InterCaribbean Airways

"Interisland Airways" redirects here. For the Hawaii-based airline, see Trans Executive Airlines.
interCaribbean Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
JY IWY ISLANDWAYS
Founded 1992 (as InterIsland Airways, Ltd.)
Hubs Providenciales International Airport
Secondary hubs JAGS McCartney International Airport
Fleet size 14
Destinations 16
Parent company Interisland Aviation Services Group
Headquarters Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Key people

Lyndon R. Gardiner, Chairman

Trevor Sadler, CEO
Website interCaribbean.com

interCaribbean Airways, Ltd.[1] (formerly known as Air Turks & Caicos) is a passenger airline based in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The airline offers scheduled domestic and regional services from its hub at Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, to multiple destinations in Antigua, The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. interCaribbean Airways also operates domestic flights in Jamaica between Kingston and Montego Bay, the first non Jamaican airline in over 50 years of Jamaica independence to be given such route rights. The company provides charter flights as well. The airline was established in 1991 as InterIsland Airways, Ltd.. In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos bought its direct competitor SkyKing. The SkyKing brand was integrated within the Air Turks and Caicos operations on 22 October 2008.[2] In November 2013 the Company announced a new brand name followed by a new expansion plan focused on providing greater connecting options in the Northern Caribbean.

An interCaribbean Airways Embraer 120 at Providenciales International Airport, in the old livery

Scheduled destinations

As of November 2015, interCaribbean Airways operates scheduled flights to the following destinations within the Caribbean:

Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
British Virgin Islands
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Turks and Caicos Islands

Fleet

As of March 2014, the interCaribbean Airways fleet includes the following aircraft:[3]

interCaribbean Airways Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers[4] Notes
Beech 99 3 15
Beechcraft B200 1 9
Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia 8 (as of August 2016)[5] 30
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 2 (as of August 2016)[5] 19

The airline also wet leased an Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia from October 2014 to February 2016 to Cayman Airways for scheduled inter-island passenger flights in the Cayman Islands.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.interCaribbean.com
  2. ↑ "Sky King Sold to Air Turks and Caicos". WIV 4. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Airline Information: Air Turks & Caicos". CH-Aviation. 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Seat Maps and Aircraft Information: Embraer Brasilia EMB120". 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 35.
  6. ↑ https://www.CaymanAirways.com, press releases

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