Structure on the success of the 707, the Boeing 727 entered business solution on February 1 st, 1964 with Eastern Air Lines. Nearly 1, 900 devices were created in between 1963 and 1984, when it was changed by newer versions of the Boeing 737 and the brand new 757
Throughout the years, guest airlines began to retire their Boeing 727 s from service, to be replaced by even more contemporary airplane. This meant that numerous Boeing 727 s appeared for usage, with freight airlines keen to include the workhorse into their fleets.
At the time of publication, around 15 Boeing 727 – 200 s belong to cargo airlines worldwide. Latin America is one of the few markets where the 727 s still operate, in 3 various airlines, every one of them freight service providers.
Air Course Cargo is a Uruguayan airline company based at Montevideo Airport (MVD/SUMU) in Uruguay Its fleet includes two Boeing 727 – 200 (F) and three Metro 23 airplane, flying to Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ) and Asunción (ASU/SGAS) , in Argentina and Paraguay , specifically, along with operating special flights for musical bands to transfer all their tools for their shows.
The Uruguayan airline company added its very first Boeing 727 (F) in April 2011, during its first fleet growth, as it had actually been operating with City and Embraer 110 Brasilia airplane. This 727 has the registration CX-CAR and continues to fly for Air Course.
In October 2015 , the 2nd airplane was gotten, which was registered as CX-CLB. Adhering to simply over a year flying for Air Course, the 727 was retired in January 2017 and integrated by Aerosucre , a well-known South American airline company because of its specific procedures.
Air Course ran solely with the Boeing 727 – 214 (Adv)(F) registration CX-CAR up until October 2022, when it confirmed the addition of one more Boeing 727 truck. In this situation, it originated from Sideral, a Brazilian freight airline company that was retiring these airplane from routine service.
This airplane belonged to Sideral, although it previously came from Rio Linhas Aéreas, one more Brazilian cargo service provider to which Sideral had actually leased its aircraft prior to discontinuing operations.
Fleet
| Airplane | Registration | Age | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 727 – 214 (Adv)(F) | CX-CAR | 45 years | Cargo |
| Boeing 727 – 264 (Adv)(F) | CX-CLC | 42 years | Freight |
The world-famous Colombian airline company Aerosucre Líneas Aéreas (A 4/ KRE) inducted its first Boeing 727 in March 1992, a Boeing 727 – 100 configured for traveler procedures however utilized for cargo transportation. HK- 1717 and HK- 727 were the enrollment varieties of Aerosucre’s two Boeing 727 – 100 s, being retired in 2015 after greater than 50 years of service.
Aerosucre currently has two Boeing 727 – 200 (Adv)(F) airplane, with registration numbers HK- 5216 and HK- 5239 Bogotá’s El Dorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) is the primary base for these airplane, 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) , computer registry HK- 5216, has identification number 21996 and made its very first flight on January 12 th, 1980 It was converted to a freighter in 2003, following 23 years of passenger airline procedures, serving Braniff, USAir, and American Trans Air.
Air Course, after that Aerosucre
In 2002 , the aircraft was included by DHL, starting freight procedures on J anuary 31 st, 2003 It was part of the DHL Team until 2015, flying for DHL Aeronautics in Europe up until September 2009, showing up in South America for the very first time in October 2009 with Vensecar Internacional, a Venezuelan cargo airline subsidiary of DHL Aviation.
On May 21 st, 2015, one month after being retired from Vensecar Internacional, this Boeing 727 joined Air Course Freight, the Uruguayan freight airline company. It obtained the Uruguayan registration CX-CLB and run in Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay until February 2017, when it joined Aerosucre with the registration number HK- 5216
Aerosucre strategies to change its 2 45 -year-old Boeing 727 s with other Boeing 737 s. According to our data source, the ordinary age of the Aerosucre fleet is around 40 years, with the Boeing 737 – 400 (F) being its most recent airplane, which are 32 to 33 years old.
Fleet
| Airplane | Registration | Age | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 727 – 227 (Adv)(F) | HK- 5216 | 45 years | Cargo |
| Boeing 727 – 223 (Adv)(F) | HK- 5239 | 44 years | Cargo |
Solar Cargo is a Venezuelan airline company founded in February 2001 and based at Maiquetía International Airport Terminal (CCS/SVMI), situated north of Caracas Operations began quickly thereafter with t hree Antonov An- 26 aircraft, flying mostly between Venezuela and the USA.
As a result of the pandemic and the serious economic crisis in Venezuela, Solar Freight discontinued procedures in 2020, although it had actually not had any type of functional aircraft for a long time, as the Antonov An- 26 s had actually been taken out in 2013 , and its DC- 10 – 30 F, included in 2012, was not much longer in service.
In 2024, Estelar Latinoamérica, a Venezuelan traveler airline company, acquired Solar Freight, resuming procedures on May 10 th, 2025, using a Boeing 727
The aircraft in question is a 43 -year-old Boeing 727 – 2 X 3 (Adv)(F), presently signed up as YV 665 T , which formerly operated for Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas, an additional South American cargo airline Caracas continues to be as Solar Freight’s base, running trips within Venezuela and to Colombia and the Caribbean
Fleet
| Aircraft | Registration | Age | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 727 – 2 X 3 (Adv) | YV 665 T | 43 years | Cargo |
| Boeing 727 – 2 | YV | 48 years | Freight |
Solar Cargo intends to add a second Boeing 727 to its fleet soon.
