Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., doing business as Magnicharters, is an airline with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, operating domestic holiday flights out of Mexico City International Airport.
Magnicharters was established in 1994 and started operations in January 1995. Focusing on the domestic tourism market, it mainly serves the major beach resorts of the country.
As of June 2014, the following domestic destinations are served on a scheduled basis:
Mexico Origin Cities
Mexico City - Mexico City International Airport base
Guadalajara - Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport
León, Guanajuato - Del Bajío International Airport
Monterrey - Monterrey International Airport
Mexico Destination Resorts
Acapulco - Acapulco International Airport
Cancún - Cancún International Airport
Riviera Maya - Cancún International Airport
Huatulco - Bahías de Huatulco International Airport
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo - Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport
Puerto Vallarta - Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
Nuevo Vallarta - Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
Mazatlán - General Rafael Buelna International Airport
San José del Cabo - Los Cabos International Airport
United States Destination Resorts (from Monterrey only)
Las Vegas - McCarran International Airport
Orlando - Orlando International Airport
Additionally, Magnicharters offers a wide range of charter flights.
The Magnicharters fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2017):
The Magnicharters fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of September 2015):
2 further Boeing 737-300
Accidents and incidents
On 14 September 2007 at 19:29 local time, the landing gear of a Magnicharters Boeing 737-200 (registered XA-MAC) collapsed upon landing at Guadalajara International Airport. The aircraft with 103 passengers and 6 crew members had been on Flight 582 from Cancún. Following the crash, an engine fire broke out, but the aircraft was evacuated in time, so that there were no fatalities.
On 27 April 2009 at approximately at 18:00 local time another undercarriage failure occurred with a Magnicharters Boeing 737-200 (registered XA-MAF) operating a flight from Cancún to Guadalajara, this time as Flight 585. Upon approaching Guadalajara International Airport, the landing gear could not be fully lowered, so the pilots had to perform a belly landing. There were no serious injuries among the 108 passengers and 8 crew on board.
On 26 November 2015 another landing gear problem on a Boeing 737-300 occurred and caused the left main leg to fail and sway the aircraft, fortunately without any injuries. A photo labelled "MEXICO AIRPORT FIRE DEPT" shows the left main gear leg displaced to the rear, with a broken wing root fairing. This points out not to a folded LG, but a structural failure.
