Rutaca Airlines (5R, Ciudad Bolívar) added its maiden B737-300 to its fleet of nine B737-200Adv. aircraft following the arrival of N221LF (msn 26311) in Caracas Simón Bolivar on July 18 Skyliner Aviation has reported.

The former Kuban Airlines (Krasnodar) twinjet will also be joined by an additional four ex-Conviasa (V0, Caracas Simón Bolivar) machines namely two B737-300s - YV1007 (msn 23949) and YV2556 (msn 24712) - and two B737-200Adv. - YV2558 (msn 23097) and YV2559 (msn 23096) - at a later stage.

Rutaca currently serves an exclusively domestic Venezuelan route network consisting of flights between Barcelona José Antonio Anzoategui, Caracas Simón Bolivar, Ciudad Bolívar, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz/Ciudad Guayana, and Santo Domingo Buenaventura Vivas.