History

EMPRESA DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO DEL PERÚ S.A., USUALLY KNOWN AS AEROPERÚ, WAS A PERUVIAN AIRLINE, SERVING AS THEIR FLAG CARRIER FROM 1973 TO 1999.

HISTORY

The company was headquartered in Lima, with the city’s Jorge Chavez International Airport serving as its hub. Besides an extensive domestic route network, Aeroperú offered international flights to places in Latin America and the United States of America.

A crashing end

Aeroperú was formed on 22 May 1973 and controlled by the Peruvian Army. By 1978, the Aeroperú network had grown to include a multitude of destinations in Latin America, and also the US cities of New York and Los Angeles due to their large Latino populations. In July 1981, Aeroperú was gradually privatized, with the Peruvian government keeping a minority share of 20 percent. Due to financial difficulties and two tragic and infamous crashes, Aeroperú was forced to suspend all flight operations on 10 March 1999. Most of its route network as well as the role of Peruvian flag carrier was taken over by newly founded LAN Perú, owned by a large Chilean conglomerate.