On July 30, 1995, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (YN-CED) was hijacked by suspected drug traffickers while flying from Managua to Bluefields. Nicaraguan authorities suspect that the hijacked aircraft was intended to be used for narcotics trafficking operations.[7]
On July 20, 1999, the same aircraft (YN-CED) was flying from Managua to Bluefields, but crashed in Cerro Silva, killing both crew members and all 14 passengers. A GPS device had been removed for use in another aircraft before the flight.[8]
costeña, airline, aerotaxis, costeña, regional, airline, based, managua, nicaragua, operates, passenger, services, from, managua, domestic, destinations, main, augusto, sandino, international, airport, costeñaiata, icao, callsignw8, lacostenafounded1991hubsaug. Aerotaxis La Costena S A is an regional airline based in Managua Nicaragua It operates passenger services from Managua to 6 domestic destinations Its main hub is at Augusto C Sandino International Airport 1 La CostenaIATA ICAO CallsignW8 NIS LACOSTENAFounded1991HubsAugusto C Sandino International AirportSecondary hubsBluefields AirportFleet size2Destinations7Parent companyRegional Airlines Holding LLCHeadquartersManagua NicaraguaKey peopleJulio Caballero Director Employees140 2011 Websitewww wbr lacostena wbr com wbr ni Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 3 1 Current fleet 3 2 Former fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe airline was founded in 1991 It became a feeder carrier of Grupo TACA in 1999 By September 2011 it had 140 employees On May 31 2019 Avianca Holdings sold its 62 participation in La Costena to Regional Airlines Holding LLC from Delaware United States 2 3 Destinations Edit A former La Costena Cessna 208 Caravan landing at Augusto C Sandino International Airport in 2011 La Costena operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations 4 Country City Airport Notes Honduras Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa Airport Terminated Nicaragua Bluefields Bluefields Airport HubBonanza San Pedro AirportCorn Islands Corn Islands AirportManagua Augusto C Sandino International Airport HubMontelimar Beach Montelimar Airport CharterOmetepe Ometepe Airport TerminatedPuerto Cabezas Bilwi AirportSan Carlos San Carlos Airport TerminatedSan Juan de Nicaragua San Juan de Nicaragua Airport TerminatedSiuna Siuna Airport TerminatedTola Costa Esmeralda Airport TerminatedWaspam Waspam AirportFleet EditCurrent fleet Edit A ATR 42 320 of La Costena parked at Corn Island Airport in 2011 La Costena fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2022 5 6 La Costena fleet Aircraft In service Orders Passengers NotesATR 42 320 2 46 Registered as YN CHG and YN CIETotal 2 Former fleet Edit 13 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan 2 Shorts 360Accidents and incidents EditOn July 30 1995 a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan YN CED was hijacked by suspected drug traffickers while flying from Managua to Bluefields Nicaraguan authorities suspect that the hijacked aircraft was intended to be used for narcotics trafficking operations 7 On July 20 1999 the same aircraft YN CED was flying from Managua to Bluefields but crashed in Cerro Silva killing both crew members and all 14 passengers A GPS device had been removed for use in another aircraft before the flight 8 See also EditList of airlines of NicaraguaReferences Edit Directory World Airlines Flight International 2007 04 03 p 103 Avianca vende las aerolineas Sansa y La Costena de Centroamerica Reportur com in Spanish Retrieved June 5 2019 Amalia Barrios Avianca vendera 62 de La Costena Elnuevodiario com ni in Spanish Retrieved November 28 2018 Destinations La Costena Lacostena com ni Global Airline Guide 2019 Part One Airliner World October 2019 22 La Costena Pilot Career Centre Pilotcareercentre com Retrieved January 8 2021 Aviation Safety Network Aviation Safety NetworkExternal links Edit Media related to La Costena at Wikimedia Commons Official websitePortals Nicaragua Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title La Costena airline amp oldid 1105783608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
