Islas Airways

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Islas Airways
Islas Líneas Aéreas
Islas Airways logo
ATR 72 of Islas Airways
IATA code : IF
ICAO code : ISW
Call sign : PINTADERA
Founding: 2001
Operation stopped: 2012
Seat: Santa Cruz de Tenerife , SpainSpainSpain 
Home airport : Tenerife North Airport
Passenger volume: 520,000 (2005)
Frequent Flyer Program : Islas Premium
Fleet size: 6th
Aims: national
Islas Airways
Islas Líneas Aéreas ceased operations in 2012. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Islas Airways (actually Islas Líneas Aéreas ) was a Spanish regional airline based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and based at Tenerife North Airport . It operated between the Canary Islands . In October 2012, Islas Airways ceased operations.

history

Islas Airways was founded in 2001 and began operations between the Canary Islands in February 2003 . At the beginning of 2007, the two Canarian companies Sociedades Agrupadas de Canarias and Naviera Armas announced the purchase of 50 percent of the shares in Islas Airways.

On October 16, 2012, the company ceased scheduled operations, charter flights were initially not affected. At the end of November 2012, all but 25 employees were laid off; they had previously received no wages and salaries for a few months.

Destinations

Islas Airways had offered flights between Tenerife , La Palma , Lanzarote , Fuerteventura , El Hierro and Gran Canaria .

fleet

In January 2012 the Islas Airways fleet consisted of six aircraft:

Orders
  • 2 ATR 72-500

See also

Web links

Commons : Islas Airways  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Infos-GranCanaria.com accessed on May 27, 2013
  2. Aero Telegraph of October 17, 2012: Islas Airways gives up ; Retrieved December 6, 2012
  3. ^ Radio from Lanzarote and Fuerteventura: Atlantis FM, news in November 2012
  4. islasnet.com - Destinos ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on November 5, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.islasnet.com
  5. ch-aviation.ch - Islas Airways fleet ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on January 12, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ch-aviation.ch
  6. aerotransport.org: orders from Islas Airways accessed 11 May 2011