Prinair

Prinair
IATA ICAO Call sign
PQ[1] PRU[2] COLORBIRD[3]
Founded1964,
as Aerolíneas de Ponce
(Ponce Airlines)[4]
Commenced operations1966, 2007, 2019
Ceased operations1 June 1985[5][6][clarification needed]/2010
Operating basesMercedita Airport
HubsPonce, Aguadilla (2019)
Focus citiesSan Juan
Fleet size39
DestinationsSt. Thomas
St. Croix
Mayaguez
San Juan
Aguadilla
Tortola
Antigua
St. Kitts
St. Maarten
Santo Domingo
Santiago, D.R.
Caicos Islands
Parent companyAerolíneas de Ponce
HeadquartersPonce, Puerto Rico
Key peopleJaime S. Carrión, President (1972)[7]
Cesar Toledo, President (1979)[8]
Juan C Hernandez, President 2014 (actual)[9]
Employees600[10]

Prinair is a Puerto Rican charter operator airline.[11] It was Puerto Rico's domestic and international flag carrier airline for almost two decades from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Despite previously ceasing scheduled commercial operations twice, it restarted charter flights in 2019.

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  2. ^ Chapter 3. ICAO AIRCRAFT COMPANY/TELEPHONY/THREE-LETTER DESIGNATOR AND U.S. SPECIAL TELEPHONY/CALL SIGNS: Section 1 AIRCRAFT COMPANY/TELEPHONY/THREE-LETTER DESIGNATOR ENCODE. Archived February 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine U.S. FAA. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
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  5. ^ Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables. Air Times. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. ^ Suspended todos los vuelos de Prinair. El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. P.14. 2 June 1985.
  7. ^ PUERTO RICO INT. AIR., INC. v. INTERNATIONAL ASS'N OF M. & A. W. (PUERTO RICO INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS et al., Defendants.) US. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Civ. No. 540-73. 366 F.Supp. 646 (1973). July 26, 1973. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  8. ^ Aircraft Accident Report: NTSB/AAR-80-03.[usurped] Nat. Transp. Safety Brd. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  9. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Recordando a Prinair.". YouTube.
  10. ^ Prinair recovering; yields first, traffic second; after 18 months of minor losses the large Puerto Rican airline moves back into the black; new aircraft allow aging Herons to be retired. J.A. Donoghue. Air Transport World. HiBeam Business. 1 June 1984. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  11. ^ Prinar Airlines Profile. Center for Aviation (Aviation Week Network) 2019. Accessed 9 December 2019.