Editing Prinair (section)

{{Short description|Puerto Rican airline company}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline          = Prinair
| image            = Prinair logo.png
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| IATA             = PQ<ref name="atdb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aerotransport.org/|title=ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank|website=www.aerotransport.org}}</ref>
| ICAO             = PRU<ref>[http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-1-P.htm ''Chapter 3. ICAO AIRCRAFT COMPANY/TELEPHONY/THREE-LETTER DESIGNATOR AND U.S. SPECIAL TELEPHONY/CALL SIGNS: Section 1 AIRCRAFT COMPANY/TELEPHONY/THREE-LETTER DESIGNATOR ENCODE.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228050904/http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-1-P.htm |date=February 28, 2014 }} U.S. FAA. Retrieved 27 February 2014.</ref>
| callsign         = COLORBIRD<ref>[http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-1-P.htm ''Chapter 3. ICAO AIRCRAFT COMPANY/TELEPHONY/THREE-LETTER DESIGNATOR AND U.S. SPECIAL TELEPHONY/CALL SIGNS: Section 1 AIRCRAFT COMPANY/TELEPHONY/THREE-LETTER DESIGNATOR ENCODE.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228050904/http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-1-P.htm |date=February 28, 2014 }} U.S. FAA. Retrieved 27 February 2014.</ref>
| founded          = {{Start date and age|1964}},<br>as '''Aerolíneas de Ponce'''<br>(Ponce Airlines)<ref>[http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Ponce+Air&where=65754&luck= ''Profile for Ponce Air.''] ATDB aero. Retrieved 27 February 2014.</ref>
| commenced        = {{Start date and age|1966}},<br/>{{Start date and age|2007}},<br/>{{Start date and age|2019}}
| ceased           = {{End date and age|1985|06|01|df=y|br=y}},<ref>[http://www.airtimes.com/cgat/usc/prinair.htm ''Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables.''] Air Times. Retrieved 27 February 2014.</ref><ref name="auto">''Suspended todos los vuelos de Prinair.'' El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. P.14. 2 June 1985.</ref>{{clarify|date=January 2017|reason=The information box says Prinair ceased operations on 1 June 1985, but the text says that it ceased operations in 1984.}}<br/>{{End date and age|2010}}
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| bases            = [[Mercedita Airport]]
| hubs             = [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]], [[Rafael Hernandez Airport|Aguadilla]] (2019)
| focus_cities     = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
| fleet_size       = 39
| destinations     = [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]]<br>[[St. Croix]]<br>[[Mayaguez]]<br>[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]<br>[[Aguadilla]]<br>[[Tortola]]<br>[[Antigua]]<br>[[St. Kitts]]<br>[[Sint Maarten|St. Maarten]]<br>[[Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic|Santo Domingo]]<br>[[Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic|Santiago, D.R.]]<br>[[Caicos Islands]]
| parent           = ''Aerolíneas de Ponce''
| headquarters     = [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]]
| key_people       = Jaime S. Carrión, President (1972)<ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/19731012366FSupp646_1924&ei=uNoPU_eFOOGC1AH6t4DYBw&usg=AFQjCNFirW-dR7_-d3G9-eOK9uFtnxXIdg&sig2=kTh4ya6GwBr_tKeVrXTnSA ''PUERTO RICO INT. AIR., INC. v. INTERNATIONAL ASS'N OF M. & A. W. (PUERTO RICO INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS et al., Defendants.)''] US. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Civ. No. 540-73. 366 F.Supp. 646 (1973). July 26, 1973. Retrieved 27 February 2014.</ref><br>Cesar Toledo, President (1979)<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20121004125206/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR80-03.pdf ''Aircraft Accident Report: NTSB/AAR-80-03.'']}} Nat. Transp. Safety Brd. Retrieved 27 February 2014.</ref><br>Juan C Hernandez, President 2014 (actual)<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/eYWFE0Nih9Q Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140703191111/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYWFE0Nih9Q Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYWFE0Nih9Q|title=''Recordando a Prinair.''|website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| num_employees    = 600<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309080916/https://business.highbeam.com/26/article-1G1-3292463/prinair-recovering-yields-first-traffic-second-after ''Prinair recovering; yields first, traffic second; after 18 months of minor losses the large Puerto Rican airline moves back into the black; new aircraft allow aging Herons to be retired.''] J.A. Donoghue. Air Transport World. HiBeam Business. 1 June 1984. Retrieved 27 February 2014.</ref>
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'''Prinair''' is a Puerto Rican charter operator airline.<ref>[https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/airlines/prinair ''Prinar Airlines Profile.''] Center for Aviation (Aviation Week Network) 2019. Accessed 9 December 2019.</ref> It was [[Puerto Rico]]'s domestic and international [[flag carrier]] airline for almost two decades from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Despite previously ceasing scheduled commercial operations twice, it restarted flights in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nadalet |first1=Ivan |title=Puerto Rico's Prinair resumes ops |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/76464-puerto-ricos-prinair-resumes-ops |access-date=25 November 2024 |publisher=ch-aviation GmbH |date=19 March 2019}}</ref>