Aero Costa Rica

Aero Costa Rica was an airline based in Costa Rica. It has ceased operations.

Fleet and History

Aero Costa Rica ACORI, S.A. started service on May 11, 1992 with two Boeing 727-200 Ex-Pan Am (N353PA and N354PA) in route San José-Miami as its only destination network. In July 1992 flight ML 211 made and emergency landing in Grand Cayman when the flight engineer forgot to open and auxiliary fuel valve after taking off from Miami. Later that year route San José-San Pedro Sula-Orlando was inaugurated but company decided to drop it off four months later. In 1993 fleet was changed from 2 Boeing 727-200 to 2 Boeing 737-200 (N170PL and N171PL); with this flight equipment routes from San José to Atlanta (ATL) and San Andrés Islas (ADZ) were added. In the mid-1990s the airline also had a Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to San Jose (ICAO-MROC / FAA, IATA - SJO) route Due to serious financial difficulties and bad administration, both 737s were returned to the lessor at the end of 1994. In 1995 the airline purchased a Boeing 727-100 (ex-American Airlines N1974) named "Por Fin". This aircraft remais parked in Miami. The company wet-leased aircraft and crews from Falcon Air of Miami from October 1996 until July 1997,From July 1997 through September 1997 the Company Wet leased 727's (N12304 /N203AV )including crews from Nations Air Express based in Atlanta GA.Nation's Air flew routes between San Jose and Miami and Orlando during that time frame, After which it finally collapsed. Owner Calixto Chaves Zamora intended to sell the airline to a Pakistani company based in Miami and represented by a Cuban-American named Osiris Rosario. The check Chaves received had no funds and the company could not remain in business any longer.