Constructing on the success of the 707, the Boeing 727 entered industrial service on February 1st, 1964 with Jap Air Traces. Almost 1,900 models had been produced between 1963 and 1984, when it was changed by newer fashions of the Boeing 737 and the all-new 757.
Over time, passenger airways started to retire their Boeing 727s from service, to be changed by extra trendy plane. This meant that a number of Boeing 727s turned obtainable to be used, with cargo airways eager to include the workhorse into their fleets.
On the time of publication, round 15 Boeing 727-200s are a part of cargo airways worldwide. Latin America is likely one of the few markets the place the 727s nonetheless function, in three completely different airways, all of them cargo carriers.
Air Class
Air Class Cargo is a Uruguayan airline primarily based at Montevideo Airport (MVD/SUMU) in Uruguay. Its fleet consists of two Boeing 727-200(F) and three Metro 23 plane, flying to Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ) and Asunción (ASU/SGAS), in Argentina and Paraguay, respectively, in addition to working particular flights for musical bands to move all their gear for his or her exhibits.
The Uruguayan airline added its first Boeing 727(F) in April 2011, throughout its first fleet enlargement, because it had been working with Metro and Embraer 110 Brasilia plane. This 727 has the registration CX-CAR and continues to fly for Air Class.
In October 2015, the second plane was acquired, which was registered as CX-CLB. Following simply over a 12 months flying for Air Class, the 727 was retired in January 2017 and integrated by Aerosucre, a well-known South American airline attributable to its explicit operations.
Air Class operated solely with the Boeing 727-214(Adv)(F) registration CX-CAR till October 2022, when it confirmed the addition of one other Boeing 727 freighter. On this case, it got here from Sideral, a Brazilian cargo airline that was retiring these plane from common service.
This plane was a part of Sideral, though it beforehand belonged to Rio Linhas Aéreas, one other Brazilian cargo service to which Sideral had leased its plane previous to ceasing operations.
Fleet
AircraftRegistrationAgeType
Boeing 727-214(Adv)(F)CX-CAR45 yearsCargo
Boeing 727-264(Adv)(F)CX-CLC42 yearsCargo
Aerosucre
The world-famous Colombian airline Aerosucre Líneas Aéreas (A4/KRE) inducted its first Boeing 727 in March 1992, a Boeing 727-100 configured for passenger operations however used for cargo transport. HK-1717 and HK-727 had been the registration numbers of Aerosucre’s two Boeing 727-100s, being retired in 2015 after greater than 50 years of service.
Aerosucre at present has two Boeing 727-200(Adv)(F) plane, with registration numbers HK-5216 and HK-5239. Bogotá’s El Dorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) is the primary base for these plane, with Arauca, Barquisimeto, Barranquilla, Cali, Caracas, Las Piedras, Medellín, Puerto Carreño, and Willemstad as a few of its locations.
The Boeing 727-227(Adv)(F), registry HK-5216, has serial quantity 21996 and made its first flight on January twelfth, 1980. It was transformed to a freighter in 2003, following 23 years of passenger airline operations, serving Braniff, USAir, and American Trans Air.
Air Class, then Aerosucre
In 2002, the plane was integrated by DHL, beginning cargo operations on January thirty first, 2003. It was a part of the DHL Group till 2015, flying for DHL Aviation in Europe till September 2009, arriving in South America for the primary time in October 2009 with Vensecar Internacional, a Venezuelan cargo airline subsidiary of DHL Aviation.
On Could twenty first, 2015, one month after being retired from Vensecar Internacional, this Boeing 727 joined Air Class Cargo, the Uruguayan cargo airline. It acquired the Uruguayan registration CX-CLB and operated in Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay till February 2017, when it joined Aerosucre with the registration quantity HK-5216.
Aerosucre plans to exchange its two 45-year-old Boeing 727s with different Boeing 737s. In accordance with our database, the typical age of the Aerosucre fleet is round 40 years, with the Boeing 737-400(F) being its latest plane, that are 32 to 33 years previous.
Fleet
AircraftRegistrationAgeType
Boeing 727-227(Adv)(F)HK-521645 yearsCargo
Boeing 727-223(Adv)(F)HK-523944 yearsCargo
Photo voltaic Cargo
Photo voltaic Cargo is a Venezuelan airline based in February 2001 and primarily based at Maiquetía Worldwide Airport (CCS/SVMI), situated north of Caracas. Operations started shortly thereafter with three Antonov An-26 plane, flying primarily between Venezuela and america.
As a results of the pandemic and the extreme financial disaster in Venezuela, Photo voltaic Cargo ceased operations in 2020, though it had not had any operational plane for fairly some time, because the Antonov An-26s had been withdrawn in 2013, and its DC-10-30F, integrated in 2012, was not longer in service.
In 2024, Estelar Latinoamérica, a Venezuelan passenger airline, acquired Photo voltaic Cargo, resuming operations on Could tenth, 2025, utilizing a Boeing 727.
The plane in query is a 43-year-old Boeing 727-2X3(Adv)(F), at present registered as YV665T, which beforehand operated for Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas, one other South American cargo airline. Caracas stays as Photo voltaic Cargo’s base, working flights inside Venezuela and to Colombia and the Caribbean.
Fleet
AircraftRegistrationAgeType
Boeing 727-2X3(Adv)YV665T43 yearsCargo
Boeing 727-2YV48 yearsCargo
Photo voltaic Cargo plans so as to add a second Boeing 727 to its fleet shortly.
UniWorld
On Could thirtieth, 2025, UniWorld Air Cargo (U7/UCG), a Panamanian cargo airline working in Aruba, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, and Venezuela, retired its final Boeing 727-200, which was registered HP-1939UCG and had been integrated in Could 2023.
