LANICA
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| Founded | June 1945 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1946 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1981 | ||||||
| Hubs | Augusto C. Sandino International Airport | ||||||
| Company slogan | International Airline of Nicaragua | ||||||
| Headquarters | Managua, Nicaragua | ||||||
Líneas Aéreas de Nicaragua, operating as LANICA, was an airline from Nicaragua. Headquartered in the capital Managua, it operated scheduled passenger flights within South and Central America, as well as to the United States.
The carrier was founded in June 1945 as a subsidiary of Pan American Airways, with this airline initially holding 40% of the company. Domestic services began in 1946 with Boeing 247 equipment. The company bought the assets of a local airline called Flota Aérea Nicaragüense (FANSA) in 1950, acquiring the control of the lucrative routes to the mining towns of Bonanza and Siuna in the north.
By March 1953, the carrier's route network was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) long. At March 1955, the fleet comprised seven DC-3s and one Navion that operated local routes; that year, the airline carried 21,852 passengers.
LANICA's fleet in April 1965 was composed of one DC-3, one DC-4, one DC-6, and four C-46s, with the DC-6 flying to Miami and San Salvador.
In early 1966, the carrier ordered a BAC One-Eleven 400. Pending delivery of this new aircraft, another BAC One-Eleven, leased from Aer Lingus, was deployed on the Managua–Salvador–Miami sector in November 1966. Starting 19 October 1967, LANICA's own BAC One-Eleven was operated on a joint-ownership basis with TAN Airlines. The last BAC 1-11 was disposed of in October 1972.
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