West Caribbean Airways
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| West Caribbean Airways | ||
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ICAO WCW |
Callsign WEST |
| Founded | 1998 | |
| Hubs | José María Córdova Int'l Airport El Dorado Int'l Airport |
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| Fleet size | 16 | |
| Destinations | 22 | |
| Headquarters | Medellín, Colombia  |
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| Website: www.wca.com.co |
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West Caribbean Airways was a regional airline based in Medellín, Colombia. It operated largely domestic services, with its main base at Olaya Herrera International Airport (EOH), Medellín. Because of financial problems following two crashes in 2005 it ceased operations that September. Aeropostal is thinking of buying the airline and restart is routes again
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[edit] History
West Caribbean Airways was founded in 1998 by Colombian entrepreneur Hassan Tannir and started operations in 2000 based in San Andrés Island. A group of Medellín-based investors acquired the airline in 2001 and moved the headquarters to Medellín.
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- 26 March 2005. A West Caribbean Airways Let L-410 aircraft registration HK-4146, on departure from El Embrujo, Isla de Providencia fails to climb and hits hills close to the runway [1], killing the 2 crew and 6 of the 12 passengers. Initial reports suggest a technical fault (ref: Flight International, July 2005).
- 16 August 2005. West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a chartered West Caribbean Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft heading from Panama to Martinique in the Caribbean, crashes in remote western Venezuela, killing all 160 aboard, mostly French nationals.
[edit] Services
West Caribbean Airways operated the following services (at January 2005):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Armenia, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, Caucasia, Chigorodó, Cúcuta, El Bagre, Medellín, Montería, Otu, Providencia, Puerto Berrío, Quibdó, San Andrés, Tolú and Turbo.
- International scheduled destinations: Oranjestad, Panama City, San José and Porlamar .
[edit] Fleet
The West Caribbean Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at January 2005):
- 1 ATR 42-300
- 3 ATR 42-320
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-81
- 3 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (One crashed in Venezuela)
- 8 Let L-410 UVP-E (One crashed in Colombia)
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