Líneas Aéreas Allegro
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Líneas Aéreas Allegro was a scheduled/charter passenger airline from Mexico and the United States, Canada and points in the Caribbean. Allegro Airlines offered 212 domestic and international flights to the U.S. every week.
Company history
Allegro was founded in 1992 by Fernando Padilla, Fernando Martínez, Jose Angel Cardenas, Cap Alejandro J.Martinez, Luis Treviño y Eduardo Alfaro . It operated scheduled and charter passenger flights from Cancún, Quintana Roo, and Mexico City to points in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America and South America. The home base was in Monterrey, Nuevo León.North American Airlines Handbook by Airways International 1997
Allegro operated until 2004 when it was ordered by a Phoenix court to return all aircraft to the lessors.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rati.com/ALLANDING_1549.htm |title=Lineas Aéreas Allegro - LL - Monterrey - Mexico - - ATI, Air Transport Intelligence - ATI – Air Transport Intelligence from Reed Business Information, UK |access-date=2008-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302044251/http://www.rati.com/ALLANDING_1549.htm |archive-date=2007-03-02 |url-status=dead }}
Destinations
File:Boeing 727-2B7-Adv, Allegro Air AN0059110.jpg]]
- Acapulco
- Atlanta
- Austin/Bergstrom
- Boston
- Calgary
- Cancun
- Chicago/O'Hare
- Chichen Itza
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Dallas/Fort Worth
- Denver
- Fargo
- Guadalajara
- Helena
- Kansas City
- Liberia
- Los Angeles
- Louisville
- Mexico City
- Oakland
- Oklahoma City
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Punta Cana
- Saint John's
- San Francisco
- Tampico
- Tijuana
- Aruba
- St Marteen
- Vancouver
Fleet details
- Operated 25 different Boeing 727-200 throughout its history
- Operated 13 different MD-82 and MD-83 throughout its history
- Operated 3 different Douglas DC-9-14 throughout its history
Incidents
On 5/14/1996 Allegro flight 401, a chartered DC-9 from Orlando, FL to Cancun, Mexico crashed short of the runway while attempting an emergency landing in Tampico, Mexico. There were no fatalities among the 46 occupants but the plane was damaged beyond repair.
- [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960514-0 Accident report]
References
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External links
- [http://rzjets.net/operators/?show=597 Fleet Data and aircraft picture]
{{Airlines of Mexico}}
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Category:Defunct airlines of Mexico
Category:Airlines established in 1992
Category:Airlines disestablished in 2004
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