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SALSA d'Haïti was[1] a Haitian regional airline headquartered at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It flew several round trip flights daily between Cap-Haitien and Port-au-Prince.
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| Founded | 2008 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2013[1] | ||||||
| Hubs | Toussaint Louverture International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 2 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | ||||||
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| Website | flysalsa.com | ||||||
SALSA d'Haïti was a privately held airline formed in 2008 to provide service for travel within Haiti. SALSA d'Haïti held the IATA airline designator of SO (Sierra-Oscar), IATA accounting prefix of 340 [2] and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airline designator of SLC (Sierra-Lima-Charlie). SALSA also participates in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Multilateral Prorate Agency - Passenger (MPA-P) and is a signatory of the IATA Prorate Agency Agreement[3] (PAA). SALSA is an acronym for Services Aeriens Latinosamericains, S.A. d'Haïti (translated from French to English as "Latin American Air Services Corporation of Haiti").
While the primary focus of the airline was to serve the Haitian local population, international expansion was planned to further this goal to the large Haitian population living outside of Haiti while at the same time making foreign tourist travel to areas outside of Port-au-Prince available. SALSA had orders for additional turboprop aircraft to expand domestic operations to Port-de-Paix, Jérémie and Les Cayes. Additionally, jet-powered aircraft were to be added in 2011 to serve international destinations in Kingston, Jamaica and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Shortly after the 2010 Haiti earthquake on January 12, 2010, SALSA d'Haïti began organizing relief efforts with several non-governmental organizations and foreign governments to assist in the transportation of supplies into Port-au-Prince and other Haitian communities outside of the capital. Relief flights were flown throughout Haiti, as well as supply flights from Santo Domingo, Aruba and Curacao. Charter flights for the Royal Dutch Marines, from their base in Willemstad, Curacao, were some of the first flights from outside the Haiti region.
In September 2011, SALSA d'Haïti was accepted as a member of the IATA Multilateral Interline Transport Agreement (MITA). The airline ceased operations in 2013.[1]
| City | Country | Airport |
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| Port-au-Prince |  Haiti | Toussaint Louverture International Airport |
| Cap-Haïtien | Haiti | Hugo Chávez International Airport |
SALSA maintained interline or codeshare agreements with the several airlines. Operations connected at Port-au-Prince where passengers had to transfer from the international airport to the domestic airport for onward transportation to domestic destinations. SALSA provided complementary transportation between the Port-au-Prince international and domestic terminals.
At the time of its closure, the airline operated the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Delivery Date |
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| British Aerospace Jetstream J31 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2008 |
| Aircraft | Passengers | Removed from Fleet |
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| SAAB 340A[4] | 30 | 2010 |
| Beechcraft 99 | 12 | 2011 |
| British Aerospace Jetstream J31 | 19 | 2013 |
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