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Oceanair Template:Airline codes was a regional airline that was based at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Template:Citation needed It competed on domestic routes with Prinair; and on routes to the Virgin Islands with Prinair and with Aero Virgin Islands; using propeller-driven aircraft.Template:Citation needed

The airline flew from the late 1970s, when it started flying as Trans Commuter Airline,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to the mid-1980s.

According to the Oceanair February 15, 1982 system timetable, the airline operated up to thirteen flights a day between San Juan and St. Thomas, up to nine flights a day between San Juan and St. Croix, and two flights a day between St. Thomas and St. Croix.<ref>http://www.timetableimages.com, Feb. 15, 1982 Oceanair system timetable</ref> The airline was operating 40-passenger Fairchild F-27s and 10-passenger Beechcraft Queen Airs at this time.Template:Citation needed

FleetEdit

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Fairchild F-27, formerly of Puerto Rican airline Oceanair, still bearing that company's livery years after being taken off service

The fleet consisted of Fairchild F-27 and CASA 212 turboprops as well as Beechcraft Queen Air piston-engine light aircraft.Template:Citation needed

In popular cultureEdit

Oceanair was featured on Los Chicos' movie, Coneccion Caribe.

See alsoEdit

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