Tiara Air

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Tiara Air

IATA 3P	ICAO TNL	Callsign Tiara
Founded		2006
Hubs		Aruba, Queen Beatrix International Airport Curacao, Hato International Airport,
Focus cities		Kralendijk
Fleet size		2
Destinations		8
Headquarters		Aruba
Key people		Alejandro Muyale (director)
Website: www.Tiara-air.com

Tiara Air (IATA: 3P, ICAO: TNL, and Callsign: Tiara) is an airline based in Aruba. Tiara Air has flights offering to Curaçao, Punto Fijo, Valencia, Maracaibo, Santa Marta, Baranquilla and Barquisimeto and then later to Bonaire. The airline has now Shorts 360 twin turboprop aircraft. The airline is currently based at Queen Beatrix International Airport. It is now HUB in Curacao Hato International Airport. Alejandro Muyale, the director named the airline after his daughter Tiara Muyale.

The word "tiara" is derived from Latin, meaning "crown".

Tiara Air taking of at Queen Beatrix International Airport

1 Data code
2 History
3 Fleet
4 External links

[edit] Data code

IATA code: 3P
ICAO code: Tnl

callsign: Tiara

[edit] History

The Airline has currently started flights to Curacao and Bonaire on April 13, 2006. The airline currently operates with only two aircraft in its fleet, both are Shorts 360.

Some time ago, Alejandro Muyale, who has been performing aircraft ground handling services at Queen Beatrix International Airport for over 30 years now, and at Hato International Airport (Curaçao) for close to 6 years, fulfilled his dream of applying for certification with the Department of Civil Aviation. The Economic Authority has granted him a Shorts 360 as a way to start off his airline. The second Shorts 360 is expected to arrive before November of 2006. Adding to its fleet, Tiara Air will also be expecting a Boeing 737 and/or a Boeing 767 by the end of the year 2007. The addition of these longer range aircraft will provide non-stop services to destinations such as Miami, Houston, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and other islands in the Caribbean. It is also expected to expand its services into the greater global market place. This rapidity of expansion, however, is the reason for much of the skepticism. Many believe that Tiara Air will follow the same fate as its predecessors, such as Royal Aruban Airlines, West Aruba and Air Aruba(the most recent domestic operational airline that had filed bankruptcy in the year 2000). Nevertheless, this new Aruban airline has won the hearts and gathered the support of many on the island.