Caribbean Airlines

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Caribbean Airlines
IATA
BW		 ICAO
BWA		 Callsign
Caribbean Airlines
Founded 2006
Hubs Piarco International Airport
Frequent flyer program Caribbean Miles
Member lounge Club Caribbean
Fleet size 7
Destinations 11
Headquarters Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Key people Peter Davies (CEO)
Website: http://www.caribbean-airlines.com

Caribbean Airlines is an airline which was incorporated in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on September 27, 2006. For legal purposes the airline has a fully owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom, named Caribbean Airlines (UK) Ltd. [1] that was registered on October 4, 2006.

Caribbean Airlines is the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago . The company commenced operations on January 1, 2007 and operates the routes formerly handled by BWIA West Indies Airways [2]. The airline is flying the following destinations from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Miami (KMIA), New York (KJFK), Toronto (CYYZ) and current Caribbean destinations held by BWIA. The London route which was operated by BWIA West Indies Airways will be operated by Caribbean Airlines from January 1, 2007 to April 31, 2007, due to the cricket world cup, after which British Airways will operate this route with a codeshare agreement.

Unlike BWIA's logo, which was a steelpan, Caribbean Airline's image will be a hummingbird in flight and various other species of birds that are native to the Caribbean. The image is a reference to the republic of Trinidad and Tobago where the island of Trinidad has the distinction of being known as "the land of the hummingbird" [3]. All aircraft in the fleet will carry the flag of Trinidad and Tobago as well as the flag of CARICOM[citation needed].

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[edit] History

Caribbean Airlines got approval on September 2006 from the Trinidad and Tobago Government to begin operations, after the failed negotiations between the unions and the management for its predecessor BWIA, and took to the skies on January 1, 2007. The airline got just over US$350 million to start its operations; US$250 million to close BWIA, pay off employee severance, creditors etc. and, approximately US$85 million to fund the operations of Caribbean Airlines. During the last quarter of 2006, in an effort to scale down operations for the start of Caribbean Airlines, BWIA's then management decided to cut many routes such as Washington Dulles International Airport and London Heathrow Airport, cut its fleet to 6 Boeing 737-800 aircrafts, each to be retrofitted with winglets to obtain maximum efficiency and to drastically reduce its staff to approximately 600.

Currently, Caribbean Airlines is still streamlining its operations from BWIA and is said to be looking to aggressively expand into new routes in the US, the CEO cited that a new US route will begin by year's end, and to expand its fleet.

[edit] Fleet

The Caribbean Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007)[citation needed]:


  • 6 Boeing 737-800 (All aircraft leased from ILFC on long leases with the option to purchase outright eventually.)
Caribbean Airlines Airbus A340-300 taking off from London Heathrow Airport. This aircraft temporarily retains the colours of Caribbean Airline's predecessor airline – BWIA West Indies Airways
Caribbean Airlines Airbus A340-300 taking off from London Heathrow Airport. This aircraft temporarily retains the colours of Caribbean Airline's predecessor airline – BWIA West Indies Airways

[edit] Codeshares

  • British Airways only to London-Gatwick (LGW) Starting May 2007 due to extended service by Caribbean Airlines for Cricket World Cup

[edit] Services

Caribbean Airlines operates the following international scheduled services (at January 2007)[citation needed]:

[edit] Possible Future Services

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Articles and news

[edit] Further questions about BWIA (series)

Trinidad and Tobago Express - Series by: Reginald Dumas

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