=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2002/07/12/i= nternational1736EDT0326.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, July 12, 2002 (AP) Second-ever Honduran airline takes to the skies (07-12) 19:01 PDT TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Sol Air, the second-ever Honduras-based airline, began operations Friday, offering daily flights from a pair of Honduran cities to the United States. With a fleet of four Boeing 737s and Super 7s, Sol Air will offer daily flights from the capital, Tegucigalpa, and from the northern city of San Pedro Sula to Miami, Florida. The airline plans to expand its schedule to include flights to the capitals of El Salvador and Nicaragua in coming weeks. The airline offers fares to Miami starting at $199, down from the $450 Hondurans have become accustom to paying, Martinez said. U.S. giants American Airlines and Continental Airlines, as well as El Salvador-based air-consortium Grupo Taca also offer daily flights from Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula to a variety of U.S. and Latin American destinations. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2002 AP