Caribair
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Caribair is an airline
based in Santo Domingo
, Dominican Republic
. It operated scheduled services within the Dominican Republic and to Haiti
, as well as charter flights and air taxi services throughout the Caribbean. Its main base was La Isabela International Airport
, Santo Domingo.
The airline was established and began operations in 1983. It began operations with two aircraft and changed ownership in 1988.
Operations suspended
On January 20, 2009 the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) ordered Caribair to suspend its flight operations due to alleged "operational irregularities". Caribair reportedly was found by IDAC inspectors to be "masking multiple commercial operations as private operations in unauthorized airplanes." The company announced on January 26, 2009 that they would appeal their suspension.
IDAC announced the cancellation of the suspension for Caribair.
The airline is now available to operate some reduced flights using only two aircraft. The IDAC will recertificate the rest of the fleet by the time until October 2009.
There were no injures, but the aircraft still stored at Wilmington, and it will not longer belongs to Caribair anymore.N815MA
and Santiago de Cuba
.
Caribair flew to 26 destinations in 9 countries, including Aruba
, the Bahamas, Haiti
, Netherlands Antilles
, Jamaica
, Puerto Rico
, Trinidad and Tobago
, Cuba
, and some scheduled charter flights to the United States.
Domestics destinations included all airports in Dominican Republic
, making it the largest airline of the country.
Caribair currently has three aircraft operating, the rest are all stored at JBQ
. Caribair has 6 aircraft in leasing for this airline, operating domestics flights in Haiti, as well as some international flights to Santo Domingo
and Santiago
, Dominican Republic
. They also operate charter flights into Barahona and Dajabon.
All Caribintair
flights are codeshared by Caribair.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. It operated scheduled services within the Dominican Republic and to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, as well as charter flights and air taxi services throughout the Caribbean. Its main base was La Isabela International Airport
La Isabela International Airport
La Isabela International Airport airport opened in February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport. The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair flight from Port au Prince, Haiti....
, Santo Domingo.
History
FormationThe airline was established and began operations in 1983. It began operations with two aircraft and changed ownership in 1988.
Operations suspended
On January 20, 2009 the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) ordered Caribair to suspend its flight operations due to alleged "operational irregularities". Caribair reportedly was found by IDAC inspectors to be "masking multiple commercial operations as private operations in unauthorized airplanes." The company announced on January 26, 2009 that they would appeal their suspension.
IDAC announced the cancellation of the suspension for Caribair.
The airline is now available to operate some reduced flights using only two aircraft. The IDAC will recertificate the rest of the fleet by the time until October 2009.
Accidents
- February 7, 2008, A Caribair flight crashed close to La Romana, when their engines shut down. There are no fatal victims, but the pilot had some injures. The aircraft was a Britten Norman Islander BN-2A, registred as HI-653, and departed from Cibao International AirportCibao International AirportCibao International Airport also known as Santiago Airport, is located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic's second largest city. It's the country's third busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements....
to Punta Cana International AirportPunta Cana International AirportPunta Cana International Airport is a privately owned commercial airport in Punta Cana, eastern Dominican Republic. The airport is built in a traditional Dominican style with open-air terminals with their roofs covered in palm fronds. built the Punta Cana International Airport in 1984. A number...
at 6 pm.
- January 3, 2009, A Caribair flight from Santo DomingoSanto DomingoSanto Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
-La Isabela to Wilmington, operated with the Cessna Citation Bravo (N815MA) crashed while approaching ILM.
There were no injures, but the aircraft still stored at Wilmington, and it will not longer belongs to Caribair anymore.N815MA
Destinations
Caribair operated services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
and Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
.
Caribair flew to 26 destinations in 9 countries, including Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
, the Bahamas, Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, and some scheduled charter flights to the United States.
Domestics destinations included all airports in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, making it the largest airline of the country.
Fleet
The Caribair fleet included the following aircraft (at March 2007) :| Registration | Aircraft | Total / Based in | Passengers (Economy) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HI-848 HI-866 |
Saab 340A Saab 340 The Saab 340 is a discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild Aircraft in a 65:35 ratio... |
2 / JBQ La Isabela International Airport La Isabela International Airport airport opened in February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport. The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair flight from Port au Prince, Haiti.... |
36 |
Aruba / St. Maarten / Charters Routes |
| HI-746CA HI-830 |
BAe Jetstream 31 | 3 / JBQ | 19 |
Caribbean Routes |
| HI-666CT HI-713CT |
Let L-410 UVP L-410 The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engined short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969 more than 1100 airframes have been produced.-Development:... |
2 / JBQ | 19 |
Caribbean / Charter routes |
| HI-697CT HI-698CT |
Let L-410 UVP-E L-410 The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engined short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969 more than 1100 airframes have been produced.-Development:... |
3 / JBQ | 19 |
Caribbean / Miami routes |
| HI-635CA HI-653CA |
Britten-Norman BN2A Islander Britten-Norman Islander The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a 1960s British light utility aircraft, regional airliner and cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe. Although designed in... |
2 / JBQ | 11 |
Domestic / Caribbean routes Note: HI-653 crashed |
| HI-569CT HI-585CA |
Piper PA-31 Navajo Piper PA-31 Navajo The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of cabin-class, twin-engine aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for the general aviation market, most using Lycoming engines. It was also licence-built in a number of Latin American countries. Targeted at small-scale cargo and feeder liner operations and... |
3 / JBQ | 7 |
Domestic / Caribbean / Charter routes |
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1 / JBQ | 4 |
Domestic routes |
| HI-311CA | Cessna 172 Cessna 172 The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:... |
1 / JBQ | 3 |
Domestic routes |
| N815MA | Cessna 550 | 1 / JBQ | 9 |
U.S. / Caribbean / Charter routes Crashed at KILM |
Codeshare Agreements
Caribair is the parent company of the Haitian airline CaribintairCaribintair
Caribintair is an airline that flew domestic and international routes from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was established in 1989. Operations stopped in April 2009....
. Caribair has 6 aircraft in leasing for this airline, operating domestics flights in Haiti, as well as some international flights to Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
and Santiago
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. They also operate charter flights into Barahona and Dajabon.
All Caribintair
Caribintair
Caribintair is an airline that flew domestic and international routes from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was established in 1989. Operations stopped in April 2009....
flights are codeshared by Caribair.