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WB
  
SAN

Hubs
  
Guayaquil

Parent company
  
SAETA

Founded
  
1964

Parent organization
  
SAETA

SAN
  
AEREOS

Destinations
  
2

Headquarters
  
Guayaquil, Ecuador

Fleet size
  
0

Hub
  
Guayaquil

SAN Ecuador (Servicios Aéreos Nacionales) is a defunct airline which was based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was the domestic branch of also defunct SAETA. Founded in 1964, it flew a fleet of DC-3, Vickers Viscount, Caravelle and later two Boeing 727-100 and one Boeing 727-200. SAN ceased operations in 1999.

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Fleet

  • Boeing 727 (1980-1999)
  • Douglas C-47 (1964)
  • Sud Caravelle (1975)
  • Vickers Viscount 800 (from 1970, last one retired in 1981)

    • Accidents and incidents

  • On 4 September 1977, Vickers Viscount HC-IBL crashed into a mountain in the Cajas Mountains killing all 33 people on board.
  • On 29 December 1977, Vickers Viscount HC-BEM crashed into a hill near Cuenca. All 24 people on board were killed.
  • On 8 October 1982, Vickers Viscount HC-ATV was damaged beyond economic repair at Mariscal Lamar Airport, Cuenca.

    • References

    SAN Ecuador Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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