Carib Aviation was an

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based in

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History

Founded in 1972 by (Sir) Frank Delisle with a single twin-prop aircraft, Carib Aviation provided charter and scheduled flights throughout the Caribbean from its main base in

Antigua Antigua ( ; ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the most populous island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua ...

. At its peak the company employed 63 personnel, including some 15 pilots and 22 engineering staff. The office facilities were at VC Bird International Airport, accommodating administration, accounts, operations and traffic departments. An additional terminal office facility was located at

Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport Robert L. Bradshaw Airport , formerly known as ''Golden Rock Airport'', is an international airport located just northeast of Basseterre, on the island of Saint Kitts, serving the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. It was named after the first Pr ...

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. Carib Aviation also operated the DOMINICA AIR TAXI service between

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

and

Canefield Airport Canefield Airport is an airport on the west coast of the Caribbean Island country, island nation of Dominica. It is north of Roseau, the capital. It is one of only two airports in the island nation of Dominica, the other being Douglas–Charles ...

as well as a local feeder for

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. On Tuesday 30 September 2008, Bruce Kaufman, new owner and

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of the airline, announced that he was forced to cancel all flights the very same day because of no flight crews available. He accused

of hiring seven of his Twin Otter pilots within a few days, breaking an agreement between the two airlines signed earlier in 2008 and leaving him with no choice but to stop all operations.Carib Aviation en faillitte technique
(in French)

Destinations

*Anguilla ** The Valley ( Anguilla Wallblake Airport) *Antigua ** St. John's ( VC Bird International Airport) *Barbuda ** Codrington ( Codrington Airport) *Dominica ** Marigot ( Melville Hall Airport) **

Roseau Roseau (Dominican Creole French, Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George Parish, Dominica, Saint George Pa ...

(

) *Guadalupe **

Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre (; , , or simply , ) is the second most populous commune of Guadeloupe (after Les Abymes). Guadeloupe is an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a ''Subprefectu ...

(

Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport Guadeloupe Maryse Condé Airport, otherwise known as Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or ( is an international airport serving Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, France. The airport is located in Abymes, north- ...

) *Martinique **

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. History Before it was ceded to France by Spain in 1635, the area of Fort-de-Fra ...

(

Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (, ) is an international airport of Martinique in the French West Indies. Located in Le Lamentin, a suburb of the capital Fort-de-France, it was opened in 1950 and renamed in 2007, after author an ...

) *Montserrat **

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( Gerald's Airport) *Nevis ** Charlestown (

Vance W. Amory International Airport Vance W. Amory International Airport serves the island of Nevis in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The airport has a single runway, which is approximately 1,220 meters (4,000 feet) long. The airport is located just west of the village N ...

) *St. Kitts **

Basseterre Basseterre (; Saint Kitts Creole: ''Basterre'') is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Saint Kitts and Nevis with an estimated population of 14,000 in 2018. Geographically, the Basseterre port is located at , on the south-wester ...

(

) *St. Lucia **

Castries Castries () is the capital city, capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous Castries Quarter, district has a population of just under ...

( George F. L. Charles Airport) **

Vieux Fort Quarter Vieux Fort is one of 10 districts of Saint Lucia, districts of the Caribbean island country of Saint Lucia. Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia, Vieux Fort is also the name of the main town in the district. It is the home of the second-largest town in Sain ...

( Hewanorra International Airport) *St. Vincent **

Kingstown Kingstown is the capital and largest city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The city, located on the main island of Saint Vincent, has the main port and the biggest commercial center of the islands. With a population of 12,909 (2012), K ...

( E.T. Joshua Airport) *Tortola **

Beef Island Beef Island is an island in the British Virgin Islands. It is located to the east of Tortola, and the two islands are connected by the Queen Elizabeth Bridge. Beef Island is the site of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (IATA c ...

(

Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport , previously known as Beef Island Airport, is the main airport serving the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territories, British overseas territory in the Caribbean. The airport serves as the ...

)

Fleet

As of September 2008 the Carib Aviation fleet included : *1 Beech 65 QueenAir Excalibur *1 Britten Norman Islander

References

External links

Carib Aviation
Defunct airlines of Antigua and Barbuda Airlines disestablished in 2008 {{Antigua-stub