Maya Island Air

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Maya Island Air
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IATA ICAO Callsign
2MMYDMYLAND
Founded1962
Hubs Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport
Fleet size12
Destinations12
Headquarters Belize City, Belize
Key peopleEugene Zabaneh (Chairman) Zabaneh Family (Owners)
Website http://www.mayaislandair.com/

Maya Island Air (also known as Maya Airways) is an airline with its head office on the second floor of Building #1 of Belize City Municipal Airport in Belize City, Belize. [1] It operates regular scheduled flights to 11 destinations within Belize and chartered flights to Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Its main base is the Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport. [2]

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History

The airline was formed and started operations in 1962 as Maya Airways. It was established to succeed the government-owned British Honduras Airways, a BWIA subsidiary, which had ceased operations in 1961. In December 1997 Maya Airways and Island Air merged to form Maya Island Air. [2] In November 2007 all airlines from Belize lost their permission to land in Guatemala due to Guatemala's upgrade to category 1. Later on, Maya Island Air flew to Guatemala again. From July 8, 2009, to May 2011, it also flew Belize City-Cancun.

Destinations

Maya Island Air operates the following services (at November 2018): [3]

Fleet

A Cessna 208 of Maya Island Air at Dangriga Airport (2014) Maya Island Air Cessna 208 at Dangriga Airport.jpg
A Cessna 208 of Maya Island Air at Dangriga Airport (2014)

The Maya Island Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 14 September 2020): [4]

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References

  1. "Contact Us." Maya Island Air. 10 February 2010. Retrieved on May 16, 2012. "Address: Maya Island Air Regional Municipal Airstrip Building #1, 2nd floor Belize City Belize Belize"
  2. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-10. p. 48.
  3. "Maya Island Air route map". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  4. Our Planes mayaislandair.com
  5. http://www.ambergristoday.com/html/archives.php?p=122007%5B%5D