Austro Aéreo

Austro Aéreo S.A. was an Ecuadorian airline that operated scheduled passenger services throughout Ecuador.[2]

Austro Aéreo
IATA ICAO Callsign
- UST AUSTRO AÉREO
FoundedNovember 11, 1996
Ceased operationsDecember 31, 2003
HubsMariscal Lamar International Airport[1]
Fleet size2
Destinations4
Key peopleAlfredo Vega (Manager)
Employees107 (2003)

History
An Austro Aéreo Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia at the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in 2002

The company was inaugurated on November 11, 1996. The airline offered regular flights between the cities of Cuenca. Macas, Quito and Guayaquil.[3] Austro Aereo had a limited number of planes and had many problems with them. Its only aircraft, a Fairchild FH-227, was grounded because it failed a "major inspection". The repair costs would have been very high, so Austro Aéreo opted not to repair it and instead acquired two new Embraer EMB 120 Brasilias.[4]

The company got into financial difficulties in 2002 and stopped flying to Guayaquil in December of that year. Three million dollars were owed to the sellers of the aircraft, the suppliers of the Pratt & Whitney engines, the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security and the tax authorities. 107 employees lost their jobs and the company was put into liquidation on December 31, 2003.[5]

Destinations

 Ecuador

Fleet

Austro Aéreo operated the following aircraft:[6]

Austro Aéreo fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia 2 2000 2003 Leased from Boeing Capital
Fairchild FH-227 1 1996 2000

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austro Aéreo.
  1. "Austro Aereo". chi-aviation.com.
  2. "Austro Aereo". airlinehistory.co.uk.
  3. Harry Adès (2003). The Rough Guide to Ecuador. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531098.
  4. Florencia Astudillo. "IESS rematará nave embargada el 2003". eltiempo.com.ec.
  5. Ruth Orden. "Austro Aéreo entró en liquidación el 31 de diciembre". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish).
  6. "Austro Aéreo Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
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