# TANS Perú

TANS Perú, an acronym for Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Selva, was a Peruvian airline based in Lima. The airline was headquartered at the Miraflores District in the capital city of the country. Completely state-owned, the carrier operated scheduled domestic passenger and cargo services from its main base at Jorge Chávez International Airport.

## History

TANS (also known as Grupo Aéreo de Transporte 42 was established in 1963 as an arm of the Peruvian Air Force, based at the remote city of Iquitos, inaccessible by road, and tasked with providing scheduled airline flights, together with fulfilling search and rescue and medevac needs. In 1988, its fleet consisted of a mixture of Pilatus PC-6 Porters and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters, mainly operating as floatplanes. Although its missions were mainly civilian, it remained part of the Air Force until 1999, being granted civil certification in November 1999.$^{:232–233}$
At March 2000 (2000-03), the fleet included three Boeing 737-200s, seven de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, one Fokker F-28 Mk1000 and five HAMC Y-12-IIs; at this time, services to Arequipa, Chiclayo, Cuzco, Iquitos, Juanjuí, Juliaca, Lima, Piura, Pucallpa, Rioja, Trujillo and Yurimaguas were operated. In January 2006 (2006-01) the airline's license was suspended by the Peruvian Government.

## Destinations

TANS Perú served the following destinations throughout its history:
| City | Airport code | Airport code | Airport name | Notes |
| City | IATA | ICAO | Airport name | Notes |
| Peru |||||
| Arequipa | AQP | SPQU | Rodríguez Ballón International Airport | |
| Cuzco | CUZ | SPZO | Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport | |
| Iquitos | IQT | SPQT | Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport | |
| Juliaca | JUL | SPJL | Inca Manco Cápac International Airport | |
| Lima | LIM | SPIM | Jorge Chávez International Airport | Hub |
| Piura | PIU | SPUR | Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport | |
| Pucallpa | PCL | SPCL | FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport | |
| Puerto Maldonado | PEM | SPTU | Padre Aldamiz International Airport | |
| Tarapoto | TPP | SPST | Cad. FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes Airport | |
| Tumbes | TBP | SPME | Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport | |

## Accidents and incidents

Aviation Safety Network records six accidents/incidents for the airline, of which five led to fatalities; the number of casualties involved in these deadly accidents totals 105. All the events the airline experienced throughout its history carried with the hull-loss of the aircraft involved. Following is the list of these events.
| Date | Location | Aircraft | Tail number | Fate | Fatalities | Description of the event |
| 27 August 1992 | San Antonio del Estrecho | Twin Otter 300 | OB-1153 | W/O | 8/21 | The pilot attempted to land the aircraft on the Algodón River following the loss of power. Hit trees on approach and crashed. |
| 21 October 1992 | Lake Caballochoa | Twin Otter 300 | OB-1155 | W/O | 8/11 | Crashed into a lake following an engine failure. |
| 14 May 1993 | Atalaya | Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II | OB-1499 | W/O | 0 | Overran the runway on landing. |
| 4 April 1995 | Iquitos | Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II | OB-1498 | W/O | 3/3 | Crashed during initial climbout, shortly after takeoff from Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport. |
| 9 January 2003 | Chachapoyas | Fokker F-28-1000 | OB-1396 | W/O | 46/46 | The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic scheduled Lima–Chiclayo–Chachapoyas passenger service as Flight 222. Crashed into Cerro Coloque [es] on approach to the final destination airport. |
| 23 August 2005 | Pucallpa | Boeing 737-200 | OB-1809-P | W/O | 40/98 | Crash-landed in a swampland on approach to Pucallpa Airport amid a hail storm. Was operating a domestic scheduled Lima–Pucallpa–Iquitos passenger service as Flight 204. |