Estrellas Del Aire

Estrellas Del Aire

IATA ICAO Call sign - ETA [1] ESTRELLAS [2]
Founded	1991
Commenced operations	September 1991
Ceased operations	November 1996
Operating bases	Lic. Benito Juarez International Airport
Fleet size	2
Parent company	Línea Estrella de Oro
Employees	47 (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.^{[ citation needed ]} In 1996, the Estrellas del Aire fleet and routes out of Mexico City were acquired by Aerolíneas Internacionales and it has not operated since. ^[5]

Total passengers carried (thousands) ^[3]

(scheduled service only) ^[6]

	Estrellas Del Aire
1993	73
1994	61.01
1995	54.00
1996	21

Fleet

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

The aircraft operated by the Estrellas:

Estrellas Del Aire fleet ^[7]

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Jet aircraft
Douglas DC-9-11	2	1991	1996	All went to other Mexican airlines

References

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