Caribbean Airlines Limited
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| Founded | 19 September 2006 (predecessor in 1939) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1 January 2007 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Caribbean Miles | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Air Jamaica (100%) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 17 | ||||||
| Destinations | 18 | ||||||
| Company slogan | The Warmth of the Islands | ||||||
| Parent company | Government of Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||
| Headquarters | Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||
| Key people | Tyrone Tang, acting CEO | ||||||
| Net income |
 -US$ 60 million (2014)
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| Website | www |
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Caribbean Airlines Limited is the state-owned airline and flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago. Headquartered in Iere House in Piarco, the airline operates flights to the Caribbean, North America, Central America and South America from its base at Piarco International Airport. Presently Caribbean Airlines employs more than 1,700 people and is the largest airline in the Caribbean.
Caribbean Airlines was incorporated in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on 27 September 2006.
In September 2006, following the recommendation of Peter Davies, the CEO of BWIA West Indies Airways, Caribbean Airlines got approval from the Trinidad and Tobago government to begin operations, after the failed negotiations between the unions and the management of its predecessor, BWIA. As a result, it was announced on 8 September 2006, that BWIA was to be shut down before the launch of Caribbean Airlines. During the last quarter of 2006, in an effort to scale down operations for the start of Caribbean Airlines, BWIA's management cut routes such as Manchester Airport, London Heathrow Airport, New York City and Toronto, with intermediate stops at Barbados or Antigua, ceased services to and from Saint Lucia, cut its fleet to six Boeing 737-800 aircraft retrofitted with wingtip devices (winglets) and reduced its staff to 800, with a majority of the staff former BWIA workers now contracted.
The new airline's capital included funds to close and settle BWIA's operations. The company commenced operations on 1 January 2007, servicing the remaining routes of BWIA.
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