Lettucian Airlines
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| Founded | 12 February 1990 | ||||||
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| Hubs | 6 de Octubre International Airport | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | RedMiles | ||||||
| Airport lounge | Lettuce Lounge | ||||||
| Fleet size | 65 | ||||||
| Destinations | 60 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Fly. Explore. Live | ||||||
| Parent company | Bolivarian Government of Lettuce | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hugo Chávez City, Lettuce | ||||||
| Key people | Ester Roa Rebolledo (CEO) | ||||||
| Employees | 12,540 (2015) | ||||||
Lettucian Airlines (Lettucian: Linyəs Mill-Aryu tal-Ħass), often referred to as simply Lettucian, is Lettuce's flag carrier airline and is wholly owned by the country's government. Lettucian was founded on 12 February 1990 and commenced operations on 3 March 1991, expanding to international flights in 1993. It operates domestic and international passenger and cargo services, mainly from its hub at 6 de Octubre International Airport in Hugo Chávez City.
Destinations
As of March 2016, Lettucian serves 60 destinations: 5 domestic destinations, and 55 international destinations across Internatia, and Outernatia. Several new destinations are added each year.
Lettucian has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Fleet
As of January 2017, the Lettucian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
| Lettucian Airlines Fleet | ||||||||
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| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Options | Passengers | Notes | |||
| F | C | Y | Total | |||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 12 | — | — | 0 | 12 | 138 | 150 | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 12 | 176 | 188 | Deliveries between 2015 and 2017 |
| Airbus A321neo | — | 10 | 11 | TBA | Deliveries begin in 2017 | |||
| Airbus A330-300 | 7 | — | — | 0 | 28 | 260 | 288 | To be replaced by the Airbus A330-900neo |
| Airbus A330-900neo | — | 15 | 20 | TBA | Deliveries begin 2019 | |||
| Airbus A380-800 | 5 | — | — | 8 | 48 | 461 | 517 | All aircraft have Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines |
| Boeing 737-800 | 12 | — | — | 0 | 8 | 156 | 164 | |
| Boeing 747-400 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 45 | 308 | 365 | To be phased out by 2017, replaced by the Boeing 747-8I |
| Boeing 747-8I | 5 | — | — | 6 | 48 | 314 | 368 | |
| Boeing 777-9 | — | 15 | — | TBA | Deliveries planned to start from 2020 | |||
| Sukhoi Superjet 100/95 | 6 | — | — | 0 | 12 | 75 | 87 | |
| Cargo Fleet | ||||||||
| Airbus A330-200F | 2 | — | — | N/A | Max. payload: 150,000 lb (68,000 kg) | |||
| Boeing 747-400ERF | 3 | — | — | N/A | Max. payload: 248,600 lb (112,760 kg) | |||
| Total | 65 | 43 | 31 | |||||