Air Sunshine
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| Air Sunshine | ||
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Callsign AIR SUNSHINE[1] |
| Founded | 1982 | |
| Hubs | Luis Muñoz Marin Intl | |
| Fleet size | 20 | |
| Destinations | 24 | |
| Headquarters | Ft. Lauderdale | |
| Key people | {{{key_people}}} | |
| Website: http://www.airsunshine.com | ||
Air Sunshine is an airline based in the USA. It operates scheduled service to Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands . Its main base is Fort Lauderdale, with a Caribbean hub located in San Juan.
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[edit] Destinations
Ft. Lauderdale, George Town, Great Inagua, Guantánamo Bay, Kingston Marsh Harbour, New Bight, St. Croix, St. Thomas, San Juan, Sarasota/Bradenton, San Salvador, Stella Maris, Tortola, Vieques and Virgin Gorda
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2006 the Air Sunshine fleet includes [2] :
Other aircraft:
[edit] Safety Record
Air Sunshine has a slightly better than average safety record between 1997 and 2004 per the NTSB. Air Sunshine did have a crash that claimed two fatalities July 13, 2003 on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Abaco Island, Bahamas. An engine failure caused an at sea ditching about 6 miles short of the Abaco Island airport. In that same period there were a total of about a half a dozen incidents. [1]
On January 7, 2007, an Air Sunshine Cessna 402, had hydraulic problems with the landing gear, in a flight from Virgin Gorda to San Juan (SJU), there were no fatalities among the passengers and the pilot managed to land the plane safely. The airport was closed for approximately 40 minutes until the emergency ceased.
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[edit] References
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
- Anonymous. "News from the Airways." Airways Magazine. December 2007: 2.
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