List of defunct airlines of Costa Rica
This is a list of defunct airlines of Costa Rica.[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACASA | 1968 | 1976 | Merged with AVE Airlines | ||||
| ACS - Air Cargo Service | 1997 | 2000 | |||||
| Aero Costa Rica |  |
ML | AEK | ACORISA | 1991 | 1997 | |
| Aero Costa Sol | .jpg) |
1999 | 2006 | Failed project | |||
| Aerolíneas Exaco | 1978 | 1978 | |||||
| Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica | 2003 | 2007 | |||||
| AVE Airlines | 1951 | 1979 | |||||
| Air Costa Rica | RI | RII | 2014 | 2017 | Expected to start in December 2014, postponed to 2015. Started in February 2017 but halted in October 2017. | ||
| ANSA - Aerolineas Nacionales | 1958 | 1960 | |||||
| APSA | 1971 | 1979 | |||||
| Carga Expresa | 1983 | 1983 | |||||
| Costa Rica Skies | CSR | 2006 | 2008 | ||||
| JHM Cargo Airlines |  |
JHM | 1996 | 2001 | |||
| LACSA |  |
LR | LRC | LACSA | 1945 | 2004 | Rebranded as TACA Costa Rica |
| LADECA | 1966 | 1967 | |||||
| Lineas Aéreas Trans Costa Rica | 1979 | 1988 | Renamed to Trans Costa Rica | ||||
| Nature Air |  |
5C | NRR | NATUREAIR | 1989 | 2018 | |
| Paradise Air | .jpg) |
DJ | 2000 | 2013 | |||
| RANSA - Ruta Aérea Nacional SA | 1979 | 1980 | Taken over by Sansa Airlines | ||||
| SAISA | 1996 | 1997 | |||||
| SERCA Costa Rica | 1982 | 1982 | |||||
| TACA Costa Rica | .jpg) |
LR | LRC | LACSA | 2004 | 2013 | Rebranded as Avianca Costa Rica |
| TACA de Costa Rica | 1939 | 1952 | |||||
| TAISA |  |
1971 | 1978 | ||||
| TANSA | |||||||
| Tica Air International | 2014 | 2014 | Renamed to Air Costa Rica | ||||
| Ticos Air | 2012 | 2014 | Never launched | ||||
| TransCarga | TDA | 1988 | 1992 | ||||
| Trans Costa Rica | TCR | 1988 | 2000 | ||||
| VEL - Vuelos Especiales Liberianos | 1983 | 1986 | |||||
| VivaCam | 2015 | 2017 | Never launched | ||||
| West Caribbean Costa Rica | 0W | WCR | 2003 | 2005 | |||
| Wiggins International | ALA | 1979 | 1979 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2019-01-02.