Aerovías Quisqueyana

Aerovías Quisqueyana
IATA
QQ		 ICAO
QAS		 Callsign
Founded 1962
Ceased operations 1978 (end of flight operations)
1993 (formally dissolved)
Hubs Las Américas International Airport
Destinations
Company slogan Fly the big Q[1]
Headquarters Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Aerovías Nacionales Quisqueyana, also known as just Quisqueyana, was an airline from the Dominican Republic, which was based at Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo during the 1960s to the 1970s. Offering mostly flights to the United States and to Europe, Quisqueyana was directly competing Dominicana, at that time the flag carrier of the country.

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History

Quisqueyana was founded in 1962,[2] aiming at the Dominican VFR traffic within the Americas and to Europe. It became the second largest airline of the Dominican Republic, but ultimately lost the competition with Dominicana. In 1978, the airline suspended all flights and was shut down,[3] though technically its airline license stayed valid until 1993.[2]

Destinations

In 1976, Quisqueyana offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:[1]

Dominican Republic
Italy
Puerto Rico
Spain
United States of America

Fleet

Over the years of its existence, Quisqueyana operated the following aircraft types:[3]

Incidents

References

  1. ^ a b c Quisqueyana 1976 timetable
  2. ^ a b Information on Quisqueyana at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. ^ a b Information on Quisqueyana, especially its fleet, at the Aero Transport Database
  4. ^ 1971 Quisqueyana highjacking at the Aviation Safety Network
  5. ^ Quisqueyana 1979 write-off at the Aviation Safety Network
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