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Founded | August 24, 1961[1] | ||||||
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Commenced operations | July 5, 1962[1] | ||||||
Hubs | Princess Juliana International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Destinations | 16 | ||||||
Headquarters | Princess Juliana International Airport, Sint Maarten | ||||||
Key people | Michael Cleaver (CEO) | ||||||
Website | www.fly-winair.sx |
WINAIR-WINDWARD ISLANDS AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL N.V. SIMPSON BAY, ST. MAARTEN, Netherlands Antilles Tel: 721-545-2568.
Winair, an abbreviation of Windward Islands Airways International NV, is a government-owned airline based in Sint Maarten. Founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux, It has a fleet of seven aircraft serving ten destinations, all within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the North East Caribbean. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Princess Juliana International Airport.[2]
History[edit]
Windward Islands Airways was founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux[1] with additional investments from Hipployte Ledee, Chester Wathey, Louis Richardson, and a handful of others. The airline needed short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft to service certain airports such as Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on Saba and began flying de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters in 1965. The December 1, 1963 Windward Islands Airways timetable lists flights between St. Maarten and Saba operated with STOL-capable Dornier Do-28 aircraft.[3]
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Winair Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander landing in Sint Maarten
Agreements[edit]
Winair has interline agreements with the following airlines:[4]
Winair has code share agreements with the following airlines:
Destinations[edit]
Winair operates services to the following scheduled destinations:[5]
Base and Hub |
Focus city |
Future destination |
City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs/Notes |
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St. John's | Antigua | ANU | TAPA | V. C. Bird International Airport | |
Oranjestad | Aruba | AUA | TNCA | Queen Beatrix International Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
Kralendijk | Bonaire | BON | TNCB | Flamingo International Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
Oranjestad | Sint Eustatius | EUX | TNCE | F.D. Roosevelt Airport | |
The Bottom | Saba | SAB | TNCS | Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport | |
Willemstad | Curaçao | CUR | TNCC | Hato International Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
Marigot | Dominica | DOM | TDPD | Douglas–Charles Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | SDQ | MDSD | Las Américas International Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
Pointe-à-Pitre | Guadeloupe | PTP | TFFR | Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
Port-au-Prince | Haiti | PAP | MTPP | Toussaint Louverture International Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
San Juan | Puerto Rico | SJU | TJSJ | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | Operated by Air Antilles |
Gustavia | Saint-Barthélemy | SBH | TFFJ | Gustaf III Airport | |
Basseterre | Saint Kitts | SKB | TKPK | Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport | |
Philipsburg | Sint Maarten | SXM | TNCM | Princess Juliana International Airport | |
Road Town | Tortola | EIS | TUPJ | Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport |
Fleet[edit]
A Winair Twin Otter
The Winair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2019):[6]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Refs/Notes |
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ATR 42-500/600 | 3 | - | 48 | (wet leased from Air Antilles) |
ATR 72-600 | 1 | - | 72 | (wet leased from Air Antilles)[7] |
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 4[8] | - | 19 | |
Total | 8 | - |
Retired[edit]
The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft: F1 2013 name fix.
Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | Refs/Notes |
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BAE Jetstream 32 | - | - | 19 | (wet-leased from Briko Air Services) |
Britten-Norman BN-2P Islander | - | - | 9 | |
NAMC YS-11 | - | - | 64 | |
Total | - | - |
In addition to above previously operated aircraft, according to the December 1, 1963 Windward Islands Airways timetable the airline was operating STOL-capable Dornier Do-28 as well as Piper Apache aircraft.[3]
Partnership with Domino's[edit]
A partnership between Winair and Domino's gives residents from the islands Saba and St. Eustatius the possibility to order Domino's products baked on Sint Maarten and then delivered by plane.[9][deprecated source]
References[edit]
- ^ abcNorwood, Tom; Wegg, John (2002). North American Airlines Handbook (3rd ed.). Sandpoint, ID: Airways International. ISBN0-9653993-8-9.
- ^'Directory: World Airlines.' Flight International. 30 March – 5 April 2004. 96.
- ^ abhttp://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1963 Windward Islands Airways timetable
- ^'Winair'. www.fly-winair.sx. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^'Destinations - Winair'. www.fly-winair.sx. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^'Fleet - Winair'. www.fly-winair.sx. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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- ^[2]
- ^'Pizza delivered by plane to holidaymakers on Caribbean islands'. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Winair. |
- Landing Saba WinAir Twin Otter, Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (TNCS / SAB) landing video on YouTube
- ✈ Shortest runway in the world ! (HD 1080p) ✔ landing and takeoff video on YouTube
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