AeroUnion

Aerotransporte de Carga Unión S.A. de C.V., commonly known as AeroUnion, is a scheduled cargo airline headquartered in Hangar Zone G at Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] It operates cargo services within Mexico and between Mexico and the USA.[2]

"Aerounion" redirects here. For the Chico, California based fire tanker operator, see Aero Union.
AeroUnion
Aerotransporte de Carga Unión
IATA ICAO Callsign
6R TNO AEROUNION
Founded1998 (1998)
Commenced operations2001 (2001)
HubsMexico City International Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations4
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
Key peopleLuis Ramos
Websitehttp://www.aerounion.com.mx/eng/
AeroUnion Airbus A300B4-203F

History

The airline was founded on 5 March 1998, but only in November 2000 an application to the United States Department of Transportation for the right to carry cargo between the USA and Mexico was filed. Flight operations were launched in July 2001, with services to the Los Angeles key market being commenced on 21 January 2006.

Destinations

AeroUnion operates the following scheduled services:[3]

City State IATA ICAO Airport Ref
Chicago (Illinois)ORDKORDO'Hare International Airport
Guadalajara (Jalisco)GDLMMGLMiguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport
Guatemala City (Guatemala Department)GUAMGGTLa Aurora International Airport
Los Angeles (California)LAXKLAXLos Angeles International Airport
Mérida (Yucatán)MIDMMMDMérida International Airport
Mexico City (Mexico City)MEXMMMXMexico City International Airport
Miami (Florida)MIAKMIAMiami International Airport
Monterrey (Nuevo León)MTYMMMYMonterrey International Airport
Querétaro City (Querétaro)QROMMQTQuerétaro Intercontinental Airport
Total: 5 destinations in Mexico, 3 in the United States and 1 in Guatemala

Fleet

The AeroUnion fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2020):[4]

AeroUnion Fleet
Aircraft In
Service		 Orders Notes
Airbus A300-600CF 3 —
Boeing 767-200ERF 2 —
Total 5 0

Incidents & Accidents
  • On April 13, 2010 AeroUnion Flight 302 from Mexico City to Monterrey crashed during landing approach on a highway near General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, killing all five people on board, as well as one more on the ground.[5]

References
  1. Home Archived April 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. AeroUnion. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. pp. 50–51.
  3. "AeroUnion schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  4. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 21.
  5. Information on AeroUnion Flight 302 at the Aviation Safety Network
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