HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Sol Air
OR:
Sol Air on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

AeroHonduras S.A./C.V. was an
airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...
based at
Toncontín International Airport Toncontín International Airport or Teniente Coronel Hernán Acosta Mejía Airport is a civil and military airport located from the centre of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The History Channel programme ''Most Extreme Airports'' ranks it as the second ...
in
Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
,
Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
. It operated scheduled flights within
Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
and the United States.


History

Originally established as Sol Air in January 2002, the airline leased a Boeing 727-200 from
Falcon Air Express Falcon Air Express was a charter airline which was based in Miami, Florida, United States. Falcon Air turned in its certificate to the FAA on June 5, 2015, following the loss of a contract with the US Department of Justice and mounting debt. Falc ...
and started operations on July 12 of that year. In July 2003, the Venezuelan state-owned airline Aeropostal acquired a 45% stake in the company and rebranded it as ''AeroHonduras''; the airline's President, Ricardo Martinez, retained a 55% stake. In August 2005, AeroHonduras suspended operations after its only operating Boeing 737-300 leased from
Falcon Air Express Falcon Air Express was a charter airline which was based in Miami, Florida, United States. Falcon Air turned in its certificate to the FAA on June 5, 2015, following the loss of a contract with the US Department of Justice and mounting debt. Falc ...
and was taken back by the company. Although the airline initially indicated that it was a temporary move, there had been issues with financial payment for services, delays associated with repairs and financial mismanagement associated with its suspension of service.


Destinations


Fleet

AeroHonduras operated the following aircraft:


See also

*
List of defunct airlines of Honduras This is a list of defunct airlines of Honduras. See also *List of airlines of Honduras References

{{Airlines of the Americas Defunct airlines of Honduras, * Lists of defunct airlines, Honduras ...


References


External links


Aero HondurasAeroHonduras Fleet Detail
Defunct airlines of Honduras Airlines established in 2002 Airlines disestablished in 2005 2002 establishments in Honduras {{NorthAm-airline-stub