EasySky

EasySky
IATA ICAO Call sign
— EKY —
Founded2011
Ceased operations2020
Fleet size5
Destinations12
HeadquartersTegucigalpa, Honduras
Websiteeasysky.hn

EasySky was a low-cost airline based in Honduras. Its head office is located in Tegucigalpa, and since 2015, its primary operational base was at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa.

Destinations

EasySky flies to the following scheduled and charter destinations:

Fleet

Fleet before closure

Global Air Boeing B737-200. Operated by Easy Sky (Honduras)

As of August 2017 EasySky operated the following aircraft:[1]

EasySky Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-200 2 —
Boeing 737-500 2 —
Bombardier CRJ100ER 1 —
Total 5 —

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

  • 3 further Boeing 737
  • 2 Bae Jetstream 31

Incidents and accidents

On December 31, 2012, one of EasySky's planes veered off the runway while landing in San Pedro Sula and landed in a ditch. There were no fatalities and only one person was hurt.[2]

EasySky and its parent Global Air were linked to the tragedy of Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 which happened on May 18, 2018, in which 112 people died, through the use of a Boeing 737-200 in a wet lease service to serve regional flights to Cubana de Aviación.[3][additional citation(s) needed]

In 2018 easyGroup, licensor of the easyJet brand began legal proceedings against EasySky and Colombia-based EasyFly over use of the "easy" prefix.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 15.
  2. ^ "Accident: EasySky JS31 at San Pedro Sula on Dec 31st 2012, veered off runway and ran down into ditch", Aviation Herald, January 1, 2013
  3. ^ "Las "quejas de seguridad" sobre el avión que se estrelló en Cuba causando la muerte de 110 personas". BBC. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Easygroup launches legal challenge against airlines for 'brand theft'" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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