New applicant for old Air Jamaica Express routes
Published:Wednesday | June 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Air Turks and Caicos has applied for routes left vacant by Air Jamaica - specifically, those serviced by the defunct Air Jamaica Express.
Air J Express flew to Turks and Caicos, Grand Cayman, Nassau and the Dominican Republic.
The six-year licence should be granted, said Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Derby, if no objections are raised during the ongoing two-week notice period, which is mandatory before approval.
Air Turks and Caicos, a seven-year-old company, has applied to operate scheduled air service from the Turks and Caicos and intermediate points to Kingston.
The three routes applied for include Turks and Caicos to Kingston via Nassau, Bahamas; Turks and Caicos via Kingston to Port-Au-Prince, and Santo Domingo; while the third is via Havana, Cuba.
The service is slated to commence on July 1, ending on June 30, 2015.
Frequency of flights will be weekly, excepting certain days for each route.
Air Turks and Caicos plans to fly an Embraer 120ER, a Dehaviland 6-30 and a Beech 200C on the routes.
Attempts to reach the carrier's chief executive officer and chairman, Lyndon Gardiner, were unsuccessful. Air Turks and Caicos, formerly known as Inter-island Airways, offers scheduled domestic and short-haul international services, as well as charter flights.
In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos bought its direct competitor, SkyKing, merging its fleet and crew in October of that year.