Air Jamaica was the national airline of Jamaica. It was owned and operated by

Caribbean Airlines Caribbean Airlines Limited is the state-owned airline and flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago. The airline is also the flag carrier of Jamaica and Guyana. Headquartered in Iere House in Piarco, the airline operates flights to the Caribbean, ...

from May 2011 until the cessation of operations in 2015. Caribbean Airlines Limited, headquartered in Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, had administrative offices for Air Jamaica located at

Norman Manley International Airport Norman Manley International Airport , formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica and is located south of the island away from the centre of New Kingston. It is the second busiest airport in the country ...

in Kingston, Jamaica. The Jamaican government was formerly the owner of Air Jamaica. It sold the airline to Caribbean Airlines in 2011, which resulted in the Jamaican government owning 16% of Caribbean Airlines.2014 Investment Climate Statement: Jamaica
United States Department of State (June 2014), p. 11.

History

According to R.E.G. Davies in his ''Airlines of Latin America Since 1919'', the first incarnation of Air Jamaica was founded on August 27, 1963, after the government of Jamaica decided not to invest in

British West Indian Airways BWIA West Indies Airways Limited, known locally as "Bee-Wee" and also as British West Indian Airways and BWIA International, was the national airline based in Trinidad and Tobago. At the end of operations, BWIA was the largest airline operating o ...

(BWIA). Dubbed Jamaica Air Service Ltd., its shareholders were the government of Jamaica (51 percent), the

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( BOAC), and BWIA (16 percent). BWIA's employees in Jamaica were transferred to the new airline. Service to Miami and New York began on May 1, 1966. BOAC, Britain's major international airline at the time, and BWIA had continued to maintain the leased aircraft (this operating arrangement would not expire until the end of May 1969). The Jamaican government preferred a more independent approach and eventually prepared to establish a new company, Air Jamaica (1968) Ltd. Air Jamaica was established in October 1968 and started operations on April 1, 1969, connecting Kingston (KIN) and Montego Bay (MBJ), with New York (JFK) and

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(MIA).

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27 March 2007 At that time the Jamaican government owned a substantial part of the airline, with

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owning a minority share (40 percent) and providing aircraft (one

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and three McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners), pilots, technical, maintenance and logistical help. Douglas DC-9-32 6Y-JIJ JM ORD 28

During the 1970s Air Jamaica expanded rapidly. Flights were added to

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(YYZ) and

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(YUL) in Canada, to

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(SJU) in

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, to

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(PHL) and many other destinations, especially across the Caribbean. Long-haul services to Europe were started on 1 April 1974. Air Jamaica used a Douglas DC-8 and three DC-9s for a large part of the 1970s, but the

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became part of the fleet toward the end of the decade when the government bought out

's share. Growth slowed during the 1980s. New routes were opened to

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(BWI) and

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(ATL).

In 1983 Air Jamaica was operating nonstop Boeing 747-100 jumbo jet service between Kingston and

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Heathrow Airport (LHR) with this flight continuing on from London to

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(FRA) and was also flying nonstop

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service between Kingston and

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(JFK) in

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. In 1989 the Jamaican government announced plans for the privatization of the airline, which had been fully state owned since Air Canada divested its 40 percent shareholding in 1980. However, it was not until May 1994 that a partial selloff was announced when a group of Jamaican and Canadian investors known as the Air Jamaica Acquisition Group (AJAG) agreed to acquire a 70 percent share of the carrier for $26.5 million. Another five percent share was earmarked for employees. The government retained responsibility for liabilities, which were considerable. A merger of Air Jamaica with other Caribbean airlines was already being proposed, with British Airways invited to take a 25 percent holding in the venture. In the first stage, Air Jamaica was to have merged its operations with those of Trinidad and Tobago Airways, parent of BWIA.

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and Leeward Islands Air Transport were to later join the venture. During the 1990s, Air Jamaica continued to expand. The airline took over the Kingston - Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) route, which had been left by

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, began a code sharing agreement with

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and opened a route to

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(PHX, which was later dropped), and to

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(FRA),

(LHR),

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(MAN),

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(SDQ) and Ft. Lauderdale (FLL). The route to Phoenix was opened because Air Jamaica was looking to expand in the American west beyond its route to

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(

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). In 1994 the company was partially privatized, the private investors were led by hotelier Gordon "Butch" Stewart with the government retaining 25 percent of the company and giving five percent to the airline's employees. It continued operating

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jetliners, including the wide body

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, and began a feeder service, a frequent flyer program (7th Heaven), and an inflight magazine, named ''SkyWritings''. In 1996, the airline was flying nonstop service between Kingston and London Heathrow Airport with an

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jetliner. In 1999, Air Jamaica was operating nonstop service between Montego Bay and Los Angeles with

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aircraft. In December 2004, after financial losses, the government of Jamaica resumed full ownership of Air Jamaica. It employed 2,522 people as of March 2007. By March 2010, Air Jamaica had net losses in 40 of its 42 years of existence, and an accumulated deficit of approximately $1.54 billion.Public-Private Partnership Stories: Jamaica: Air Jamaica

