Sky Holdings Corporation d/b/a Sky Cana is an airline with ACMI contracted operators headquartered in Santo Domingo.[4] It started scheduled services to Caribbean and the United States from its two hubs: Las Américas International Airport and Cibao International Airport. The services offered are transfer, freight, overflight, helicopter, advertising, air ambulance, and tour services. The airline of the Dominican Republic has started flights from New York-JFK to Santiago de los Caballeros and Santo Domingo with two flights daily.[5]
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Founded | 2014 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 30 January 2021[1] | ||||||
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Fleet size | 8[2] | ||||||
Destinations | 11 | ||||||
Headquarters | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||||||
Key people | Frank Díaz (CEO)[3] | ||||||
Website | skycana |
In 2016, LogicPaq received its AOC from the Dominican Republic's civil aviation authority and planned to offer regular and charter flights between the Dominican Republic to Colombia, Mexico and United States for and on behalf of tour operators.[6] Its first aircraft, an Airbus A321, was delivered on 28 November 2020.[7]
Mid-January 2021, Sky Cana was the 1st airline in the Americas to offer flights to nowhere,[8] a type of flights in which people board an aircraft for a nominal fee, and it flies around the city for about an hour before returning to the airport of origin, allowing fliers to sight-see in their own city from the air.
Final of January 2021, Sky Cana was designated by the Dominican Professional Baseball League "LIDOM" to operate the flight for the National Champion Baseball Team 2021 Águilas Cibaeñas to Mazatlán, Mexico. representing the Dominican Republic in 2021 Caribbean Series.
As of September 2021, Sky Cana gradually in a period of three years while having all the flights in charter as well. The CEO of the company, Frank Diaz, states that the airline plans to have three major hubs while receiving many seasonal flights in major touristic cities such as Punta Cana.[9][10]
As of June 2022, Sky Cana operates the following destinations:[11][12]
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As of October 2022, the Sky Cana fleet consists of the following aircraft:[18][2]
Aircraft | In service |
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Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | — | 180 | 180 | Leased from Avion Express Malta | ||||
Airbus A321-200 | 3 | — | — | 220 | 220 | |||||
Airbus A330-200 | 1 | — | 18 | 248 | 266 | Leased from Heston Airlines | ||||
Airbus A330-300 | 1 | — | — | 367 | 367 | Leased from SmartLynx Airlines Malta | ||||
ATR 72-200F | 1 | — | Cargo | Operated by Air Century[19] | ||||||
Boeing 737-800BCF | — | 2 | Cargo | To be leased from Bluebird Nordic[20] | ||||||
Total | 8 | — |
So far, the airline's aircraft are each decorated with the name of a specific tourist destination in the Dominican Republic. The first aircraft is labeled as "Go Puerto Plata", the second one as "Go Samaná" and the third one as "Go Punta Cana". It is currently unknown if next aircraft will continue this trend, as their ATR 72-200F is labeled only as "LogicPaq".