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Magnicharters
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Founded 1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Commenced operations January 1995 (1995-01)
AOC # 5MYF355F
Operating bases
Fleet size 5
Destinations 27
Headquarters Mexico City, Mexico

Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., known under the commercial name Magnicharters, is an airline with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, operating domestic holiday flights out of Mexico City International Airport.

History

The travel agency Magnitur was created in 1984. Magnicharters was established in 1994 by the Bojórquez family to fly the clients of Magnitur. It started operations in January 1995. Focusing on the domestic tourism market, it mainly serves the major beach resorts of the country.

Magnicharters was the first Mexican commercial airline to hire a woman pilot.

In 2000, Magnicharters was allowed to offer commercial flights (only charters and cargo flights before).

In 2014, Magnicharters invested $2.5 million to develop its fleet by 30%. That year, the airline started flights to the United States, from Monterrey to Las Vegas and Orlando.

In July 2017, to celebrate the 25 year-anniversary of the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Magnicharters presented 2 planes painted with the masks of Dr. Wagner Jr. and Psycho Clown.

Destinations

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Future destination
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Terminated destination
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Ref
Acapulco  MEX (Guerrero) ACA MMAA Acapulco International Airport
Aguascalientes  MEX (Aguascalientes) AGU MMAS Aguascalientes International Airport
Cancún  MEX (Quintana Roo) CUN MMUN Cancún International Airport
Chihuahua  MEX (Chihuahua) CUU MMCU Chihuahua International Airport
Cozumel  MEX (Quintana Roo) CZM MMCZ Cozumel International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth  USA (Texas) DFW KDFW Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Guadalajara  MEX (Jalisco) GDL MMGL Guadalajara International Airport
Havana Cuba (La Habana Province) HAV MUHA José Martí International Airport
Huatulco  MEX (Oaxaca) HUX MMBT Bahías de Huatulco International Airport
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo  MEX (Guerrero) ZIH MMZH Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport
Las Vegas United States (Nevada) LAS KLAS Harry Reid International Airport
León  MEX (Guanajuato) BJX MMLO Del Bajío International Airport
Manzanillo  MEX (Colima) ZLO MMZO Playa de Oro International Airport
Mazatlán  MEX (Sinaloa) MZT MMMZ Mazatlán International Airport
Mérida  MEX (Yucatán) MID MMMD Mérida International Airport
Mexico City  MEX (Mexico City) MEX MMMX Mexico City International Airport
 MEX (State of Mexico) NLU MMSM Felipe Ángeles International Airport
Monterrey  MEX (Nuevo León) MTY MMMY Monterrey International Airport
Orlando  USA (Florida) MCO KMCO Orlando International Airport
Palenque Mexico (Chiapas) PQM MMPQ Palenque International Airport
Puebla  MEX (Puebla) PBC MMPB Puebla International Airport
Puerto Vallarta  MEX (Jalisco) PVR MMPR Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
Punta Cana  DOM (La Altagracia Province) PUJ MDPC Punta Cana International Airport
Querétaro  MEX (Querétaro) QRO MMQT Querétaro Intercontinental Airport
San José del Cabo  MEX (Baja California Sur) SJD MMSD Los Cabos International Airport
San Luis Potosí  MEX (San Luis Potosí) SLP MMSP San Luis Potosí International Airport
Tuxtla Gutiérrez  MEX (Chiapas) TGZ MMTG Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport
Varadero Cuba (Matanzas Province) VRA MUVR Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport

Additionally, Magnicharters offers a wide range of charter flights.

Fleet

Magnicharters (7418482218)
Magnicharters Boeing 737-300
Magnicharters Boeing 737-222; XA-SYX, February 1997 AXP (5404398641)
A former Magnicharters Boeing 737-200 in 1997.

Current fleet

The Magnicharters fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2024):

Aircraft In Service On Order Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-300 5 140
Total 5

Former fleet

The Magnicharters fleet previously also included the following aircraft:

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.
  • In December 2014, a pilot of the airline was laid off for letting the singer Esmeralda Ugalde sit in the pilot's seat and take possession of the plane's control during a commercial flight. The singer had taken photos and posted them on Twitter.
  • In December 2014, the PROFECO suspended the commercial activity of Magnicharters because the company did not release its prices to the public.
  • 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, but 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.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Magnicharters para niños

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