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RACSA (airline)
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RACSA airlines is a private passenger and cargo airline
based in Guatemala
La Aurora International Airport
. It mainly operates charter flights throughout the country. One of its planes was hired by the Guatemalan Air Force
and temporarily based at Quetzaltenango Airport
after Hurricane Stan
in 2005, in order to provide help in remote areas http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-s/2006/1tri06/overall.html. It is a member in the Association of Private Airlines of Guatemala http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2005/diciembre/13/129967.html. Howerver, its current status (2008) is uncertain.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
La Aurora International Airport
La Aurora International Airport
La Aurora International Airport serves Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is located south of Guatemala City's center and from Antigua. It is administered by the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil....
. It mainly operates charter flights throughout the country. One of its planes was hired by the Guatemalan Air Force
Guatemalan Air Force
The Guatemalan Air Force is a small air force composed mostly of U.S.-made aircraft throughout its history....
and temporarily based at Quetzaltenango Airport
Quetzaltenango Airport
Quetzaltenango Airport serves the city of Quetzaltenango also known as "Xelajú" or "Xela" and western Guatemala...
after Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones to make landfall in Mexico. Stan was a relatively weak storm that only briefly reached hurricane status...
in 2005, in order to provide help in remote areas http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-s/2006/1tri06/overall.html. It is a member in the Association of Private Airlines of Guatemala http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2005/diciembre/13/129967.html. Howerver, its current status (2008) is uncertain.
Code data
- Call-sign: Racsa
Fleet
The Racsa fleet includes http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=&airlinesearch=&countrysearch=&specialsearch=&daterange=&keywords=Racsa&range=&sort_order=&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&calccount=1219118&truecount=false&engine_version=6.0- 2 Aérospatiale N 262, TG-JSG (named Cunén); TG-NTR (named Kaibil)