Islas Líneas Aéreas, operating as Islas Airways, was an airline based in Tenerife, Spain, offering scheduled inter-island services in the Canary Islands out of Tenerife North Airport. It was established in 2002 and started operations in February 2003.[1]

Islas Líneas Aéreas
Islas Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
IF ISW PINTADERA
Founded2002
Commenced operationsFebruary 2003
Ceased operations15 October 2012
HubsTenerife North Airport
Focus citiesGran Canaria International Airport
Frequent-flyer programIslas Premium
Fleet size6
Destinations6
HeadquartersSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
Key peopleMiguel Concepción Cácares
Websiteislasairways.com
An Islas Airways ATR 72 upon landing at Tenerife North Airport (2009).

Islas Airways suspended all flight operations on October 16, 2012.[2] The Supreme Court confirmed, within an administrative proceeding for the reimbursement of the subsidy that the Ministry of Development itself had initiated, in 2018, the judgment of instance that obliged Islas Airways to return 7.5 million euros, those amounts had already been withheld by the ministry itself so that the Judgment no longer had economic effects.[3]

Destinations

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Islas Airways operated scheduled services to the following destinations (as of 15 November 2011):

Fleet

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As of January 2011, the Islas Airways fleet consisted of six ATR 72 turboprop aircraft (2 ATR72-202, 1 ATR72-212 and 3 new ATR72-500) with an average age of 4 years, each of which was equipped with 70 passenger seats in an all-economy class cabin layout.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 95.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Islas Airways deja de volar
  3. ^ España, El Periódico de. "El Periódico de España | epe.es". elperiodicodeespana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  4. ^ "Islas Airways fleet list at planespotters.net". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
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