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Prinair was a Puerto Rican airline. It was Puerto Rico's domestic and international flag carrier airline for almost two decades. == History == Service began in 1966 under the name Aerolíneas de Ponce (Ponce Airlines) with Aero Commander aircraft.〔(Prinair history page. ) Retrieved: August 13, 2008. 〕 The initial service flew from Mercedita Airport in Ponce to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (then known as ''Isla Verde International Airport'') in San Juan. The company's name was changed to Prinair the following year (Puerto Rico INternational AIR lines).〔(Aerosite.net Prinair page. ) Retrieved: August 13, 2008.〕 The airline later used de Havilland Heron piston-engined aircraft for its services. The livery reminded the public of Braniff International Airways because of the many different colors used. During the 1970s, expansion saw the airline start cargo freighter services to Opa-locka (a Florida location close to Miami) as well as passenger service to Santo Domingo, the Virgin Islands (U.S. and British), Martinique, Barbados, Puerto Plata, and many other Caribbean destinations, as well as Vieques, Mayagüez, Culebra and Aguadilla on the domestic side. During 1978, Nicolas Nogueras, a famed Puerto Rican politician, sought a writ of certiorari against Prinair at the United States Supreme Court; he was denied.〔http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/435/951/〕 In the early 1980s Prinair introduced service with larger and more capable Convair 580 turboprop aircraft. This provided the plane spotter at San Juan with another interesting aircraft type to look out for, but did little for the airline other than help increase the earnings from the Virgin Islands routes. Increased competition for these routes from Aero Virgin Islands and Oceanair, in addition to a measure of distrust from the public that had not forgotten a number of fatal crashes, caused Prinair to cease operations in November, 1984. It was the intention that Prinair would have been one of the launch customers of the CASA CN-235 and at the roll-out of the new aircraft in September 1983 the prototype was actually painted in Prinair colors (right side only). However, the demise of Prinair prevented delivery. The airline did operate an earlier CASA manufactured aircraft being the C-212 Aviocar turboprop. Between 2007 and 2010, Prinair operated once again with Piper Chieftain prop aircraft;〔www,airliners.net, Photos of Prinair Piper Chieftain aircraft at San Juan (SJU)〕 however, the airline then ceased all flights. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prinair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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