Air Jamaica

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Air Jamaica
Air Jamaica logo
Air Jamaica Boeing 737-800
IATA code : BW (previously JM)
ICAO code : BWA (previously AJM)
Call sign : CARIBBEAN AIRLINES (previously JAMAICA)
Founding: 1969
Operation stopped: 2011
Merged with: Caribbean Airlines
Seat: Kingston , JamaicaJamaicaJamaica 
Home airport : Norman Manley International Airport
Frequent Flyer Program : 7th Heaven Rewards
Fleet size: 5
Aims: National and international
Air Jamaica merged with Caribbean Airlines in 2011 . The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover.

Air Jamaica was a Jamaican airline based in Kingston and based at the Norman Manley International Airport there . in May 2011 it merged with Caribbean Airlines .

history

Air Jamaica was founded on April 1st, 1969. In November 1994 the airline was taken over by the Air Jamaica Acquisition Group (AJAG), the state retained 25% of the shares. It was extensively modernized, but the financial losses increased in the following years. Since December 2004, the airline was again completely in state hands. The fleet was reduced from 20 to seven aircraft, but the losses continued to increase.

Air Jamaica was bought by Caribbean Airlines in May 2010 , which continued Air Jamaica's flights until 2013 under the name Air Jamaica and its IATA code BW. The state of Jamaica has since owned 16% of Caribbean Airlines.

Destinations

Air Jamaica served Kingston , Nassau and Montego Bay in the Caribbean , while in North America it served New York City , Philadelphia , Fort Lauderdale , Orlando and Toronto . Long-haul flights are currently no longer offered. Caribbean Airlines has continued to operate since the merger.

fleet

An Air Jamaica Airbus A340-300

As of June 2013, the Air Jamaica fleet consisted of five Boeing 737-800s which were operated by Caribbean Airlines .

See also

Web links

Commons : Air Jamaica  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Air Jamaica: end of an era ( Memento from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Jamaica Observer from July 8, 2011. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ aerotelegraph.com accessed on March 4, 2014
  3. ↑ airliners.de - Transition phase initiated - Caribbean Airlines takes over Air Jamaica, May 5, 2010, accessed on June 15, 2015
  4. ↑ ch-aviation - Air Jamaica (English) accessed on June 26, 2013