Isleña Airlines
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| Founded | 1981 | |||
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| Hubs | Golosón International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 5 | |||
| Destinations | 4 (scheduled) | |||
| Headquarters | La Ceiba, Honduras | |||
| Website | flyislena.com | |||
Isleña de Inversiones SA de CV, operating as Isleña Airlines under the TACA Regional brand, is an airline based in La Ceiba, Honduras. It offers mostly domestic scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of its hub at Golosón International Airport.[1]
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[edit] History
Isleña Airlines was founded in 1981 by Arturo Alvarado Wood. Revenue flights between La Ceiba and Roatán were commenced on 31 March of that year.[citation needed]. In 1998, Grupo TACA acquired a 20 percent stake in the company.[2]
[edit] Destinations
As of 2011, Isleña Airlines operates scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations:[3]
- La Ceiba - Golosón International Airport (hub)
- Roatán - Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport
- San Pedro Sula - Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Tegucigalpa - Toncontín International Airport
Further destinations are served by chartered flights.
[edit] Fleet
As of November 2011, the commercial Isleña Airlines fleet consists of five ATR 42s with an average age of 21.1 years.[4] The first turboprop aircraft of that type was put in service with the airline in 1996.[5]
Previously, airliners of the types Fokker F27 Friendship and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 had formed part of the fleet,[2] as well as smaller ones like Twin Otter, Short 360 and Let L410 Turbolet.[citation needed]
[edit] Incidents
- On 4 April 1990, an Isleña Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered HR-ALH) landed in the water short off the runway at Útila Airport, following a scheduled passenger flight from La Ceiba with 18 passengers on board. The two pilots claimed to have been blinded by the sun, thus misjudging the remaining distance to the runway. All occupants of the aircraft could be saved.[6]
- On 3 March 1997, an Isleña Airlines Let L410 Turbolet (registered HR-IAS) did not gain sufficient height upon take-off from Golosón International Airport for a scheduled passenger flight to Puerto Lempira with 19 passengers on board. Following the retraction of the landing gear, the two pilots had applied a wrong engine power setup, and were forced to bring the aircraft down again in a belly landing, during which it was damaged beyond repair.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 95. 2007-04-03.
- ^ a b Information about Isleña Airlines at the Aero Transport Data Bank
- ^ Isleña Airlines flight booking engine at flyislena.com
- ^ Isleña Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
- ^ Isleña Airlines fleet list at airfleets.net
- ^ 1990 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ 1997 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
[edit] External links
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