- Caribair
Infobox Airline
airline = Caribiar
logo_size = 157
fleet_size = 18
destinations = 26
IATA = B9
ICAO = CBC
callsign = Caribair
parent = Caribair, Inc.
company_slogan =
founded = 1983cite book|last=Norwood|first=Tom|coauthors=Wegg, John|title=North American Airlines Handbook|publisher=Airways International|location=Sandpoint, ID|date=2002|edition=3rd|isbn=0-9653993-8-9|url=http://www.airwaysnews.com]
headquarters =Santo Domingo
key_people = Rafael Rosado Fermin (CEO)
hubs =
*La Isabela International Airport
secondary_hubs =
*Cibao International Airport
*Las Américas International Airport
*Gregorio Luperon International Airport
focus_cities =
*Maria Montez International Airport
*Port-au-Prince International Airport
*Arroyo Barril International Airport
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.caribair.com.doCaribair is an
airline based inSanto Domingo ,Dominican Republic . It operates scheduled services within the Dominican Republic and toHaiti , as well as charter flights and air taxi services throughout theCaribbean . Its main base isLa Isabela International Airport , Santo DomingoFlight International 3 April 2007 ] .History
The airline was established and began operations in 1983. It began operations with two aircraft and changed ownership in 1988.Accidents
*February 7 ,2008 , ACaribair flight crashed close to La Romana, when their engines shut down. There are no fatal victims, but the pilot had some injures. The aircraft was aBritten Norman Islander BN-2A, registred as HI-653, and departed fromCibao International Airport toPunta Cana International Airport viaLa Romana International Airport at 6 pm. There is a commission to investigate this accident.Destinations
Caribair operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005):
Port-au-Prince andSantiago de Cuba .Caribair currently flies to 26 destinations in 9 countries, including
Aruba , theBahamas ,Haiti ,Netherlands Antilles ,Jamaica ,Puerto Rico ,Trinidad and Tobago ,Cuba , and some Scheduled Charter Flights to many states ofUnited States .Domestics destinations include all airports in
Dominican Republic (Internationals and Nationals). This Airline is the most expanded in the country, it cover all national airports and makes connections within the DR.Fleet
The Caribair fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) :
Codeshare Agreements
Caribair is the Parent company of the haitian airline
Caribintair . Caribair have 6 aircraft in leasing for this airline, that is operating domestics flights in Haiti, as well as some international flights toSanto Domingo and Santiago,Dominican Republic . They also operates charter flights into Barahona and Dajabon.All caribintair flights are codeshared by Caribair.References
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