MasAir
Encyclopedia
Aerotransportes Mas de Carga, S.A. de C.V., operating as MasAir, is a cargo airline
based in Mexico City
, Mexico
. It operates scheduled cargo services in Mexico and to the USA
, Brazil
, Ecuador
and Colombia
. Its main base is Mexico City International Airport
, with hubs at Los Angeles International Airport
and Miami International Airport
.
purchased a 25% stake in MasAir, which has since increased. It is owned by LAN (39.5%) and Promotoro Aérea Latinoamericana and has 182 employees (at March 2007).
As of February 2010, the average age of the MasAir fleet is 5.7 years .
Cargo airline
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based in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
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. It operates scheduled cargo services in Mexico and to the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
and Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. Its main base is Mexico City International Airport
Mexico City International Airport
Benito Juárez International Airport , in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico...
, with hubs at Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
and Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the South Florida area...
.
History
The airline was established in 1992 and started operations in April 1992. In December 2000 LAN AirlinesLAN Airlines
LAN Airlines S.A. is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. LAN is currently positioned amongst the largest airlines in Latin America, serving Latin America, United States, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe. It is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance...
purchased a 25% stake in MasAir, which has since increased. It is owned by LAN (39.5%) and Promotoro Aérea Latinoamericana and has 182 employees (at March 2007).
Fleet
The MasAir fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2010) :- 3 Boeing 767-300ERF, N314LA, N420LA and N526LA.
As of February 2010, the average age of the MasAir fleet is 5.7 years .