at
Manuel Márquez de León International Airport in 1981 The airline was founded in La Paz, Mexico in 1960 as an
air taxi operator using a fleet of
Cessna and
Beechcraft airplanes, initially known as
Servicios Aéreos. By the early 1980s the demand for domestic charter flights had grown enough that the larger
Douglas DC-3 was added to the fleet. Scheduled services were launched in June 1982, initially interlinking La Paz,
Tijuana and
Hermosillo using one
Convair 340. In 1989, international scheduled jet flights commenced, with
Los Angeles being the first destination. By late 1989, the airline was also serving
Phoenix and
Tucson besides Los Angeles in the U.S. In 1992,
San Diego had been added to the list of cities served by Aero California in the U.S. By 1995, the fleet had been upgraded to only include jet aircraft of various
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 subtypes. On April 3, 2006 all operations of Aero California were suspended by the Mexican
Secretariat of Communications and Transport, for alleged deficiencies of administrative and operative nature. It was given 90 days to correct the problems and was able to resume services on August 11, 2006. On July 23, 2008 (at a time when the route network consisted of 17 domestic destinations), the airline was again suspended, this time due to an alleged debt with the Mexican Air Traffic Control (SENEAM). This prompted a labor strike of the employees on August 5, which technically continues to the present day. Aero California's
license still remains valid to this day. ==Fleet==