2010 Blue Wing Airlines Antonov An-28 crash
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Zorg en Hoop Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||||||
| Key people | Mr. Amichand Jhauw (MD), Mr. Soejijar Verkuijl (Director of operations) | ||||||
| Website | www |
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Blue Wing Airlines n.v. is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Zorg en Hoop Airport in Paramaribo, Suriname. The airline started operations in January 2002 and operates charter and scheduled services from Paramaribo to destinations in the interior of Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela and the Caribbean area. Its main base is Zorg en Hoop Airport. The airline was on the list of air carriers banned in the EU; however, they were removed from the list as of 28 November 2007 as there was no proof of any insecure situation. As of 6 July 2010, however, the airline was once again on the blacklist after the second incident which was never investigated.
Blue Wing airlines was established in 2002. They perform cargo as well as commercial flights to the interior of Suriname and the region. Blue Wing is also involved in several social projects in the interior. They work together with foundations in Suriname as well as The Netherlands to bring goods like clothes, food and school supplies to the villages that have little access to those goods.
Blue wing airline works with a Dutch aircraft and maintenance institute called Markietzaad that sent students to Suriname each year that follow their internships doing aircraft maintenance.
PZ-TGP & PZ-TGQ (Cessna U206G Stationairs 6) and PZ-TGW (Antonov 28) became the first aircraft of Blue Wing Airlines (named after the Blue Wing, a local bird). Per January 2002, Blue Wing started operations from Zorg en Hoop airfield in Paramaribo with managing director Amichand Jhauw. It was started with domestic operations to the many small strips Suriname is owing to mining activities. In the mean time also scheduled services to neighbor Guyana and French Guyana were offered. During 2004 and 2005, four Antonov 28s were added to the fleet. Earlier another former ITA Cessna U206G (PZ-TLV) was put into service. In May 2006, the Antonovs were the only aircraft capable to operate from the inland strips during the severe flooding and were extensively used for relief flights.
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