Air Caraïbes is the regional airline of the French Caribbean which comprises the overseas departments of France: Guadeloupe and Martinique. The airline is based in Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe. It now also operates Trans Atlantic flights to Paris using Airbus A330 aircraft. A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... The French West Indies entails both Guadeloupe and Martinique. ... Pointe-à-Pitre is the main town of the French Caribbean island and French département doutre-mer of Guadeloupe, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Air Canada Airbus A330 The Airbus A330 is a large_capacity medium_to_long_range commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: TX
• ICAO Code: FWI
• Callsign: French West

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History

Air Caraïbes started in 1998, out of the necessity to have a regional airline responding to the needs of the French Caribbean territories. The company was founded through the merger of various local airlines (Air Guadeloupe, Air Martinique, Air St Barthélémy, Air St Martin). In 2002, the company flew 445,000 passengers and earned 68 Millions Euros in revenues. It has routes to 13 cities in territories and employs over 370 people. It is part of the Caribsky Alliance, an airline alliance which comprises in addition to Air Caraïbes the following airlines: LIAT and Winair (Windward Islands Airways). 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An airline alliance is an agreement between two or more airlines to cooperate for the foreseeable future on a substantial level. ... The Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) is a medium-sized airline, which is the flag carrier of the Leeward Islands on the Caribbean. ...

Services

Destinations include: Santo Domingo, Les Saintes, Saint Lucia, Saint Barthélémy, Marie-Galante, Port-au-Prince, Union, Grenadines, La Désirade, Saint Martin, Paris (France), Fort-de-France and Port-of-Spain. Santo Domingo, population 2,061,200 (2003), is the capital of the Dominican Republic. ... Categories: Caribbean geography stubs | Capitals in North America | Haiti ... St. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Fort-de-France is the capital of Frances Caribbean département doutre-mer of Martinique. ... Port-of-Spain, population 49,000 (metro: 300,000) (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. ...

Air Caraïbes serves inter-Caribbean routes between 13 islands, as well as Belem in Brazil. Since December 2003 it has operated transatlantic routes to Paris from Pointe-a-Pitre and Fort-de-France, left vacant by the withdrawal of Air Liberte (ref:Airliner World, April 2005). Bel m is a city in the nothern part of Brazil. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...

Fleet

The Air Caraïbes fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2005): 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 2 Airbus A330-200
• 2 Embraer ERJ-145
• 2 ATR 72-500
• 1 ATR 42-500
• 4 Dornier 228
• 6 Cessna 208

A further ATR 72-500 has been ordered for November 2005 delivery to replace the current ATR 42-500 (ref:Airliner World, April 2005). Air Canada Airbus A330 The Airbus A330 is a large_capacity medium_to_long_range commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus. ... The Embraer ERJ 145 is a twin-engined regional jet plane with 50 seats. ... The ATR 72 is a twin-turboprop short-haul regional airliner built in France by the ATR company (Avions de Transport gional). ... Categories: Stub | International airliners 1980-1989 ... The Dornier Do 228 is a small German twin turboprop STOL-utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 till 1998. ... The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the USA by Cessna. ...

External Links

• Air Caraïbes (http://www.aircaraibes.com/)
• Air Caraïbes Jet Fleet Detail (http://www.planemad.net/Airline/GP/Air_Caraibes_(TX_AGU)/Fleet.htm)