Estrellas Del Aire

Estrellas Del Aire
IATA ICAO Callsign
- ETA[1] ESTRELLAS[2]
Founded1991
Commenced operationsSeptember 1991
Ceased operationsNovember 1996
Operating basesLic. Benito Juarez International Airport
Fleet size2
Parent companyLínea Estrella de Oro
Employees47 (in 1995)[3]

Estrellas del Aire (English: Air Stars) was a Mexican passenger airline. It was established in 1991 by Estrellas de Oro, to complement their existing bus routes throughout Mexico. It was notable for being one of the first airlines in the country to be fully owned by a bus company, similar to VivaAerobús today.[4] The airline had a fleet of two second-hand Douglas DC-9-10 aircraft.[5] In 1996, the Estrellas del Aire fleet and routes out of Mexico City were acquired by Aerolíneas Internacionales and it has not operated since.[6]

Total passengers carried (thousands)[3] (scheduled service only)[7]
Estrellas Del Aire
1993 73
1994 61.01
1995 54.00
1996 21

Fleet[edit]

An Estrellas de Aire DC-9 at Puerto Vallarta in January 1994

The aircraft operated by the Estrellas:

Estrellas Del Aire fleet[8]
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Jet aircraft
Douglas DC-9-11 2 1991 1996 All went to other Mexican airlines

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Estrellas del Aire history from Americas, Mexico".
  2. ^ "Estrellas del Aire - Fleet - PlaneLogger".
  3. ^ a b http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGAC-archivo/modulo5/amc-2016-i.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Viva Aerobus".
  5. ^ "Login required". 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Registration Details For XA-RSQ (Estrellas del Aire) DC-9-11 - PlaneLogger".
  7. ^ http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGAC-archivo/modulo5/amc-2015-i.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "SARO - Fleet - PlaneLogger".