The airline was founded as Isleña Airlines in 1981 by Arturo Alvarado Wood in the city of La Ceiba. It began operations on March 31, 1981 with a Cessna 206 between La Ceiba and Roatán. Their central office was formerly located in La Ceiba and its hub at Golosón International Airport.
In 1998, Grupo TACA acquired a 20% stake in the company, and began operating under the TACA Regional banner.[2] In 2014, Isleña was unified with the rest of TACA's subsidiaries into the Avianca Holdings, being renamed Avianca Honduras.
By October 2018, Avianca Honduras had suspended its routes until further notice.[3] In March 2020, the airline retired is remaining aircraft and transferred its operations to Avianca.[4]
Destinationsedit
As of March 2020, Avianca Honduras operated to the following destinations:
On April 4, 1990, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered HR-ALH) landed in the water short off the runway at Útila Airport, following a scheduled passenger flight from La Ceiba with 18 passengers on board. The two pilots claimed to have been blinded by the sun, thus misjudging the remaining distance to the runway. All occupants of the aircraft could be saved.[10]
On March 3, 1997, a Let L410 Turbolet (registered HR-IAS) did not gain sufficient height upon take-off from Golosón International Airport for a scheduled flight to Puerto Lempira with 19 passengers on board. Following the retraction of the landing gear, the two pilots had applied a wrong engine power setup, and were forced to bring the aircraft down again in a belly landing, during which it was damaged beyond repair.[11]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Avianca Honduras news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Islena de Inversiones S A de C V branded Avianca Honduras was a regional airline based in San Pedro Sula Honduras It offered mostly scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of its hub at Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport 1 It was one of the most successful airlines in the country and in the Central American region as it was part of Grupo TACA It was one of the seven nationally branded airlines Avianca Costa Rica Avianca Ecuador etc in the Avianca Group of Latin American airlines Avianca HondurasIATA ICAO CallsignWC ISV ISLENAFounded1981 as Islena Airlines HubsRamon Villeda Morales International AirportFrequent flyer programLifeMilesAllianceStar AllianceParent companyAvianca GroupHeadquartersSan Pedro Sula HondurasKey peopleArturo Alvarado Wood Founder Frederico Pedreira CEO Websitewww wbr avianca wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp An Islena Airlines ATR 42 320 operated by TACA Regional at Toncontin International Airport in 2012The airline was founded as Islena Airlines in 1981 by Arturo Alvarado Wood in the city of La Ceiba It began operations on March 31 1981 with a Cessna 206 between La Ceiba and Roatan Their central office was formerly located in La Ceiba and its hub at Goloson International Airport In 1998 Grupo TACA acquired a 20 stake in the company and began operating under the TACA Regional banner 2 In 2014 Islena was unified with the rest of TACA s subsidiaries into the Avianca Holdings being renamed Avianca Honduras By October 2018 Avianca Honduras had suspended its routes until further notice 3 In March 2020 the airline retired is remaining aircraft and transferred its operations to Avianca 4 Destinations editAs of March 2020 Avianca Honduras operated to the following destinations Country City Airport Notes Refs nbsp Guatemala Guatemala City La Aurora International Airport Terminated nbsp Honduras Guanaja Guanaja Airport TerminatedLa Ceiba Goloson International Airport TerminatedRoatan Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport TerminatedSan Pedro Sula Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport Hub SuspendedTegucigalpa Toncontin International Airport TerminatedUtila Utila Airport TerminatedFurther destinations were served by chartered flights Fleet edit nbsp A former Avianca Honduras ATR 72 600 taxiing at Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport in 2014Throughout is existence as Islena Airlines the airline operated the following aircraft 5 6 7 7 ATR 42 300 6 ATR 42 320 2 ATR 72 600 1 Beechcraft 90 1 Beechcraft 99 8 1 Boeing 737 200 1 Cessna 206 2 de Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter 5 Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante 3 Fokker F27 Friendship 1 Fairchild Hiller FH 227 1 Grumman Gulfstream I 3 Short 360 4 Let L410 Turbolet 9 Accidents and incidents editOn April 4 1990 a de Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter registered HR ALH landed in the water short off the runway at Utila Airport following a scheduled passenger flight from La Ceiba with 18 passengers on board The two pilots claimed to have been blinded by the sun thus misjudging the remaining distance to the runway All occupants of the aircraft could be saved 10 On March 3 1997 a Let L410 Turbolet registered HR IAS did not gain sufficient height upon take off from Goloson International Airport for a scheduled flight to Puerto Lempira with 19 passengers on board Following the retraction of the landing gear the two pilots had applied a wrong engine power setup and were forced to bring the aircraft down again in a belly landing during which it was damaged beyond repair 11 See also editList of defunct airlines of HondurasReferences edit Directory World Airlines Flight International 2007 04 03 p 95 Information about Islena Airlines at the Aero Transport Data Bank Avianca suspede vuelos domesticos en Honduras Elheraldo hn in Spanish Retrieved October 29 2018 Avianca Group to leave Islena Airlines dormant Ch aviation com Retrieved October 19 2022 Islena Airlines Fleet Details and History Planespotters net Retrieved November 15 2021 Global Airline Guide 2019 Part One Airliner World October 2019 15 Avianca Honduras Fleet Details and History Planespotters net Retrieved June 29 2020 Oct 1 1993 OAG Desktop Flight Guide Worldwide Edition Islena Airlines flight schedules Norwood Tom Wegg John 1999 North American Airlines Handbook 2nd ed Airways Int Corporation ISBN 0 9653993 5 4 1990 accident at the Aviation Safety Network 1997 accident at the Aviation Safety NetworkExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Avianca Honduras at Wikimedia Commons Official website Portals nbsp Latin America nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en 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