LAI – Línea Aérea IAACA (legally Industria Aero Agrícola C.A.) was an airline based in Barinas, Venezuela.
History
The airline was founded in 1992 as a cropdusting company. It later turned into an air taxi service. LAI became a regular airline in 1995.
The airline stopped operating on September 27, 2006, after financial problems. After the cessation, a group wanted to make an airline label to achieve and reach number one among passenger airlines, to connect the tourist destinations from and to Venezuela, with a modern fleet and high-tech equipment.
Destinations
thumb|A LAI [[ATR 72-200 parked at Simón Bolívar International Airport in 2001]]
LAI operated to the following destinations:
- Acarigua (Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport)
- Barcelona (General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport)
- Barinas (Barinas Airport) Hub
- Caracas (Simón Bolívar International Airport)
- Carúpano (General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport)
- Ciudad Bolívar (Tomás de Heres Airport)
- Cumaná (Antonio José de Sucre Airport)
- Guanare (Guanare Airport)
- Güiria (Güiria Airport)
- Maturín (José Tadeo Monagas International Airport)
- Mérida (Alberto Carnevalli Airport)
- Porlamar (Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport)
- Valera (Antonio Nicolas Briceño Airport)
Fleet
Linea Aerea IAACA included the following aircraft:
- 2 Beechcraft Model 18
- 2 ATR 42-300
- 1 ATR 42-320
- 3 ATR 72-200
See also
- List of defunct airlines of Venezuela