Trans Anguilla Airways

Trans Anguilla Airways
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Founding:	1996
Seat:	The Valley , Anguilla;
Home airport :	Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport
Company form:	Ltd.
Fleet size:	4th
Aims:	National and international
Website:	transanguilla.com

A Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander of Trans Anguilla Airways taking off from Saint-Barths

Trans Anguilla Airways is an airline from Anguilla based at Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport , the scheduled and charter flights to nearby Caribbean offering islands and FAA-certified quality standards maintenance.

history

Trans Anguilla Airways was founded in 1996 as an air taxi company. In 2000, Trans Anguilla Airways founded the subsidiary Gumbs Aircraft Maintenance Limited , becoming the first maintenance company for aircraft on Anguilla to be certified according to FAA quality standards .

Destinations

Trans Anguilla Airways flies from Anguilla from the surrounding Caribbean islands Nevis , Saint Barthelemy , St. Eustatius , St. Kitts , Sint Maarten and Virgin Gorda , and from the latter Tortola planned to. The flights are operated similar to bus routes between the islands. On some routes, Trans Anguilla Airways must perform a touch-and-go due to local regulations . In addition to charter flights available. Trans Anguilla Airways carried out charter flights, sightseeing flights and MedEvac flights for the short-lived Air Montserrat (operating from 2006 to 2007) . Montserrat is problematic for air traffic because of the active Soufrière Hills volcano .

fleet

Trans Anguilla Airways claims to have three Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders and a Cessna 402 with nine seats each.

Incidents

In 2008, shortly after a 39-year-old Britten-Norman Islander leased by Air Montserrat ( registration number VP-AAG ) took off from Anguilla airport with destination Sint Maarten, a crash occurred in which the aircraft was irreparably damaged. The pilot and the two passengers were slightly injured.

Web links

Airline website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b You discover the Caribbean - we fly. In: transanguilla.com. Trans Anguilla Airways. Retrieved January 2, 2017 (American English).
^ You discover the Caribbean - we fly. In: transanguilla.com. Trans Anguilla Airways. Retrieved January 2, 2017 (American English).
^ You discover the Caribbean - we fly. In: transanguilla.com. Charter Flights, accessed January 2, 2017 (American English).
^ Air Montserrat. In: archive.org. December 8, 2008, archived from the original on December 8, 2008 ; Retrieved January 3, 2017 .
^ Harro Ranter: ASN Aircraft accident Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander VP-AAG Anguilla-Wallblake Airport (AXA). In: aviation-safety.net. Retrieved January 2, 2017 .
↑ AAIB Bulletin, accessed January 2, 2017

[flotte-1] You discover the Caribbean - we fly. In: transanguilla.com. Trans Anguilla Airways. Retrieved January 2, 2017 (American English).

[sched-2] You discover the Caribbean - we fly. In: transanguilla.com. Trans Anguilla Airways. Retrieved January 2, 2017 (American English).

[charter-3] You discover the Caribbean - we fly. In: transanguilla.com. Charter Flights, accessed January 2, 2017 (American English).

[4] Air Montserrat. In: archive.org. December 8, 2008, archived from the original on December 8, 2008 ; Retrieved January 3, 2017 .

[avsafe-5] Harro Ranter: ASN Aircraft accident Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander VP-AAG Anguilla-Wallblake Airport (AXA). In: aviation-safety.net. Retrieved January 2, 2017 .

[6] AAIB Bulletin, accessed January 2, 2017