Air Jamaica Express was an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 and before folding operated as a subsidiary of Air Jamaica

Air Jamaica

Air Jamaica is the current national airline of Jamaica. It is has been owned and operated by Caribbean Airlines since 26 May 2011. The airline, headquartered in Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago also has administrative offices located in Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica...

. It operated domestic and inter island scheduled flights and charter services. The airline was established in 1973 as Jamaica Air Taxi, and later operated as Trans-Jamaican Airline until it was taken over by Gordon Stewart who also controlled Air Jamaica in 1994.

When Air Jamaica was renationalized in December 2004, responsibility for Air Jamaica Express remained with Stewart and his organization. The airline struggled financially and after attempts to reorganize and secure additional capital were unsuccessful, the airline ceased operations on October 14, 2005. The JQ code assigned by the IATA was later reassigned to Jetstar Airways

Jetstar Airways

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Services

In 2002, the airline served Kingston, Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios (Boscobel), and Port Antonio, Jamaica; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Havana and occasional seasonal service to Santiago, Cuba; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Providenciales, Turks and Caicos; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and Nassau, Bahamas.

Fleet

In 2002, the Air Jamaica Express fleet consisted of 6 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 aircraft seating 37 passengers and 2 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Series 300

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

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 aircraft seating 19 passengers. It had also used Britten-Norman Islander

Britten-Norman Islander

The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a 1960s British light utility aircraft, regional airliner and cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe. Although designed in...

s and Trislanders

Britten-Norman Trislander

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for a time.