BWIA West Indies Airways
| BWIA West Indies Airways | |
|---|---|
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| IATA code : | BW |
| ICAO code : | BWA |
| Call sign : | West Indian |
| Founding: | 1940 |
| Operation stopped: | 2006 |
| Seat: | Port of Spain |
| Turnstile : |
3 (POS, BGI and GEO) |
| Passenger volume: | 1.4 million p. a. |
| Fleet size: | 9 |
| Aims: | Central, North America and London |
| BWIA West Indies Airways ceased operations in 2006. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
BWIA West Indies Airways was an airline of the Caribbean country Trinidad and Tobago .
history
The international company was founded in 1940 as British West Indian Airways and was a private company with 2588 employees based in Port of Spain . The government was the main shareholder with 75%. There were around 70 flights a day, with 8,100 tons of cargo transported annually. 1.4 million passengers were carried annually. BWIA generated approximately $ 276 million p. a. Most recently, the CEO was Brenda Billy.
BWIA West Indies Airways had hubs at Piarco International Airport in Port of Spain in Trinidad , Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados and VC Bird International Airport in Antigua . The callsign was West Indian. The frequent flyer program was called Club BWee.
At the end of 2006, the airline ceased operations. At the beginning of 2007, Caribbean Airlines, based in Trinidad & Tobago, took over all flights to Caribbean and international destinations. The employees received new employment contracts.
fleet
Aircraft types used by BWIA in the course of its existence:
- Airbus A321-131
- Airbus A340-311 / A340-313 (leased from Air Canada and Virgin Atlantic Airways)
- ATR 42
- Boeing 707-138B, 707-227, 707-321B, 707-351C
- Boeing 720
- Boeing 727-100
- Boeing 737-700, -800
- Boeing 747-100
- De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 (Tobago Express)
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-9-34CF and DC-9-51
- Hawker Siddeley HS 748
- Lockheed 12 Electra Junior
- Lockheed 14 Super Electra
- Lockheed Hudson
- Lockheed Lodestar
- Lockheed L.1011-385-3 TriStar 500
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, -83
- Short SA6 Sealand
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount 702
Incidents
BWIA did not experience any deaths or total losses during flight operations. Only one Lockheed 14 Super Electra was destroyed during refueling at Port of Spain / Piarco airport in 1943 .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article. Caribbean.com, accessed July 5, 2015 .
- ^ REG Davies: Airlines of Latin America since 1919. Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1997, ISBN 0-85177-889-5 , pp. 652-653.
- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher and others: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966 to 2006.
- ^ Accident statistics British West Indies Airways - BWIA. Aviation Safety Network (English) accessed on March 22, 2017.
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