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RACSA was a private passenger and cargo
airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...
based in
Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
La Aurora International Airport La Aurora International Airport (, ) serves Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is located south of Guatemala City's center and from Antigua Guatemala. It is administered by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (Guatemala), General Directora ...
. It mainly operates charter flights throughout the country. One of its planes was hired by the
Guatemalan Air Force The Guatemalan Air Force ( []) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Guatemala. The FAG is a subordinate to the Military of Guatemala, Guatemalan Military and its commanding officer reports to the Defence Minister. Mission ...
and temporarily based at Quetzaltenango Airport after
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in 2005, in order to provide help in remote areas. It is a member in the Association of Private Airlines of Guatemala. However, its current status (2008) is uncertain.


Code data

* Call-sign: Racsa


Fleet

The RACSA fleet included 2
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, TG-JSG (named Cunén); TG-NTR (named
Kaibil The Kaibiles are a special operations wing of the Armed Forces of Guatemala. They specialize in jungle warfare tactics and counter-insurgency operations. Since 1974, more than 1,250 soldiers have graduated from the international training pro ...
)


Destinations

* Charter flights throughout the country


References

{{Airlines of Guatemala Defunct airlines of Guatemala Airlines disestablished in 2009