruguay.

History[edit]

Aero Uruguay flew from 1977 to 2005.[2]

Fleet[edit]

An Aero Uruguay Boeing 707-320C taxiing at Miami International Airport in 1993

Aero Uruguay had a fleet mostly made up of jets, many of them formerly with Cargolux.[3][4]

Aero Uruguay fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 707-320C 2 1978 1991
Canadair CL-44 3 1977 1978
Douglas DC-8-55CF 1 1986 1989
Douglas DC-8-63CF 1 1981 1982 Leased from Cargolux
Fokker F-27 1 1988 1990

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Aero Uruguay Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "A list of airlines from Uruguay". Airline History.
  3. ^ "AeroTransport Data Bank". Aerotransport.org. 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. ^ "Aero Uruguay fleet". aerobernie.bplaced.net. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

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