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Avianca Honduras

IATA ICAO Call sign WC ISV ISLEÑA
Founded	1981 (asIsleña Airlines)
Commenced operations	May 31, 1981
Hubs	Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	LifeMiles
Alliance	Star Alliance (affiliate)
Parent company	Avianca Group
Headquarters	San Pedro Sula,Honduras
Key people	Frederico Pedreira (CEO)
Founder	Arturo Alvarado Wood
Website	www.avianca.com

Isleña de Inversiones S.A. de C.V. brandedAvianca Honduras is^[1] aregional airline based inSan Pedro Sula,Honduras. It offered mostly scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of its hub atRamón Villeda Morales International Airport.^[2] It was formerly one of the airlines part of Grupo TACA. It is one of the seven nationally branded airlines (Avianca Costa Rica,Avianca Ecuador, etc.) in theAvianca Group of Latin American airlines.

The airline was founded asIsleña Airlines in 1981 by Arturo Alvarado Wood in the city ofLa Ceiba. It began operations on May 31, 1981, with aCessna 206 between La Ceiba andRoatán. Their central office was formerly located inLa Ceiba and its hub was atGolosón International Airport.

In 1998,Grupo TACA acquired a 20% stake in the company, and began operating under theTACA Regional banner.^[3] On May 28, 2013, Isleña was unified with the rest of TACA's subsidiaries into theAvianca Holdings, being renamedAvianca Honduras.

By October 2018, Avianca Honduras had suspended its routes until further notice.^[4] In March 2020, the airline retired is remaining aircraft and transferred its operations toAvianca.^[5]

Prior to March 2020, Avianca Honduras operated to the following destinations:

Further destinations were served by chartered flights.

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Throughout its existence as Isleña Airlines, the airline operated the following aircraft:^[6]

• 7ATR 42-300
• 6ATR 42-320
• 2ATR 72-600
• 1Beechcraft 90
• 1Beechcraft 99^[7]
• 1Boeing 737-200
• 1Cessna 206
• 3de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter
• 5Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
• 3Fokker F27 Friendship
• 1Fairchild Hiller FH-227
• 1Grumman Gulfstream I
• 3Short 360
• 4Let L-410 Turbolet^[8]

• On April 4, 1990, ade Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter (registered HR-ALH) landed in the water short off the runway atÚtila 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.^[9]

• On March 3, 1997, aLet L-410 Turbolet (registered HR-IAS) did not gain sufficient height upon take-off fromGolosón International Airport for a scheduled flight toPuerto Lempira with 19 passengers on board. Following the retraction of the landing gear, the two pilots had applied the wrong engine power setup and were forced to bring the aircraft down again in abelly landing, during which it was damaged beyond repair.^[10]

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