CATA Línea Aérea was an airline

Airline

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 based in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

Argentina

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. It operated domestic scheduled and chartered flights, out of its base at Moron Airport

Mörön Airport

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, as well as from Ministro Pistarini International Airport

Ministro Pistarini International Airport

Ministro Pistarini International Airport , more commonly known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location within the Ezeiza Partido in the Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport located south-southwest of Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina...

, Aeroparque Jorge Newbery

Aeroparque Jorge Newbery

-Accidents and incidents:*On 17 December 1969, an Austral Líneas Aéreas C-46 Commando, lost engine 1 due to fuel exhaustion shortly after take-off. The plane failed to gain height and made a crash landing in a small sport field...

, Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport

Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport

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, and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1986. It was wholly owned by Grupo Pesquera ICS Argentina. All flights were suspended since 2006, and bankruptcy was formally declared on March 28, 2008.

Fleet

The CATA fleet included the following aircraft:

• 5 Fairchild Hiller FH-227
  Fairchild Hiller FH-227
  The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 were versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States...
  
  
• 1 IAI Arava
  IAI Arava
  |-See also:-References:* Cohen, Irvine J. "Arava: Israel's first-born bids for world market". Air Enthusiast International, February 1974, Vol 6, No 2. pp. 55–61, 92–93....