Air Sunshine
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| Founded | 1982 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | ||||||
| Website | http://www.airsunshine.com | ||||||
Air Sunshine is an airline based in United States. It operates scheduled service to and from San Juan, Vieques, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Dominica, Sint Maarten, Nevis, Tortola and Virgin Gorda in British Virgin Islands and St.Thomas in US Virgin Islands. Its main base is Fort Lauderdale, with a Caribbean hub located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
As of 1982 the airline considered Fort Lauderdale to be its corporate headquarters however the main base of operations is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[2] Air Sunshine's website lists two separate post office boxes for contacts, one in Fort Lauderdale and another in San Juan.
Destinations
George Town- Exuma International Airport
Kingston- Norman Manley International Airport
St. Thomas- Cyril E. King Airport
San Juan- Lois Muñoz Marín International Airport
Tortola- Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
Vieques- Antonia Rivera Rodríguez Airport
Virgin Gorda- Virgin Gorda Airport
Nevis- Vance W. Armory International Airport
Sint Maarten- Princess Juliana International Airport
Fleet
As of August 2006 the Air Sunshine fleet included:[3]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Notes | |
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| Beech 1900 | 1 | ||
| Saab 340A | 2 | ||
| Total | 3 | ||
Other aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
Air Sunshine has a better than average safety record between 1997 and 2004 per the NTSB. Air Sunshine did have a crash that claimed two fatalities July 13, 2003 on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Abaco Island, Bahamas. An engine failure caused an at sea ditching about 6 miles short of the Abaco Island airport. In that same period there were a few incidents. [1]
On January 7, 2007, an Air Sunshine Cessna 402, had hydraulic problems with the landing gear, in a flight from Virgin Gorda to San Juan (SJU), there were no injuries and the pilot managed to land the plane safely. The airport was closed for approximately 30 minutes until the emergency ceased.
References
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ "Air Sunshine: It's Small But It's Right On Time." KNT News Service at Lakeland Ledger. Sunday April 15, 1985. 15D. Retrieved from Google News (59 of 99) on March 5, 2010.
- ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006