Aero Caribbean (Empresa Aerocaribbean SA) is an airline based in Havana, Cuba. It operates scheduled domestic passenger services to six destinations and international services, as well as charter flights mainly within the Caribbean and South America. Its main base is José Martí International Airport, Havana^[1]. Image File history File links Aerocaribbeanlogo. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Havana/José Martí International Airport (IATA: HAV, ICAO: MUHA) is a major Cuban airport located in the Boyeros municipality of Havana. ... In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ... Antonio Maceo Airport (IATA: SCU, ICAO: MUCU) is an international airport located in Santiago, Cuba The airport has a drawing of Che Guevara on one of its outside walls. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... Nickname: (Spanish) City of Columns Position of Havana in the Americas Coordinates: , Country  Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Municipalities 15 Founded 1515a Government  - Mayor Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Nickname: (Spanish) City of Columns Position of Havana in the Americas Coordinates: , Country  Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Municipalities 15 Founded 1515a Government  - Mayor Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Havana/José Martí International Airport (IATA: HAV, ICAO: MUHA) is a major Cuban airport located in the Boyeros municipality of Havana. ...

History

The airline was established in 1982 and started operations on 2 December 1982. It was set up by the Cuban government to provide domestic flights and regional charters to supplement national carrier Cubana. It is wholly owned by the government of Cuba^[1]. is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Cubana de Aviacion Yakovlev Yak-42, registration CU-T 1243, at Cancun International Airport, Mexico, on October 12th 2003 Cubana de Aviación is Cubas domestic and international airline. ...

Services

Aerocaribbean ATR-72

Aero Caribbean operates the following services: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Baracoa, Cayo Coco, Cienfuegos, Havana, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad and Varadero. (at January 2005) ^{[citation needed]}

• International scheduled destinations (at March 2007)^[1] : Cayman Islands, Managua, Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo.

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Fleet

The Aero Caribbean fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[1] :

• 1 Antonov An-24RV Aerocaribbean Cargo
• 3 Antonov An-26 Aerocaribbean Cargo
• 2 ATR 42-300
• 5 ATR 72-210
• 3 Embraer EMB-110P Bandeirante
• 6 Yakovlev Yak-40

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Previously operated

• 2 Ilyushin Il-18 (at least) flying Havana-Bahamas and Havana-Caracas ^{[citation needed]}

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External links

Cuba Portal

• Aero Caribbean

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Flight International 27 March 2007