Aerovías DAP

DAP is a Chilean airline that operates charter and scheduled flights, with its base in Punta Arenas, Chile.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the company flew from Punta Arenas to the Falkland Islands, for which it soon incorporated two Boeing 727-100 units that operated the Santiago-Punta Arenas-Mount Pleasant route.

However, the three large commercial airlines in Chile (LAN Chile, Ladeco and National Airlines) worked together to bring prices down to fight the competition established by DAP, which finally retired from the market, filing a lawsuit citing unloyal competition.

Another of the air routes operated by Aerovías DAP is the flight from Punta Arenas to Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva base, located at aerodrome Teniente Rodolfo Marsh, in King George Island, on the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile.

The first flight to Antarctica took place on February 12, 1989 on the Twin Otter, later incorporating a King Air 100 for this operation.

Aerovías DAP DHC-6 Series 300 at Puerto Williams
Aerovías DAP at Puerto Williams in summer 2016
Aerovías DAP at Villa Las Estrellas , Antarctica , in summer 2012