Winair

Windward Islands Airways International ( Winair usually short ) is a private airline based on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten, their home is the local airport Princess Juliana International Airport. The corporate colors are blue, yellow, red and white. Eight people occupy the executive management team of the Winward Islands Airways NV, including the chairman Edwin Hodge in the role of General Manager. The staff of Winair speaks three main languages ​​: English, Dutch and French.

History

For more than four decades Winair combines ten island states of the northeastern Caribbean with each other. In 1961 the airline was established and offered charter flights from Sint Maarten to Saba, among other things, Antigua and St. Eustatius. Over the years, additional targets were also served in the Caribbean. On January 13, 2003 U.S. Airways became the first code-share partner of Winair as a member of the Star Alliance. This partnership allows both passengers of Winair and U.S. Airways customers will smooth traffic to the Caribbean or in the United States. U.S. Airways operates daily Sint Maarten, so that passengers can fly from the U.S. problems with Winair ten goals of the airline in the northeastern Caribbean. Between the international flights in cooperation with U.S. Airways a waiting time of two hours is always scheduled.

Destinations

Winair operated by Sint Maarten from the part several times a day the objectives Saba, Sint Eustatius, St. Barths ( Saint Barthelemy ), St. Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla as well as three times a week the objectives Antigua, Montserrat, and Barbuda. From Antigua flights are operated to Montserrat and Barbuda daily.

Fleet

As of January 2013, there is a fleet of three Winair de Havilland Canada DHC -6 ( Twin Otter DHC ) and two BAE Jetstream 32