Sol América is an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. It operates domestic charter services. Its main base is Simón Bolívar International Airport

Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)

Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia is an international airport located in Maiquetía, Venezuela, about 13 miles from downtown Caracas....

 (CCS), Caracas, with a hub at Josefa Camejo International Airport

Josefa Camejo International Airport

Josefa Camejo International Airport , is an airport serving Paraguana. It goes to destinations in major cities in Venezuela, and nearby islands.-Airlines and destinations:...

 (LSP).

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1980 as an air taxi operator within southern Venezuela. It began targeting tourist destinations in 2001 and new management led to the operation of commuter and charter flights, opening new routes between north Venezuelan cities and south Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 islands.

Destinations

Sol América operates services to destinations including Aruba

Aruba

Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...

, Curaçao

Curaçao

Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

, Las Piedras

Las Piedras

Las Piedras may refer to:*Las Piedras, Puerto Rico*Las Piedras, Uruguay*Las Piedras, Venezuela...

, Los Roques Archipelago

Los Roques Archipelago

The Los Roques islands are a federal dependency of Venezuela, consisting of about 350 islands, cays or islets. The archipelago is located 80 miles directly north of the port of La Guaira, and is a 40-minute flight, has a total area of 40.61 square kilometres.Being almost an untouched coral reef,...

 and Valencia (at January 2005). Future destinations planned include: Bonaire, Santa Ana de Coro

Santa Ana de Coro

Coro is the capital of Falcón State and the oldest city in the west of Venezuela.-History:The city was founded on July 26, 1527 by Spanish colonists. The name "Coro" is believed to be an indigenous word meaning "wind".The city had a turbulent history in colonial times and suffered a number of...

, Maracaibo

Maracaibo

Maracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state...

 and Merida

Mérida, Mérida

Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, Venezuela, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the principal cities of the Venezuelan Andes...

.

Fleet

The Sol América fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 14 November 2008) http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=ESC&al_op=1:

• 2 Boeing 737-200