This plane began flying in October 1981 with Jap Air Traces, beneath registration quantity N815EA, being transformed right into a freighter in October 2004 after becoming a member of Capital Cargo Worldwide Airways, a US cargo airline that ceased providers in September 2019.
As you may see in our database, on Could thirtieth, 2025 at 10:52 native time, it departed from Tocumen Worldwide Airport in Panama Metropolis sure for Havana, and later that day to Saltillo, a Mexican metropolis within the north of the nation. Since then, the plane has been parked there.
On the time of publication, Air Class Líneas Aéreas, Aerosucre, and Photo voltaic Cargo are the Latin American airways working Boeing 727s on cargo flights, with these being the primary routes flown, as per our information.
Routes
AirlineFromToFlight
Air ClassMontevideo (MVD)Buenos Aires (EZE)VZ101
Air ClassBuenos Aires (EZE)Asunción (ASU)VZ102
Air ClassAsunción (ASU)Buenos Aires (EZE)VZ103
Air ClassBuenos Aires (EZE)Montevideo (MVD)VZ104
Air ClassBuenos Aires (EZE)Montevideo (MVD)VZ105
Air ClassBuenos Aires (EZE)Asunción (ASU)VZ106
Air ClassAsunción (ASU)Montevideo (MVD)VZ107
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AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Barranquilla (BAQ)A4140
AerosucreBarranquilla (BAQ)Bogotá (BOG)A4141
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Leticia (LET)A4142
AerosucreLeticia (LET)Bogotá (BOG)A4143
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Medellín (MDE)A4144
AerosucreMedellín (MDE)Bogotá (BOG)A4145
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Cali (CLO)A4146
AerosucreCali (CLO)Bogotá (BOG)A4147
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Arauca (AUC)A4156
AerosucreArauca (AUC)Bogotá (BOG)A4157
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Panama Metropolis (PTY)A4170
AerosucrePanama Metropolis (PTY)Bogotá (BOG)A4171
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Caracas (CCS)A4172
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Valencia (VLN)A4172
AerosucreCaracas (CCS)Bogotá (BOG)A4173
AerosucreValencia (VLN)Bogotá (BOG)A4173
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Willemstad (CUR)A4184
AerosucreWillemstad (CUR)Oranjestad (AUA)A4185
AerosucreOranjestad (AUA)Bogotá (BOG)A4183
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Caracas (CCS)A4272
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Valencia (VLN)A4272
AerosucreCaracas (CCS)Bogotá (BOG)A4273
AerosucreValencia (VLN)Bogotá (BOG)A4273
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Panama Metropolis (PTY)A4305
AerosucrePanama Metropolis (PTY)Bogotá (BOG)A4306
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Caracas (CCS)A4372
AerosucreCaracas (CCS)Bogotá (BOG)A4373
AerosucreBogotá (BOG)Panama Metropolis (PTY)A42170
AerosucrePanama Metropolis (PTY)Bogotá (BOG)A42171
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SolarCaracas (CCS)Maracaibo (MAR)OLC6445
SolarMaracaibo (MAR)Bogotá (BOG)OLC6451
SolarBogotá (BOG)Caracas (CCS)OLC6450
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SolarCaracas (CCS)Maracaibo (MAR)OLC6445
SolarMaracaibo (MAR)Willemstad (CUR)OLC6463
SolarWillemstad (CUR)Caracas (CCS)OLC6448
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SolarCaracas (CCS)Willemstad (CUR)OLC6447
SolarWillemstad (CUR)Caracas (CCS)OLC6448
SolarCaracas (CCS)Bogotá (BOG)OLC6449
SolarBogotá (BOG)Caracas (CCS)OLC6450
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SolarCaracas (CCS)Bogotá (BOG)OLC6453
SolarBogotá (BOG)Valencia (VLN)OLC6456
SolarValencia (VLN)Caracas (CCS)OLC6460
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SolarCaracas (CCS)Bogotá (BOG)OLC6461
SolarBogotá (BOG)Valencia (VLN)OLC6461
SolarValencia (VLN)Maracaibo (MAR)OLC6465
SolarMaracaibo (MAR)Willemstad (CUR)OLC6463
SolarWillemstad (CUR)Caracas (CCS)OLC6448
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SolarCaracas (CCS)Porlamar (PMV)OLC6441
SolarPorlamar (PMV)Maracaibo (MAR)OLC6442
SolarMaracaibo (MAR)Bogotá (BOG)OLC6451
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SolarCaracas (CCS)Valencia (VLN)OLC6456
SolarValencia (VLN)Willemstad (CUR)OLC6467
SolarWillemstad (CUR)Caracas (CCS)OLC6448
The Boeing 727 was one of many foremost narrow-body plane operated in South America, in addition to in Central America and the Caribbean.
By way of passenger plane, Aero Continente, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aerosur, Avensa, Avianca, Cruzeiro do Sul, Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, LAN Chile, Mexicana de Aviación, Pluna, Servivensa, TAESA, TAME, Whole Linhas Aéreas, VARIG, VASP, and Viasa had been a few of the foremost historic Latin American operators of the Boeing 727.
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To trace Boeing 727s on Flightradar
CX-CAR · Boeing 727-214(Adv)(F) · Air Class
CX-CLC · Boeing 727-264(Adv)(F) · Air Class
HK-5216 · Boeing 727-227(Adv)(F) · Aerosucre
HK-5239 · Boeing 727-223(Adv)(F) · Aerosucre
YV665T · Boeing 727-2X3(Adv)(F) · Photo voltaic Cargo
Cowl photograph: © Ezequiel Arpajou – JetPhotos (Montevideo Carrasco Worldwide Airport, Uruguay)
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