- Air Sunshine
Infobox Airline
airline=Air Sunshine
logo=AirSunshireFinal Logo2.png
fleet_size=20
destinations=24
IATA=YI
ICAO=RSI
callsign=AIR SUNSHINE [ [http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/ Airline Codes] ]
founded=1982
headquarters=Ft. Lauderdale
hubs=Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | website= http://www.airsunshine.comAir Sunshine is an
airline based in theUSA . It operates scheduled service toFlorida , theBahamas ,Cuba ,Jamaica ,Puerto Rico ,British Virgin Islands and theUS Virgin Islands . Its main base isFort Lauderdale , with a Caribbean hub located in San Juan.Destinations
Ft. Lauderdale ,George Town ,Great Inagua ,Guantánamo Bay , KingstonMarsh Harbour ,New Bight ,St. Croix , St. Thomas, San Juan, Sarasota/Bradenton,San Salvador Island ,Stella Maris ,Tortola ,Vieques andVirgin Gorda Fleet
As of August
2006 the Air Sunshine fleet includes [Flight International , 3-9 October 2006] :*2 Embraer EMB 110P1 Bandeirante
*2 Saab 340AOther aircraft:
*Cessna 402CSafety 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. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/16/48hours/main588928.shtml]
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.External links
* [http://www.airsunshine.com/ Air Sunshine]
References
*Anonymous. "News from the Airways." Airways Magazine. December 2007: 2.
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