Air Turks and Caicos
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Air Turks and Caicos is a passenger airline
based on the Turks and Caicos Islands
. The airline offers scheduled domestic and short-haul international services, as well as charter flights. In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos bought its direct competitor SkyKing. The SkyKing fleet and crew was merged into Air Turks and Caicos on 22 October 2008.
Bahamas
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Turks and Caicos Islands
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 on the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
. The airline offers scheduled domestic and short-haul international services, as well as charter flights. In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos bought its direct competitor SkyKing. The SkyKing fleet and crew was merged into Air Turks and Caicos on 22 October 2008.
Scheduled destinations
As of January 2010, Air Turks and Caicos operates scheduled flights to the following destinations within the Caribbean:Bahamas
- NassauNassau, BahamasNassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
- Lynden Pindling International AirportLynden Pindling International Airport- Trivia :During World War II,it was known as Windsor Field used by the Royal Air Force Transferring Fighter and Bomber aircraft such as the B-17, B-24, and the P-40 from New Providence to Italian, North African and European Theatres of War and as a station for Consolidated Liberator I and North...
Dominican Republic
- Puerto Plata - Gregorio Luperon International AirportGregorio Luperón International Airport- Cargo carriers :- External links :*...
- Santiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
- Cibao International AirportCibao International AirportCibao International Airport also known as Santiago Airport, is located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic's second largest city. It's the country's third busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements....
(focus city)
Haiti
- Cap-Haïtien International AirportCap-Haitien International AirportCap-Haïtien International Airport is an airport serving Cap-Haïtien, a city in the Nord department in Haiti. It is the second largest airport in Haiti....
- Port-au-PrincePort-au-PrincePort-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
- Toussaint Louverture International Airport
Jamaica
- KingstonKingston, JamaicaKingston 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...
- Norman Manley International AirportNorman Manley International Airport-Cargo :The following Cargo/Courier serve Norman Manley International Airport:-Accidents and incidents:*On 17 July 1960, the captain of a Vickers Viscount of Cubana de Aviación hijacked the aircraft on a flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana to Miami International Airport, Florida...
Turks and Caicos Islands
- Grand Turk IslandGrand Turk IslandGrand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands with . It contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town and the JAGS McCartney International Airport...
- JAGS McCartney International AirportJAGS McCartney International AirportJAGS McCartney International Airport , also known as Grand Turk International Airport, is an airport located one mile south of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The airport named for James Alexander George Smith...
(secondary hub) - Providenciales International AirportProvidenciales International AirportProvidenciales International Airport on the island of Providenciales is the main international airport serving the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is operated by Providenciales Airport Company...
(hub) - North Caicos AirportNorth Caicos AirportNorth Caicos Airport is an airport serving North Caicos, the second largest of the Turks and Caicos Islands.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring ....
- Salt Cay AirportSalt Cay AirportSalt Cay Airport is the public airport serving Salt Cay, the second largest of the Turks and Caicos Islands.-Airlines and destinations:As of January 2010, only one airline offers scheduled services to and from Salt Cay Airport:...
- South Caicos AirportSouth Caicos AirportSouth Caicos Airport is an airport serving South Caicos, the seventh largest of the Turks and Caicos Islands.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring ....
Fleet
As of January 2010, the Air Turks and Caicos fleet includes the following aircraft:- 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin OtterThe DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL abilities and high rate of climb have made it a successful cargo, regional passenger airliner and MEDEVAC...
- 1 Britten-Norman IslanderBritten-Norman IslanderThe 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...
- 3 Embraer EMB 120 BrasiliaEmbraer EMB 120 Brasilia-Accidents:*Brazilian Air Force on July 8, 1988 an Embraer EMB 120RT Brasília registration FAB-2001 crashed during and engine-out landing at São José dos Campos. Five of the 9 occupants died....