Air Resorts was founded in 1978 by Ted Vallas as a flight training and air-taxi operator based out of
Carlsbad-Palomar Airport in San Diego. By 1978 Air Resorts had acquired two Douglas DC-3s and one Convair 440 to serve San Clemente Island from San Diego on behalf of the US Navy. Seeking an opportunity to enter the scheduled airline market Air Resorts begin routes to
San Diego to
Burbank, and
Los Angeles to both
Santa Barbara and
Oxnard. The airline had amassed a fleet of nine
Convair 440s and two
Convair 340s to operate their route network. In 1985 the airline had its operating certificate reinstated and the airline was allowed to operate again. In the late 1980s the airline cancelled all scheduled services but charter service continued throughout the later 1980s and into the 1990s. In May 1990 the airline restarted scheduled services to between San Diego and Tucson with six flights a day. The airline then received permission to start services to Mexico and began to fly to San Felipe, La Paz and Loreto. In December 1990, Air Resorts was merged with
Air LA and suspended passenger services and was absorbed into the new carrier. == Destinations ==