On May 30 th, 2025, UniWorld Air Cargo (U 7/ UCG) , a Panamanian cargo airline running in Aruba, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, and Venezuela, retired its last Boeing 727 – 200, which was registered HP- 1939 UCG and had actually been integrated in May 2023
This aircraft began flying in October 1981 with Eastern Air Lines, under enrollment number N 815 EA , being converted into a truck in October 2004 after joining Capital Cargo International Airlines, a US cargo airline that stopped services in September 2019
As you can see in our database, on May 30 th, 2025 at 10: 52 neighborhood time, it departed from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City bound for Havana , and later that day to Saltillo, a Mexican city in the north of the country. Since then, the aircraft has been parked there.
At the time of magazine, Air Course Líneas Aéreas, Aerosucre, and Solar Freight are the Latin American airlines operating Boeing 727 s on freight trips, with these being the main routes flown, as per our data.
| Airline company | From | To | Trip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Course | Montevideo (MVD) | Buenos Aires (EZE) | VZ 101 |
| Air Course | Buenos Aires (EZE) | Asunción (ASU) | VZ 102 |
| Air Course | Asunción (ASU) | Buenos Aires (EZE) | VZ 103 |
| Air Course | Buenos Aires (EZE) | Montevideo (MVD) | VZ 104 |
| Air Class | Buenos Aires (EZE) | Montevideo (MVD) | VZ 105 |
| Air Course | Buenos Aires (EZE) | Asunción (ASU) | VZ 106 |
| Air Class | Asunción (ASU) | Montevideo (MVD) | VZ 107 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Barranquilla (BAQ) | A 4140 |
| Aerosucre | Barranquilla (BAQ) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4141 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Leticia (LET) | A 4142 |
| Aerosucre | Leticia (LET) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4143 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Medellín (MDE) | A 4144 |
| Aerosucre | Medellín (MDE) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4145 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Cali (CLO) | A 4146 |
| Aerosucre | Cali (CLO) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4147 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Arauca (AUC) | A 4156 |
| Aerosucre | Arauca (AUC) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4157 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Panama City (PTY) | A 4170 |
| Aerosucre | Panama City (PTY) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4171 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Caracas (CCS) | A 4172 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Valencia (VLN) | A 4172 |
| Aerosucre | Caracas (CCS) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4173 |
| Aerosucre | Valencia (VLN) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4173 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Willemstad (CUR) | A 4184 |
| Aerosucre | Willemstad (CUR) | Oranjestad (AUA) | A 4185 |
| Aerosucre | Oranjestad (AUA) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4183 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Caracas (CCS) | A 4272 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Valencia (VLN) | A 4272 |
| Aerosucre | Caracas (CCS) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4273 |
| Aerosucre | Valencia (VLN) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4273 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Panama City (PTY) | A 4305 |
| Aerosucre | Panama City (PTY) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4306 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Caracas (CCS) | A 4372 |
| Aerosucre | Caracas (CCS) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 4373 |
| Aerosucre | Bogotá (BOG) | Panama City (PTY) | A 42170 |
| Aerosucre | Panama City (PTY) | Bogotá (BOG) | A 42171 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Maracaibo (MAR) | OLC 6445 |
| Solar | Maracaibo (MAR) | Bogotá (BOG) | OLC 6451 |
| Solar | Bogotá (BOG) | Caracas (CCS) | OLC 6450 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Maracaibo (MAR) | OLC 6445 |
| Solar | Maracaibo (MAR) | Willemstad (CUR) | OLC 6463 |
| Solar | Willemstad (CUR) | Caracas (CCS) | OLC 6448 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Willemstad (CUR) | OLC 6447 |
| Solar | Willemstad (CUR) | Caracas (CCS) | OLC 6448 |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Bogotá (BOG) | OLC 6449 |
| Solar | Bogotá (BOG) | Caracas (CCS) | OLC 6450 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Bogotá (BOG) | OLC 6453 |
| Solar | Bogotá (BOG) | Valencia (VLN) | OLC 6456 |
| Solar | Valencia (VLN) | Caracas (CCS) | OLC 6460 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Bogotá (BOG) | OLC 6461 |
| Solar | Bogotá (BOG) | Valencia (VLN) | OLC 6461 |
| Solar | Valencia (VLN) | Maracaibo (MAR) | OLC 6465 |
| Solar | Maracaibo (MAR) | Willemstad (CUR) | OLC 6463 |
| Solar | Willemstad (CUR) | Caracas (CCS) | OLC 6448 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Porlamar (PMV) | OLC 6441 |
| Solar | Porlamar (PMV) | Maracaibo (MAR) | OLC 6442 |
| Solar | Maracaibo (MAR) | Bogotá (BOG) | OLC 6451 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Solar | Caracas (CCS) | Valencia (VLN) | OLC 6456 |
| Solar | Valencia (VLN) | Willemstad (CUR) | OLC 6467 |
| Solar | Willemstad (CUR) | Caracas (CCS) | OLC 6448 |
The Boeing 727 was one of the major narrow-body airplane run in South America, along with in Central America and the Caribbean.
In terms of traveler airplane, Aero Continente, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aerosur, Avensa, Avianca, Cruzeiro do Sul, Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, LAN Chile, Mexicana de Aviación, Pluna, Servivensa, TAESA, TAME, Overall Linhas Aéreas, VARIG, VASP, and Viasa were a few of the main historical Latin American drivers of the Boeing 727
- CX-CAR · Boeing 727 – 214 (Adv)(F) · Air Course
- 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
- YV 665 T · Boeing 727 – 2 X 3 (Adv)(F) · Solar Cargo
Cover photo: © Ezequiel Arpajou– JetPhotos (Montevideo Carrasco International Airport Terminal, Uruguay)