Atsa Airlines

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Atsa Airlines
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IATA ICAO Call sign
4AAMPATSA
Founded1980
Commenced operations1981
Hubs Jorge Chávez International Airport
Fleet size12
Destinations6
Headquarters Lima, Peru
Website www.atsaairlines.com

Atsa Airlines is a Peruvian airline based in Lima, Peru. The airline corresponds to a business line of ATSA (Aero Transporte SA), a company with more than 39 years in the market under the support of the Romero Group. It operates passenger, cargo, and charter flights in Peru and South America. Its main hub is Jorge Chávez International Airport. [1]

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History

Atsa, under the support of the Romero Group, began operations in 1980, dedicating itself to the corporate charter flight service . The initial fleet consisted of one Jet Citation Eagle and two PA-31T Piper Cheyenne IIs. In 1987, cargo operations began with the Shell oil company, in the Camisea area. For this service, two Beechcraft 1900 aircraft were acquired, which together with the Piper aircraft carried out charter passenger transport flights.

Operations soon expanded to Bolivia with the transportation of oil palm to Industrias Fino de Santa Cruz . This service was carried out with an L-188 aircraft, which later also carried out cabotage operations in Angola, until 1991. In 1999 the Citation was replaced by the IAI 1125 Astra, improving the executive transport service. A few years later, the second cargo plane, an Antonov An-26 was acquired.

In 2010, the first of two Fokker 50s was acquired for passenger transport operations with Repsol, joined by a second in 2013. A year later, the company's first An-32 arrives, strengthening the cargo transportation service. The following year, the cargo capacity was increased with the acquisition of more aircraft of the same type until there were four units. These aircraft carried out operations mainly for the oil industry at the airfields of the Falkland Islands, Nuevo Mundo, Trompeteros, Andoas and Pucallpa. Two Super King aircraft and a G200 Jet were purchased for VIP transport. In 2013, the MEDEVAC business unit was created with a B-200 and a PA-41 certified as air ambulances, a service that would later be expanded to an international scope with the certification of the Astra jet as an ambulance.

In 2014, Atsa was certified to perform aerial work in the Radio AIDS Calibration modality, starting a new line of business both in Peru and other South American countries. In July 2017, thanks to the larger commercial fleet of Fokker 50s and Dash Q400s, Atsa began operating commercial flights to Chachapoyas from Lima. [2] ATSA would soon obtain four new domestic destinations and continue their operations.

Destinations

As of 2024, Atsa Airlines operates scheduled routes between the following airports:

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Chachapoyas Chachapoyas Airport
Huánuco Alférez FAP David Figueroa Fernandini Airport
Jaén Jaén Airport
Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport Hub
Tingo María Tingo María Airport
Mazamari Mayor Nancy Flores Páucar Airport

Fleet

Current Fleet

The Atsa Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2025): [3]

AircraftIn

service

OrdersPassengersNotes
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 276(as of August 2025) [4]
Beechcraft King Air 210For VIP and ambulance services
Beechcraft 1900D 219(as of August 2025) [4]
Gulfstream G200 17For VIP services
Fokker 50 150
Cargo fleet
Antonov An-32 1Cargo
Total92

Former fleet

Atsa Airlines used to fly the following types of aircraft:[ citation needed ]

AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Antonov An-26 120022018
Cessna 208 Caravan 120082014
Fokker 50 220102021
Gulfstream G200 120122022
Lockheed L-188 Electra 119881991

Incidents and accidents

See also

References

  1. Perú, Atsa Airlines-Descubriendo juntos el. "Nosotros | Atsa Airlines". Nosotros | Atsa Airlines (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  2. GESTIÓN, NOTICIAS (2017-07-04). "Vuelos directos a Chachapoyas se inician el 13 de julio | ECONOMIA". Gestión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  3. Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2025-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. 1 2 "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Fly Jinnah". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 70.