Avianca Honduras

Avianca Honduras
Isleña Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
WC ISV ISLENA
Founded 1981
Hubs Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
Secondary hubs Toncontin International Airport
Frequent-flyer program LifeMiles
Alliance Star Alliance (affiliate)
Fleet size 2
Destinations 4 (scheduled)
Company slogan "Te hace diferente"
"Makes you different"
Parent company Avianca
Headquarters La Ceiba, Honduras
Website www.avianca.com

Avianca Honduras, is an airline based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It offers mostly domestic scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of its hub at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport.[1] It is one of the seven nationally branded airlines (Avianca Ecuador, Avianca Peru, etc.) in the Avianca Holdings group of Latin American airlines.

History

Avianca Honduras was founded as Isleña Airlines in 1981 by Arturo Alvarado Wood. Revenue flights between La Ceiba and Roatán were commenced on 31 March. In 1998, Grupo TACA acquired a 20 percent stake in the company.[2] In 2014 Isleña Airlines being part of Grupo TACA, was unified with the rest of TACA's subsidiaries into Avianca, being renamed Avianca Honduras.

Destinations

In 2015, Avianca Honduras operated scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Guatemala
Honduras

Further destinations were served by chartered flights.

Fleet

The Islena Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[3]

Islena Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In
Service
Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 72-600 2
Total 2

In 2015 as part of Avianca's fleet renewal, Avianca Honduras received new ATR 72-600, operating a total of four at one time.

As of January 2013, the Airlines fleet consisted of 4 ATR 42-320 with an average age of 19.5 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.[6]

Incidents

References

  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 95.
  2. 1 2 Information about Isleña Airlines at the Aero Transport Data Bank
  3. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 15.
  4. Isleña Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
  5. Isleña Airlines fleet list at airfleets.net
    • Norwood, Tom; Wegg, John (1999). North American Airlines Handbook (2nd ed.). ISBN 0-9653993-5-4.
  6. 1990 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
  7. 1997 accident at the Aviation Safety Network

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