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procedures with the
Mexican Civil Aviation Federal Agency, leaving passengers stranded. Calafia Airlines had faced a complex recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The company carried 49,698 passengers between January and June 2023, a 34.5% recovery versus the same period in 2019. According to data from the Mexican government, Calafia Airlines only had one aircraft in its fleet at the end of 2023’s second quarter. This aircraft is an
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Calafia started operations in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur. The company offered a variety of services, encompassing air taxi, charter flights, and short-distance tourist flights. Initially, the company owned two compact Cessna C206 aircraft and a Cessna Caravan with
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Airlines was named Aéreo Calafia until mid-2016 when it rebranded itself as Calafia Airlines as part of a rebranding project and commercial expansion announcing plans for new routes within Mexico and international destinations.
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1480:List of airline holding companies
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1352:Coculum Aeronáutica
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904:(October 2019): 21.
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572:A Calafia Airlines
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99:Calafia Plus
1437:Republicair
1279:Aerodavinci
922:November 2,
722:5 Nov 2007
604:Passengers
598:In service
479:Guadalajara
212:grey whales
1495:Categories
1367:Global Air
1283:Aerolinair
1274:Aerocaribe
1269:Aerocancun
1249:Aero Feliz
1085:Aeroméxico
886:2016-02-19
758:References
710:Passengers
540:Hermosillo
523:Los Mochis
500:Nuevo León
150:, legally
104:Fleet size
1417:Mexicargo
1264:Aero León
1213:AeroUnion
1146:Señor Air
1126:Aerotucán
1022:Companies
595:Aircraft
506:Monterrey
457:Chihuahua
451:Chihuahua
214:, at the
1422:Nova Air
1372:Interjet
1177:Aeromaan
1034:Aviation
731:Culiacán
705:Location
700:Aircraft
636:—
620:—
393:Mexicali
344:Mazatlán
324:Culiacán
61:CALAFIA
49:Callsign
1442:Quassar
1357:DGO Jet
1332:Aviacsa
1292:Aeromar
1233:Defunct
1223:Mas Air
1165:Charter
1095:Volaris
996:Portals
735:Sinaloa
601:Orders
517:Sinaloa
473:Jalisco
383:Tijuana
334:Guasave
318:Sinaloa
202:History
192:Calafia
188:Embraer
136:Website
70:Founded
1392:MAYAir
1342:Avolar
1187:FlyMex
1182:AVIESA
1010:Mexico
690:Flight
630:Total
607:Notes
534:Sonora
430:Loreto
420:La Paz
355:Sonora
236:La Paz
234:, and
228:Loreto
184:Loreto
180:La Paz
164:Mexico
129:Mexico
1377:LaTur
1196:Cargo
1131:Aerus
564:Fleet
1447:SARO
949:2024
924:2022
719:126
695:Date
182:and
79:Hubs
73:1993
58:CFV
44:ICAO
39:IATA
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