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. In 2007, the new Jamaican government began to consider privatization of Air Jamaica, seeking to remove an unsustainable venture from its balance sheet. In October 2007 Bruce Nobles, President and Chief Operational Officer of Air Jamaica from May 2002 to June 2003, was asked to return. He replaced William Rogers, who was interim President and CEO of the airline since the October 2007 resignation of CEO Michael Conway. On 4 July 2009, ''The Jamaica Gleaner'' reported that U.S.-based

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had reached an agreement with the Jamaican government to acquire the national airline. On 17 December 2009, it was reported that the Prime Minister of Jamaica had recently approached the

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regarding a possible merger or acquisition by

. It was decided that Air Jamaica would cease to operate under Jamaican ownership and be primarily run by Caribbean Airlines until the transitional process was complete. Caribbean Airlines acquired the airline's fleet and route rights on 1 May 2010, and opened a new hub at Kingston's

. The acquisition made Caribbean Airlines the largest airline in the Caribbean. On 27 May 2011 Jamaican Finance Minister

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and Trinidadian Finance Minister

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signed the shareholding agreement, making Caribbean Airlines the national airline of Jamaica with access to all routes operated by the former Air Jamaica. On 1 July 2011, all Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines's flights began operating under Caribbean Airlines's "BW" IATA code. The airline operated scheduled services from Kingston and Montego Bay to seven destinations in the Caribbean, Canada and the United States. The airline's acquisition by Caribbean Airlines of

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was implemented on May 1, 2010. However the current owners intended to keep the name Air Jamaica for as long as they were in possession of the company. The airline officially reopened operations on May 1, 2010, upon acquisition by Caribbean Airlines Limited. The new airline was owned by Caribbean Airlines Limited of which the government of Jamaica held 16 percent of shares. The acquisition by

also gave the company exclusive rights to the ''Air Jamaica'' name for one year, with options for annual renewal. On January 14, 2011, the Air Jamaica brand was relaunched at the

with the unveiling of a new livery. The

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aircraft, registered in Trinidad and Tobago, bore elements of Air Jamaica's original livery along with alterations to align the corporate identity with Caribbean Airlines. Each aircraft will bear a sticker of Caribbean Airlines logo along with both Jamaican and

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national flags. Air Jamaica ceased all operations during 2015.

Destinations

Destinations in 1980

According to the November 1, 1980 Air Jamaica system timetable, the airline was serving the following destinations: ;North America *

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Nassau Nassau may refer to: Places Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence Canada *Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792 *Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...

–

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(NAS) *

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–

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(YYZ) * Cayman Islands **

Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the territory's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles (1 ...

–

Owen Roberts International Airport Owen Roberts International Airport is an airport serving Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. It is the main international airport for the Cayman Islands as well as the main base for Cayman Airways. The airport is named after British Royal Air Fo ...

(GCM) * Haiti ** Port-au-Prince –

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(PAP) *

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** Kingston –

(KIN) ** Montego Bay –

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(MBJ) *

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** San Juan –

(SJU) *

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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

– O'Hare International Airport (ORD) **

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–

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(DFW) **

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–

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(IAH) **

–

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(MIA) **

–

(JFK) **

– Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) ;Europe *

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–

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(FRA) * Switzerland **

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–

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(ZRH) *

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– Heathrow Airport (LHR) The above referenced Air Jamaica system timetable states the airline was operating

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(both the standard DC-8 as well as the stretched Super DC-8) and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners at this time with all transatlantic flights being operated with DC-8 aircraft.

Destinations in 1999

According to the October 1999 Air Jamaica route map, in the U.S. the airline had added

(ATL),

(BWI),

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(FLL),

(

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(EWR) and

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(MCO) to its route network and was still serving Chicago (ORD), Miami (MIA), New York City (JFK) and Philadelphia (PHL) but had discontinued service to Dallas (DFW) and Houston (IAH). This Air Jamaica route map also indicates the airline had discontinued service to Frankfurt (FRA) and Zurich (ZRH) in Europe but was still serving London Heathrow Airport (LHR). In Canada,

was operating code sharing flights on behalf of Air Jamaica on the Toronto (YYZ) routes. In the Caribbean, Air Jamaica had added service to

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(BGI), Bonaire (BON), Grenada (GND),

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(HAV) and

St. Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerin ...

(UVF) and was continuing to serve Grand Cayman (GCM). This Air Jamaica route map also indicates the airline was operating a hub at Montego Bay (MBJ) in addition to its Kingston (KIN) service.

Fleet

As of September 2011, the Air Jamaica fleet consisted of the following aircraft with an average age of 7.4 years:

Historic fleet

Air Jamaica McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62H Fitzgerald

Air Jamaica A340-313 (6Y-JMM) landing at London Heathrow Airport (2)

References

External links

Official website

Air Jamaica Privatization
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