La Costeña (airline)

Aerotaxis La Costeña S.A. is an airline based in Managua, Nicaragua. It operates passenger services from Managua to 10 domestic destinations. Its main base is at Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, Managua.[1]

La Costeña
IATA ICAO Callsign
- - LACOSTENA
Commenced operations1999
HubsAugusto C. Sandino International Airport
Secondary hubsBluefields Airport
Focus citiesBluefields, Corn Island
Fleet size7
Destinations12
Parent companyRegional Airlines Holding LLC
HeadquartersManagua, Nicaragua
Key peopleJulio Caballero
Director of Operations
Websitelacostena.com.ni

History

The airline started operations in November 1999. By September of 2011 it had 140 employees.

On May 31 2019, Avianca Holdings sold its 62% participation in La Costeña to Regional Airlines Holding LLC, from Delaware, United States.[2][3]

Destinations

La Costeña operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations: Bluefields, Bonanza, Corn Islands, Managua, Ometepe,[4] San Juan de Nicaragua, Emerald Coast, Puerto Cabezas, San Carlos, Siuna and Waspam. They also operate one international service to Tegucigalpa Airport in Honduras.[5]

Fleet

Current fleet

La Costena fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[6]

La Costena fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 42-300 2 —
Cessna Grand Caravan 5 —
Total 7 —

Accidents and incidents
  • On July 20, 1999, Flight 046 - La Costena Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (YN-CED) was flying from Managua to Bluefields, when the aircraft prematurely descended and flew into a remote hillside 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.[7]

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 103.
  2. Reportur.co
  3. El Nuevo Diario de Nicaragua
  4. "Ometepe Island Info - Flying Into Our New Airport!". ometepeislandinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) La Costena schedule
  6. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 22.
  7. Aviation Safety Network

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