Air Marshall Islands

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Air Marshall Islands
Douglas DC-8-62 of the Air Marshall Islands in 1995
IATA code : -
ICAO code : CWM (previously MRS)
Call sign : MARSHALL ISLANDS
Founding: 1980
Seat: Majuro , Marshall IslandsMarshall IslandsMarshall Islands 
Home airport : Marshall Islands Airport
Company form: State company
Management: Drauna Waqasokolala ( CEO )
Fleet size: 3
Aims: national
Website: airmarshallislands.net

Air Marshall Islands is the flag carrier of the Marshall Islands , based in Majuro and based at Marshall Islands Airport .

history

The company was founded in 1980 under the name Airline of the Marshall Islands . At the beginning in 1980 the company owned two GAF Nomad . This could only serve short distances within the national territory. Only after purchasing the Hawker-Siddeley HS 748 was it possible to fly to the neighboring states of Kiribati , Tuvalu and Fiji .

At the beginning of 1992 the company was renamed Air Marshall Islands . She rented in January 1992, a Douglas DC-8-62CF of Arrow Air , which until October 1996 wetlease on passenger and cargo flights between Majuro and Honolulu was used.

Destinations

Air Marshall Islands serves destinations on the individual atolls of the Marshall Islands from Majuro .

fleet

As of January 2018, the Air Marshall Islands fleet consists of three aircraft:

Aircraft type number Remarks
De Havilland DHC-8-100 1
Dornier Do 228-200 2

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander , Douglas DC-8-62 , GAF Nomad , Hawker-Siddeley HS 748 and Saab 2000 have operated in the past .

See also

Web links

Commons : Air Marshall Islands  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. airmarshallislands.net: Meet The Team , accessed on June 16, 2020
  2. Rzjets, Douglas DC-8-62CF, N799AL , accessed February 4, 2018
  3. Airlinercafe, Little Amy - Air Marshall Islands' DC-8 , accessed February 4, 2018
  4. airmarshallislands.net - Services (English), accessed on December 6, 2016
  5. Ch-Aviation, Air Marshall Islands , accessed January 10, 2018