Aerovias DAP (Las Aerolineas de la Patagonia) is an airline based in Punta Arenas, Chile. It operates scheduled and charter services in the southern Patagonia area, and also operates flights on behalf of the state-owned oil company, ENAP. Its main base is Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport, Punta Arenas^[1]. The airline also has a helicopter operation DAP Helicopteros. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport (IATA: PUQ, ICAO: SCCI) is an airport serving the city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile in the Patagonia region of South America. ... Memorial to Hernando de Magallanes in Punta Arenas. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Memorial to Hernando de Magallanes in Punta Arenas. ... Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport (IATA: PUQ, ICAO: SCCI) is an airport serving the city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile in the Patagonia region of South America. ... DAP Helicopteros is a Helicopter operator based in Punta Arenas, Chile. ...

History

The airline was established in 1979 and is wholly owned by the Pivcevic family^[1]. Its name DAP is the acronym of its creator, Domingo Andrés Pivcevic, a Punta Arenas businessman. Its first operations were between Punta Arenas, Porvenir, Puerto Natales and Coyhaique, with the first plane being the Twin Otter. The first flight to Antarctica took place on February 12, 1989, and usually these take place on the Southern Hemisphere's summer season, employing the Twin Otter, King Air 100 and (since 2003) the DHC-7 leased from Voyageur Airways of Canada.^{[citation needed]} Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Destinations

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Aerovias DAP operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): El Calafate, Porvenir, Puerto Williams, Punta Arenas and Ushuaia. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... El Calafate is a little village in Patagonia, Argentina. ... Founded in 1883 by immigrants from Croatia and Chiloe during a minor nineteenth century gold rush, Porvenir is the capital of the Chilean province of Tierra del Fuego. ... Puerto Williams in Tierra del Fuego Puerto Williams is a small Chilean port, located on Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. ... City of Punta Arenas Punta Arenas in Tierra del Fuego Sunrise view of the Strait of magellan Punta Arenas is the main city on the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, Chile, and depending on the definition of city... Ushuaia (pronounced ) is the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, and the worlds southernmost city. ...

Fleet

The Aerovias DAP fleet includes the following aircraft (at October 2006):^{[citation needed]}

• 1 Bombardier Dash 7
• 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
• 1 CASA 212-100(stored)
• 2 Cessna 402C
• 1 Beechcraft King Air 100

DAP Helicópteros fleet comprises A Dash-7 at Stanley The de Havilland Canada DHC-7, popularly the Dash 7, is a turboprop powered regional airliner with STOL capabilities. ... The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a 20-passenger STOL feederliner and utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. ... CASA C-212 of the Swedish Coast Guard. ... The Beechcraft King Air is a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon Aircraft). ...

• 4 Eurocopter AS355F TwinStar
• 5 Eurocopter Bo105S
• 1 Eurocopter ec135T1 (incorporated May 2007)

External links

• Aerovias DAP
• AeroRescate
• DAP Helicopteros

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 51. 

Airliner World magazine, november 2006 issue