Aerotransporte de Carga Unión S.A. de C.V., commonly known as AeroUnion, is a scheduled

cargo airline Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of air cargo, cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines. In 2018, airli ...

headquartered in Hangar Zone G at

Mexico City International Airport Mexico City International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez'' (Benito Juárez International Airport) is the primary international airport serving Greater Mexico City. It is the List of the busiest airports in Me ...

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, Mexico. It operates cargo services within and between Mexico and the United States.

History

The airline was founded on March 5, 1998, but only in November 2000 an application to the

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for the right to carry cargo between the United States and Mexico was filed. Flight operations were launched in July 2001, with services to the

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key market being commenced on January 21, 2006. On March 11, 2014,

Avianca Holdings Avianca Group International Limited (formerly Avianca Holdings S.A. and AviancaTaca Holding Inc.) is a pan-regional Latin American multinational airline holding company with its registered office in St Albans, England, and its global headquarter ...

announced that its subsidiary Avianca Cargo entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the non-voting shares and 25% of the voting shares of AeroUnion.

Destinations

AeroUnion operates the following scheduled services:

Fleet

Current fleet

The AeroUnion fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of Janyuary 2025):

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents

*On April 13, 2010,

AeroUnion Flight 302 AeroUnion Flight 302, operated by an Airbus A300B4-203F cargo aircraft, crashed in poor weather on final approach at Monterrey International Airport, Monterrey, Mexico around 23:18 CDT on 13 April 2010, after a flight from Mexico City. All fiv ...

, from

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, crashed during landing approach on a highway near

Monterrey International Airport General Mariano Escobedo International Airport () , simply known as Monterrey International Airport (), is an international airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico serving Monterrey metropolitan area, Greater Monterrey. It operates fli ...

, killing all five people on board, as well as a driver in a car that was hit by the airplane. *On October 27, 2016, an Airbus A300B4F (registered XA-MRC), operating from

Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla'' (Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport) , is the main international airport serving Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is Mexico’s ...

, had to make an emergency landing at the

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due to a fire in the turbine. Upon landing, the 10 crew members came to the aid of various rescue bodies. There were no injuries. *On December 10, 2018, the same A300B4F, XA-MRC, suffered a nose gear collapse while being towed across the ramp in the maintenance area of

References

External links

Official website

Official website
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