Windward Islands Airways

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WinAir
IATA WM	ICAO WIA	Callsign Windward
Founded		1961
Hubs		Princess Juliana Airport
Focus cities		VC Bird Airport
Fleet size		7
Destinations		10
Headquarters
Key people
Website: http://www.fly-winair.com

Windward Islands Airways, more commonly known as Winair, is a government owned airline based in the Netherlands Antilles. Founded in 1961, It has a fleet of eight aircraft serving ten destinations, all within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the North East Caribbean.

Contents 1 US Airways Alliance 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] US Airways Alliance

On January 13, 2003 Winair and US Airways began a codeshare agreement allowing US Airways to sell tickets on Winair flights as US Airways flights. US Airways provides service to St. Maarten; both Winair and US Airways coordinate scheduling, ticketing, and baggage transfer.

From January 13 to June 30, 2003 US Airways customers could earn and redeem Dividend Miles on Winair flights. This program has been indefinitely suspended.

[edit] Destinations

Windward Island Airways offers service with based from a hub in St. Maarten (Princess Juliana International Airport) to the following destinations (as of March 2007)[1]:

• Antigua (VC Bird International Airport)
• Anguilla (Anguilla Wallblake Airport)
• Montserrat (Gerald's Airport)
• Nevis (Vance W. Amory International Airport)
• Saba (Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport)
• Saint-Barthélemy
• Saint Eustatius
• Saint Kitts (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
• Tortola (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the WinAir fleet includes ^[1][2] :

• 5 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
• 3 Britten-Norman Islander

[edit] External links

• Winair

[edit] References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
2. ^ http://www.fly-winair.com/aboutus.htm