Islas Airways
Islas Líneas Aéreas, operating as Islas Airways, was an airline based in Tenerife, Spain, offering scheduled inter-island services in the Canary Islands out of Tenerife North Airport. It was established in 2002 and started operations in February 2003.[1]
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | February 2003 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 15 October 2012 | ||||||
| Hubs | Tenerife North Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Gran Canaria International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Islas Premium | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain | ||||||
| Key people | Miguel Concepción Cácares | ||||||
| Website | islasairways.com | ||||||
Islas Airways suspended all flight operations on October 16, 2012.[2] The Supreme Court confirmed, within an administrative proceeding for the reimbursement of the subsidy that the Ministry of Development itself had initiated, in 2018, the judgment of instance that obliged Islas Airways to return 7.5 million euros, those amounts had already been withheld by the ministry itself so that the Judgment no longer had economic effects.[3]
Destinations
Islas Airways operated scheduled services to the following destinations (as of 15 November 2011):
Fleet
As of January 2011, the Islas Airways fleet consisted of six ATR 72 turboprop aircraft (2 ATR72-202, 1 ATR72-212 and 3 new ATR72-500) with an average age of 4 years, each of which was equipped with 70 passenger seats in an all-economy class cabin layout.[4]
References
- "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 95.
- (in Spanish) Islas Airways deja de volar
- España, El Periódico de. "El Periódico de España | epe.es". elperiodicodeespana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- "Islas Airways fleet list at planespotters.net". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
