Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica is a low-cost airline

Low-cost carrier

A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts...

 based in San José

San José, Costa Rica

San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

. Its main base is Juan Santamaría International Airport

Juan Santamaría International Airport

Juan Santamaría International Airport is located in Alajuela Province, about from downtown San José, Costa Rica. It is a hub airport for TACA/Lacsa, and focus city airport for Copa Airlines. It is named after Costa Rica's national hero Juan Santamaría, a courageous drummer boy who died in 1856...

, San José.

History

The airline was established in 2003 in San José by Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela, normally referred to as just Aeropostal, is a flag carrier and the national airline of Venezuela also an airline based in Torre Polar Oeste in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates domestic services and international services in the Caribbean...

 as Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica. It started operations in 2005 and is owned by local investors (76%) and Nelson Ramiz (24%), who is President and Chief Executive of the airline. It has ceased operations..

Fleet

The Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

• 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20
  McDonnell Douglas DC-9
  The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. It was first manufactured in 1965 with its maiden flight later that year. The DC-9 was designed for frequent, short flights. The final DC-9 was delivered in October 1982.The DC-9 was followed in subsequent modified forms by...