InterCaribbean Airways

interCaribbean Airways

IATA ICAO Callsign JY IWY ISLANDWAYS
Founded	1991 (as InterIsland Airways, Ltd.)
Hubs	Providenciales International Airport
Focus cities	Las Americas International Airport
Fleet size	14
Destinations	23
Parent company	Interisland Aviation Services Group
Headquarters	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Key people	Lyndon R. Gardiner, Chairman Trevor Sadler, CEO
Website	www.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 and Tortola, British Virgin Islands, to multiple destinations in Antigua, The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Maarten. 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.^{[citation needed]} The company provides charter flights as well.

History[]

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The airline was established in 1991 as InterIsland Airways, Ltd. offering Charter Services. In 2003 the Turks and Caicos Government started a push toward regional and international development and it seemed the time had come for the Turks and Caicos to have its own airline. A scheduled license was applied for and granted, and thus began an ambitious expansion project that involved adding international destinations and acquiring larger and faster aircraft. The company re-branded to become Air Turks & Caicos to serve key international destinations, with daily scheduled flights to cities in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Bahamas and Puerto Rico.^[2]

InterCaribbean Airways Embraer 120 and Twin Otter

By 1999 Gardiner had acquired a small fleet and was running a full-fledged charter service. Realizing that his true potential lay in business, not flying, he left the piloting to others and concentrated on growing his emerging airline. By 2004, having added several more companies to his portfolio, he had gained widespread recognition for his efforts and was named Businessman of the Year.^[2]

In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos bought its direct competitor . The SkyKing brand was integrated within the Air Turks and Caicos operations on 22 October 2008 and by mid-2009 the airline continued operating with a single Air Operators Certificate.^[3]

In November 2013 after operating for 10 years as Air Turks & Caicos, the Company re-branded itself interCaribbean Airways. This was followed by a new expansion plan focused on providing greater connecting options across the Caribbean.

In 2018 it was announced that the airline was introducing new routes from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Aruba and between Curaçao and Kingston, Jamaica. These new services add to the airline's nonstop flights to Tortola, St. Maarten and Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, reported Caribbean Journal (CJ). The announcement came from interCaribbean's Chairman and Founder Lyndon Gardiner, and the airline's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director Trevor Sadler. “At interCaribbean Airways, we know that the Dominican Republic currently leads the region as an economic engine and as a strategic commercial and business point,^[4]” said Sadler in a recent presentation to stakeholders. “Our intention is to facilitate the opportunity through the introduction of these new routes.”^[4] “InterCaribbean has a long-standing history and relationship with the Dominican Republic and we consider it a privilege to be serving the Dominican community, not only as a way to enjoy tourism elsewhere in the Caribbean, but also by being able to connect all Dominicans who live throughout the Caribbean,” Sadler added.^[4]

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

The new destinations of Aruba and Curaçao will also serve as new routes for the British Virgin Islands with connections to and from Tortola via Santo Domingo. Direct flights from Tortola, interCaribbean's second hub, include services to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Antigua, St. Maarten, Santo Domingo, St. Lucia, Dominica and Providenciales with connections to Kingston and Nassau.

The Turks and Caicos-based carrier, which connects 27 destinations and 15 countries across the Caribbean, in June 2019 added the larger and faster Embraer EMB145 Regional Jet aircraft to its fleet, increasing its passenger and direct flight capabilities.

In addition to the EMB145 Regional Jets, the airline currently operates eight 30 passenger Embraer E120, one 18 passenger executive Embraer 120 aircraft all equipped with lavatories, a galley and flight attendant service, 4 x Twin Otter aircraft and 1 x 9 passenger Britten Norman Islander. The Twin Otter aircraft joined the fleet in December 2015.^[2]

Destinations[]

As of August 2020, interCaribbean Airways operates scheduled flights to the following destinations within the Caribbean:

On August 4, 2020, interCaribbean began flights between Barbados and the eastern Caribbean.^[5]

Fleet[]

As of October 2019, the interCaribbean Airways fleet includes the following aircraft:^[6]

The airline wet leased Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia from October 2014 to February 2016 to Cayman Airways for scheduled inter-island passenger flights in the Cayman Islands.^[7] The airline recently acquired two Embraer 145^[8][9] regional jets, which it began operating commercially early June 2019.

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External links[]

Media related to InterCaribbean Airways at Wikimedia Commons

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