Bahamasair
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| IATA code : | UP |
| ICAO code : | Bras |
| Call sign : | BAHAMAS |
| Founding: | 1971 |
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Nassau , Bahamas
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| Home airport : | Nassau |
| Company form: | State company |
| Management: | Joe Backett |
| Fleet size: | 9 (+1 order) |
| Aims: | regional and international |
| Website: | www.bahamasair.com |
Bahamasair is a Bahamian airline based in Nassau . It is the national airline of the Bahamas and operates in international and regional scheduled services.
history
The origin of today's Bahamasair is Bahamas Airways Ltd., founded in Nassau in 1936. After Pan Am she bought the British BOAC . The Swire Group also participated . In 1970 the Swire Group liquidated Bahamas Airways because of political intrigue. In parallel, there was Flamingo Airways, founded in 1971, and the successful Out Island Airways, which took over the northern routes. In 1973 the government bought Out Island Airways far below value, reorganized it and renamed it Bahamasair. It incurs losses year after year, mainly due to wrong management decisions. The Bahamasair was founded because of the oil crisis in the 1970s. In 1970, British Airways ceased operations in the Bahamas and the government feared that other major airlines would follow suit. So Bahamasair was founded and on June 18, 1971, the scheduled service began with aircraft that were bought from the inventory of Flamingo Airlines and Out Island Airways. In the early stages, Bahamasair faced major problems such as poor maintenance and a difficult economic situation.
This resulted in great distrust of the young airline, but this began to fade when the airline received brand new Boeing 737s . In 1972 the first international route to Tampa was established. In 1973, the government's fears became a reality when Pan Am and several other airlines followed British Airways' lead and ceased liner services to the Bahamas. This gave the Bahamasair a dominant role in the Bahamian market and served further routes to Florida .
During the 1980s, Bahamasair tried to expand in the northeastern United States , for which flights to Philadelphia , Washington DC and Newark were set up. In 1989, however, the airline's managers decided to discontinue these routes because they were unprofitable. In 1989 two new Boeing 727s were integrated into the fleet, and the design of the aircraft and uniforms were changed.
In 1991 the De Havilland Canada DHC-8 was introduced to replace the airline's jet aircraft. In 1997, however , the Boeing 737 returned to serve international routes to Florida.
On July 2, 2019, a Boeing 737-700 with the aircraft registration number C6-BFX was introduced into the fleet; this was the first time in its history that Bahamasair operated a Boeing 737 from the next generation series.
Destinations
Bahamasair flies internationally from Nassau to Havana in Cuba , Providenciales on the Turks and Caicos Islands , Miami , Baltimore and Columbus in the USA . In the Bahamas u. a. Cat Island , Crooked Island , Exuma , Grand Bahama , Mayaguana and San Salvador . Bahamasair flies seasonally to Cibao and Las Américas in the Dominican Republic and Piarco in Trinidad and Tobago .
fleet
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As of June 2020, the Bahamasair fleet consists of nine aircraft with an average age of 12.7 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| ATR 42-600 | 3 | 50 | ||
| ATR 72-600 | 2 | 70 | ||
| Boeing 737-500 | 3 | 120 | ||
| Boeing 737-700 | 1 | 1 | 138 | |
| total | 9 | 1 |
Former aircraft types
- Airbus A320-200
- Boeing 727-200
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 737-300
- Boeing 737-400
- De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300
See also
Web links
- Bahamasair website of the (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bahamasair Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .