EasySky

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EasySky
IATA ICAO Callsign
EKY
Founded2011
Fleet size5
Destinations12
HeadquartersTegucigalpa, Honduras
Websiteeasysky.hn

EasySky was a low-cost airline based in Honduras. Its head office is located in Tegucigalpa, and since 2015, its primary operational base is at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa.

Destinations[edit]

EasySky flies to the following scheduled and charter destinations:

Fleet[edit]

Current fleet[edit]

Global Air Boeing B737-200. Operated by Easy Sky (Honduras)

As of August 2017 EasySky operates the following aircraft:[1]

EasySky Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-200 2
Boeing 737-500 2
Bombardier CRJ100ER 1
Total 5

Former fleet[edit]

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

  • 3 further Boeing 737
  • 2 Bae Jetstream 31

Incidents and accidents[edit]

On December 31, 2012, one of EasySky's planes veered off the runway while landing in San Pedro Sula and landed in a ditch. There were no fatalities and only one person was hurt.[2]

EasySky and its parent Global Air were linked to the May 2018 Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 tragedy, in which 112 people died, through the use of a wet lease aircraft.[3]

Legal Action[edit]

In 2018 easyGroup, licensor of the easyJet brand began legal proceedings against EasySky and Colombia-based EasyFly over use of the "easy" prefix.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 15.
  2. ^ "Accident: EasySky JS31 at San Pedro Sula on Dec 31st 2012, veered off runway and ran down into ditch", Aviation Herald, January 1, 2013
  3. ^ "Las "quejas de seguridad" sobre el avión que se estrelló en Cuba causando la muerte de 110 personas". BBC. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Easygroup launches legal challenge against airlines for 'brand theft'" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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