Aero Uruguay

Aero Uruguay
IATA ICAO Call sign
UO AUO UNIFORM OSCAR
FoundedJuly 26, 1977
Commenced operationsNovember 1977
Ceased operationsJune 1991
HubsCarrasco International Airport
Parent companyCargolux
HeadquartersMontevideo, Uruguay
Key peopleCol. Atilio Bonelli

Empresa Aerolineas Uruguay S.A. (also known as Aero Uruguay) was a cargo airline that was based at Carrasco International Airport at Montevideo, Uruguay. It was founded on July 26, 1977, by Cargolux, which was looking to expand its operations in South America.[1][2]

Fleet

Aero Uruguay had a fleet of the following aircraft.[3][4]

Aero Uruguay fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 707-320C 2 1978 1991
Canadair CL-44 3 1977 1978 Leased from Cargolux.
Douglas DC-8-55CF 1 1986 1989
Douglas DC-8-63CF 1 1981 1982 Leased from Cargolux.
Fokker F-27 1 1988 1990

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cargolux in the 1970s". Anniversary.cargolux.com.
  2. ^ Josh Oudendijk (February 17, 2025). "How Luxembourg's freight airline became one of the largest in the world". Today.rtl.lu.
  3. ^ "AeroTransport Data Bank". Aerotransport.org. 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. ^ "Aero Uruguay fleet". aerobernie.bplaced.net. Retrieved February 20, 2021.