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Aero Caribbean (Empresa Aerocaribbean SA) was an airline based in Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba.[1] It operated scheduled domestic passenger services to domestic destinations and international services, and charter flights mainly within the Caribbean and South America. Its main base was at José Martí International Airport, Havana.[2]

Aero Caribbean

IATA ICAO Callsign 7L CRN AEROCARIBBEAN
Founded	1982
Ceased operations	2015 (merged with Cubana de Aviación)
Hubs	José Martí International Airport
Focus cities	Antonio Maceo Int'l Airport
Fleet size	7
Destinations	17
Parent company	Corporación de la Aviación Civil S.A
Headquarters	Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba
Website	link dead

History

The airline was established in 1982 as Empresa Aero and started operations on 2 December 1982. It was set up by the Cuban government to provide domestic flights and regional charters to supplement national carrier Cubana. It was wholly owned by the government of Cuba.[2][3] It has since been merged with Cubana de Aviación in 2015.[4]

Destinations

Aero Caribbean operated the following destinations:[5]

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Cayo Coco, Havana, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Cayo Largo, Nueva Gerona, Varadero.
• International scheduled destinations: Cayman Islands, Corn Island, Managua, Mérida, San Pedro Sula, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo, Punta Cana, Guatemala City
• Former scheduled destinations : Monterrey, Tijuana

Fleet

The Aero Caribbean fleet included the following aircraft (as of November 2012):[6]

• 3 ATR 42-300
• 4 ATR 72-212

ON 19 September 2008, the average age of the Aero Caribbean fleet was 15.8 years ([7]).

Previously operated

Aerocaribbean had operated the following aircraft in the past:[3]

• 1 Antonov An-24
• 2 Antonov An-26
• 1 Boeing 737-200
• 2 Douglas DC-3 configured for Y28 passengers
• 1 Fokker F-27F Friendship configured for Y44 passengers/freight
• 5 Ilyushin Il-18D/V configured for Y100 passengers/freight (flying Havana-Bahamas and Havana-Caracas)
• 1 Ilyushin Il-14M configured for Y40 passengers
• 6 Yakovlev Yak-40 configured for Y30 passengers/freighter
• 4 Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
• 2 Bristol Britannia[8]

Accidents and incidents

• On 15 November 1992, an Il-18 on a charter flight from Santo Domingo to Havana crashed into the side of mount Isabel de Torres, near San Felipe de Puerto Plata, while on approach to Gregorio Luperón International Airport for an intermediate stop.[9] The plane was flying in IFR conditions and performed a controlled flight into terrain. All 34 on board perished, including the Dominican chess team.[10] The aircraft lost in the accident was the same plane that was filmed in 1986 Soviet disaster film Razmakh krylyev.[11][12][13]
• On 4 November 2010, Flight 883, operated by an ATR 72-212, crashed at Guasimal, Cuba, while en route from Santiago de Cuba to Havana. All 61 passengers and 7 crew members were killed. The most likely cause was icing on the wing.[14]

References

• Günter Endres, ed. (2010). Flight International World Airlines 2010. Sutton, Surrey, England: Reed Business Information. ISBN 978-1-898779-39-1.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aero Caribbean.

• Official website link dead September 2015

На других языках

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[de] Aerocaribbean

Aerocaribbean (Empresa Aerocaribbean SA) war eine staatliche Fluggesellschaft Kubas mit Sitz in Havanna und Basis auf dem Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí. In der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2015 fusionierte Aerocaribbean mit der Cubana und wurde aufgelöst.

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- [en] Aero Caribbean

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[es] Aero Caribbean

La empresa Aero Caribbean S.A fue una compañía aérea con base en La Habana, Cuba, fusionada actualmente con Cubana de Aviación, que operaba vuelos regulares nacionales e internacionales, así como vuelos chárter, principalmente en El Caribe y América Central. Su base principal de operaciones estaba en el Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí, La Habana.[1]

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[fr] Aero Caribbean

Aero Caribbean (en espagnol, Empresa Aerocaribbean SA) était une compagnie aérienne basée à Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución, à La Havane (Cuba)[1].

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[ru] Aero Caribbean

Aero Caribbean (исп. Empresa Aerocaribbean SA) — бывшая авиакомпания, базировавшаяся на Кубе в аэропорту Гаваны (Международный аэропорт имени Хосе Марти).

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