Caribair

Infobox Airline
airline = Caribiar

logo_size = 157
fleet_size = 18
destinations = 26
IATA = B9
ICAO = CBC
callsign = Caribair
parent = Caribair, Inc.
company_slogan =
founded = 1983cite book|last=Norwood|first=Tom|coauthors=Wegg, John|title=North American Airlines Handbook|publisher=Airways International|location=Sandpoint, ID|date=2002|edition=3rd|isbn=0-9653993-8-9|url=http://www.airwaysnews.com]
headquarters = Santo Domingo
key_people = Rafael Rosado Fermin (CEO)
hubs =

*La Isabela International Airport

secondary_hubs =

*Cibao International Airport
*Las Américas International Airport
*Gregorio Luperon International Airport

focus_cities =

*Maria Montez International Airport
*Port-au-Prince International Airport
*Arroyo Barril International Airport

frequent_flyer =
lounge =
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website = http://www.caribair.com.do

Caribair is an airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It operates scheduled services within the Dominican Republic and to Haiti, as well as charter flights and air taxi services throughout the Caribbean. Its main base is La Isabela International Airport, Santo DomingoFlight International 3 April 2007] .

History

The airline was established and began operations in 1983. It began operations with two aircraft and changed ownership in 1988.Accidents
*February 7, 2008, A Caribair flight crashed close to La Romana, when their engines shut down. There are no fatal victims, but the pilot had some injures. The aircraft was a Britten Norman Islander BN-2A, registred as HI-653, and departed from Cibao International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via La Romana International Airport at 6 pm. There is a commission to investigate this accident.

Destinations

Caribair operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Port-au-Prince and Santiago de Cuba.

Caribair currently flies to 26 destinations in 9 countries, including Aruba, the Bahamas, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, and some Scheduled Charter Flights to many states of United States.

Domestics destinations include all airports in Dominican Republic (Internationals and Nationals). This Airline is the most expanded in the country, it cover all national airports and makes connections within the DR.

Fleet

The Caribair fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

Codeshare Agreements

Caribair is the Parent company of the haitian airline Caribintair. Caribair have 6 aircraft in leasing for this airline, that is operating domestics flights in Haiti, as well as some international flights to Santo Domingo and Santiago, Dominican Republic. They also operates charter flights into Barahona and Dajabon.All caribintair flights are codeshared by Caribair.

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