Фаусетт Перу: История Перуанской Авиакомпании

Defunct Peruvian airline

Compañía de Aviación Faucett, colloquially known simply as Faucett Perú or Faucett, was a Peruvian airline. It was headquartered on the grounds of Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima.

Elmer J. Faucett had been sent to Peru as a representative of the Curtiss Export Company, arriving in the country from the United States in 1920. Unreliable source: date=January 2023 With an initial investment of £2,500, In 1937, the airline absorbed Compañía de Aviación Peruana SA from Panagra. The cargo only airline Aeronaves del Peru became Faucett's biggest shareholder in 1982.

The 1990s economic liberalization under Alberto Fujimori, after years of economic and political chaos (as well as a violent Maoist insurgency), brought a series of measures aimed at the privatization and deregulation of the airline market. A series of short lived airlines sprung up during this decade (in the style of Russian Babyflots), state owned Aeroperú was partly sold to Mexican investors and the rise of low fare Aero Continente as the biggest domestic airline, contributed to the slow decline of Faucett. A series of high profile accidents, especially Faucett's crash in Arequipa and Aeroperú Flight 603 (both in 1996) affected the safety reputation of the Peruvian airline industry, with the US Embassy in Lima banning their employees from flying on Aero Continente and, more broadly, advising caution to US citizens flying on Peru's airlines. In the end, problems with the economic financial structure of the airline (with debts even with CORPAC for airport services), forced it to cease operations on 3 December 1997. Despite claiming that the 45 day closure would be temporary until government approval, all 1,250 employees were dismissed. Faucett incurred over US$1 million in debt. By 1998, the former directors and employees were engaged in legal battles over labor and management issues, as well as accusations over bankrupting the company. The airline was liquidated in 1999.