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Líneas Aéreas La Urraca

IATA ' ICAO ' Callsign Urraca
Founded	1962
Ceased operations	1979
Hubs	La Vanguardia Airport El Dorado International Airport
Destinations
Headquarters	Villavicencio, Colombia
Key people

Líneas Aéreas La Urraca was a Colombian airline.

Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 3 Accidents and incidents 4 References

[edit] History

The company was formed in 1962 by brothers Jaramillo Henao for the purpose of providing air transport of supplies to more remote communities of the Eastern Plains and the national territories. His place of business was established in the city Vanguardia airport in Villavicencio. Began operations with 2 Douglas B-18 Bolo, a light bomber converted to a cargo plane. Urraca first Curtiss C-46 were delivered later this year. In 1963, Urraca acquired several Douglas DC-3 to extend their routes to replace these routes were previously operated by Aerotaxi regularly, the subsidiary of Avianca.

In 1970, Urraca acquired three Handley Page Heralds for the new secondary routes recently awarded by the Civil Aviation Authority and which had ceased to be operated temporarily by TAC. In 1975, Urraca delivered 2 Britten Norman Islander and changed their livery with various colors. In 1979, the airline ceased operations.

[edit] Fleet

Aircraft used throughout the years were:

• Curtis C-46 Commando 3
• Douglas B-18 Bolo
• Douglas DC-3
• Handley Page Herald 3
• Britten-Norman Islander 2
• Vickers Viscount

[edit] Accidents and incidents

• On 21 January 1972, Vickers Viscount HK-1347 crashed at Funza after an explosion on board. All 20 people on board were killed.^[1]

[edit] References

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