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{{Short description|Guatemalan airline}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2008}}
{{Infobox airline
|airline=Tikal Jets Airlines
|logo=TikalJets.png
|logo_size=250
|fleet_size=3
|destinations=7
|IATA=WU
|ICAO  =TKC
|callsign =Tikal
|parent  =Tikal Jets S.A.
|
|founded  =1992
|ceased   =August 31, 2006
|headquarters=[[Guatemala City, Guatemala|Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|hubs=[[La Aurora International Airport|La Aurora Int'l Airport]]
|focus_cities=[[Mundo Maya International Airport|Mundo Maya Int'l Airport]]
|frequent_flyer=
|lounge=
|alliance=
|website= {{URL|http://www.tikaljets.com}}
}}

'''Tikal Jets Airlines''' was an airline based in [[Guatemala]], which was operational between 1992 and 2006.<ref>[http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/central_america/guatemala.htm List of airlines from Guatemala, at airlineupdate.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130628094150/http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/central_america/guatemala.htm |date=2013-06-28 }}</ref>

== History ==

Tikal Jets Airlines started operations in 1992. In November 1998 it changed ownership to become the Guatemalan National Airline. At that time Tikal Jets had been very successful with constant growth, becoming one of the leading businesses in Guatemala.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} It had been able to acquire modern and larger airplanes such as [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] jets. Tikal Jets Airlines can be considered Central America's first low-cost carrier.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} It officially ceased operations on August 31, 2006.

In a letter, the President of Tikal Jets Airlines stated:

<blockquote>
"Dear Friends:

With much regret and sadness, we inform you that from August 31, 2006, Tikal Jets Airlines, will be canceling all its air operations, as the Guatemalan airline. This decision was made, because we did not find all the necessary conditions to be developed as an Airline. Tikal Jets Airlines has rented its 3 DC9 airplanes to a South American airline, for a period of three years. We want to assure and guarantee you that all your passengers and reservations will be protected with another airlines in Guatemala that also has the operation Guatemala – Flores – Guatemala.

TIKAL JETS AIRLINES, really wants to thank you for the confidence you had about us, during all this years we worked together."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tikaljets.com/mainES.asp |title=Tikal Jets SA - Guatemala Airline traveling to Guatemala City, Tikal, Cancun, Monterrey, La Habana, Ft Lauradale |website=www.tikaljets.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030928005755/http://www.tikaljets.com/mainES.asp |archive-date=2003-09-28}} </ref></blockquote>

== Previous destinations ==
[[File:255ad - Tikal Jets Airline DC-9-51; TG-JII@FRS;04.08.2003 (8190729958).jpg|thumb|Tikal Jets Airline DC-9-51 (TG-JII)]]

;{{flag|Guatemala}}
*[[Flores, El Petén|Flores]] ([[Mundo Maya International Airport]])
*[[Guatemala City]] ([[La Aurora International Airport]])

;{{flag|Mexico}}
*[[Cancún]] ([[Cancún International Airport]])
*[[Mexico City]] ([[Mexico City International Airport]])

;{{flag|Cuba}}
*[[Havana]] ([[José Martí International Airport]])

;{{flag|Nicaragua}}
*[[Managua]] ([[Augusto C. Sandino International Airport]])

;{{flag|Honduras}}
*[[San Pedro Sula]] ([[Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport]])

== Fleet ==
As of August 2006 the Tikal Jets Airlines fleet included:<ref>[[Flight International]], 3–9 October 2006</ref>

'''Jet aircraft'''
*2 [[British Aircraft Corporation]] [[BAC One-Eleven]]
*2 [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51]]
*1 [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32]]

'''Turboprop aircraft'''
*3 [[L-410|Let L-410 UVP]]
*1 [[Short 330]]<ref>https://www.airliners.net, photo of Tikal Jets Short 330</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tikaljets.com Tikal Jets Airlines] (no longer online)
*[http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/tj.htm Tikal Jets Timetables] (no longer online)

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[[Category:Defunct airlines of Guatemala]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1992]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2006]]