EasySky

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 flew to the following scheduled and charter destinations:

  • Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport
  • Toncontín International Airport
  • José Martí International Airport
  • Maurice Bishop International Airport
  • Hewanorra International Airport
  • Cancún International Airport
  • Toluca International Airport
  • Tocumen International Airport
  • Cheddi Jagan International Airport
  • Simón Bolívar International Airport
  • Arturo Michelena International Airport
  • Argyle International Airport

Fleet

Fleet before closure

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

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]

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^
  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' retrieved 16 August 2018^