Caribbean Star Airlines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Caribbean Star
IATA 8B	ICAO GFI	Callsign CARIB STAR
Founded		2001
Hubs		VC Bird International Airport
Focus cities		Grantley Adams International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Star Miles
Fleet size		11
Destinations		16
Parent company		Caribbean Star Airlines Limited
Headquarters		Antigua
Key people		Allen Stanford (founder)
Website: http://www.flycaribbeanstar.com

Caribbean Star Airlines was an airline based in Antigua and Barbuda. Which operated scheduled passenger services in conjunction with Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) to destinations in the eastern Caribbean. Its main base was VC Bird International Airport, St John's^[1].

1 History
2 Destinations
- 2.1 North America
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

Caribbean Star Airlines Limited was incorporated in Antigua in January 2000 and started operations in June 2000. It is backed by Texan businessman Allen Stanford. Its sister airline, Caribbean Sun Airlines Inc., launched its maiden flight three years later. They are affiliated but separate companies.^{[citation needed]} It is wholly owned by Caribbean Star Holdings^[1].

In January 2007 the airline announced an intended merger with LIAT, and they entered into a commercial alliance, involving the flying of a combined schedule. All flights are now marketed as LIAT, although the airlines will continue to operate separately using their own air operators certificates, until after completion of the merger. The merged airline will use the LIAT brand and the marketing slogan "The Star of the Caribbean", with a merged fleet expected to standardise on the Bombardier Dash 8 Q300^[1].

The airline operated its last flight on November 15th 2007 and now ceases to exist.