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Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2006 | ||||||
Hubs |
Jorge Chávez International Airport Miami International Airport |
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Alliance |
Centurion Air Cargo Master Top Airlines |
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Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 22 | ||||||
Company slogan | para ayudarlo a llegar lejos (to help you go farther) | ||||||
Parent company | AMC (Alliance Management Center) | ||||||
Headquarters | Callao, Peru | ||||||
Key people | Orestes Romero (CEO) Tony D'Silva (Sales Director) |
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Website | http://www.cielos-airlines.com |
Centurion Air Cargo, commonly known by its old name Cielos del Peru, is a cargo airline based in Callao, Lima, Peru. It operates scheduled, ad hoc and contract charter domestic and international cargo services. Its main base is Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima.
The airline was established in 1997 and started operations in 1998. On 31 January 1998, Export Air was merged into the company after Cielos acquired its outstanding stock. It is owned by Alfonso Conrado Rey (70%), Francisco Berniwson (15%) and Manuel Eduardo Francesqui Navarro (15%).
It started operations with a Boeing 707 and a leased McDonnell Douglas MD-11. The fleet grew to a total of 8 aircraft at the end of 2006.
Cielos Airlines operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of June 2006):
The Cielos Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2012):
The airplanes in the Cielos Airlines fleet were christened Petete, Petete II, Petete III, ... Named after (the nickname of) the airline owner’s son, with Petete meaning pacifier in the owner's local language.