Aerocondor

For the Peruvian airline, see Aero Condor. For the Defunct Colombian airline, see AeroCóndor.

Aerocondor

IATA ICAO Callsign 2B ARD AEROCONDOR
Founded	1975
Ceased operations	2008
Hubs	Cascais Aerodrome
Destinations	7
Headquarters	Cascais, Portugal
Website	http://www.aerocondor.com/

Aerocondor (ATA Aerocondor Transportes Aéreos Lda) was an airline based in Cascais, Portugal. It was a regional airline operating scheduled services in mainland Portugal and to Madeira, as well as scheduled passenger services in France and charter services to the United Kingdom and Spain. Its main bases were Portela Airport, Lisbon and Madeira Airport.

History

The airline started operations in 1975 and was part of the Aerocondor Group. It was owned by Aerocondor SGPS (85.15%) and Gestair Group (14.85%) and had 90 employees, with headquarters at Cascais Aerodrome. In May 2008, the airline has suspended scheduled domestic operations in Portugal.

Destinations

Aerocondor operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations:

• Cascais
• Vila Real,

as well as international seasonal services to/from Agen and Bragança plus some charter fights between Madeira and Porto Santo island.

Fleet

File:Aerocondor ATR 42 CS-TLR.jpg

Aerocondor ATR 42

Since June 2008, Aerocondor is not in possession of any aircraft any more due to financial problems. Initial plans were to purchase or lease Boeing 757 or 767 aircraft in order to expand, but instead bankruptcy was declared.

Formerly operated aircraft include:

• ATR 42-300
• Dornier 228
• Shorts 360

External links

• Official website