Air Guadeloupe was a small

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international airline with its head office in

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. At one time, it was on the property of Le Raizet Airport. Later it was located in the ''Immeuble Le Caducet''.

Company history

The small airline was founded on 21 May 1970 as Société Antillaise de Transport Aérien, SATA to soon become known as Air Guadeloupe. Operations began in 1994 and the CEO was Francois Paneole. In 2000 it was merged with Air Martinique, Air Saint Barthélémy, and Air Saint Martin to form

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.North American Airlines Handbook published by Airways International Inc 1997

Destinations

*Dominica, Dominica -

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*Dominica, Dominica -

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*Fort De France, Martinique -

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*Maria Galante, Guadeloupe -

Marie-Galante Airport Marie-Galante Airport is an airport serving the island of Marie-Galante in Guadeloupe. It is located east of Grand-Bourg, one of three communes on the island. The Marie Galante non-directional beacon (Ident: MG) is located on the field. See al ...

*La Désirade, Gaudeloupe - La Désirade Airport *Les Saintes, Guadeloupe - Les Saintes Airport *Port-au-Prince, Haiti -

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*Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -

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*Grand-Case, St-Martin -

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*San Juan, Puerto Rico -

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*St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles -

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*Cayenne, French Guiana Rochambeau - Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport

Fleet

Air Guadeloupe ATR 42 at Pointe-a-Pitre in December 1986

Air Guadaloupe operated the following aircraft types at various times during its existence:

Accidents and incidents

*21 December 1972 - A Twin Otter operated a flight on behalf of

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from Guadeloupe to St. Maarten, another island in the Caribbean. It crashed at night, near the island of St. Maarten. All 11 passengers and two crew members died. *18 November 1978 - A Twin Otter struck the water with its left wingtip while flying in a violent squall with a 200–300 feet ceiling. The aircraft crashed and sank in 13m of water. Fifteen of the 20 occupants (including one flight crew) died.

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