[3] Aerosucre has been involved in a number of accidents and incidents during its lifetime, and more recently[update], internet videos have emerged showcasing reckless behavior by its pilots.

[4][5] Aerosucre was founded by Juan Carlos Solano Recio in Barranquilla in 1969, and began flight operations as an air taxi company in the spring of 1970, with a Piper PA-28.

By the spring of 1975, the company was focused primarily on freight transport, although it was still allowed to carry a maximum of five passengers on the flights.

Its first jet aircraft, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, was purchased in August 1982, from Spanish company Transeuropa.

Following a June 20, 1991 crash that killed two, passengers reported that they had been forced to lie down on the floor of the plane, because the aircraft had no seats.