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Caricom Airways (Caribbean Commuter Airways) was a Surinamese regional
airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...
with headquarters in
Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...
,
Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
. Caricom Airways mainly flew charter flights from
Zorg en Hoop Airport Zorg en Hoop Airport is a small airport in the city of Paramaribo, Suriname. It is west of the Suriname River, between the city quarters of Zorg en Hoop and Flora. It is mainly used for general aviation, flight training, emergency medical ...
to various destinations in the interior of Suriname, the Caribbean and Northern
Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
. The airline had earlier temporarily set plans for regular regional flights aside for cooperation with Surinam Airways (SLM). As its feeder commuter airline, Caricom carried out scheduled flights to the hinterland of Suriname for SLM. In collaboration with SLM, Caricom Airways reintroduced domestic service to various destinations in Suriname using three aircraft belonging to Caricom Airways: two Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders and a Cessna 206. Operational control remained in the hands of Caricom Airways, while SLM periodically performed quality checks on the aircraft and audited the airline. This joint venture also included METS Tours, a subsidiary of Surinam Airways. Caricom Airways retained its identity but joined SLM's quality program and flew with their colours. Caricom Airways was planning to add four 50 seat-turboprops to its fleet of smaller Islander,
Cessna Cessna () is an American brand of general aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Originally, it was a brand of the Cessna Aircraft Company, an American general aviation aircraft manufactu ...
and Piper aircraft to launch regional scheduled flights. The airline did not finalize this flight schedule, but the plan was to serve Boa Vista International Airport (BVB),
Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Mic ...
Grantley Adams International Airport Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) is an international airport at Seawell, Christ Church, Barbados, Christ Church, Barbados, serving as the country's only port of entry by air. The airport is the only designated port of entry for ...
(BGI), Georgetown
Cheddi Jagan International Airport Cheddi Jagan International Airport , formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary international airport of Guyana. The airport is located on the right bank of the Demerara River in the city of Timehri, south of Guyana's capital, Geo ...
(GEO) and
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Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) from
Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...
Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport , also known as Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, and locally referred to simply as JAP, is an airport located in the town of Zanderij and hub for airline carrier Suriname Airways, Surinam Airway ...
(PBM). It had previously planned to operate scheduled flights to several Eastern Caribbean islands from its Caribbean hub at
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 ...
but never received the necessary approvals.


History

The company was founded on April 13, 2004, as Kuyake Aviation ( Surinamese for
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). At first the company's mission was to provide flight training towards a private or commercial pilot’s license. Kuyake Aviation started with a Cessna 337G Super Skymaster and a Cessna 172R Skyhawk. Later in 2005, a Cessna 206H Stationair was added. In August 2006, a Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain with a panther conversion was bought, followed by another Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain. In 2009, the main focus shifted from flight training to commercial services. With this change of mission the decision was also made to split the company to ''Caribbean Commuter Airways N.V.'' (abbreviated as Caricom Airways N.V.) and ''Kuyake Aviation Academy''. Caricom Airways had a fleet expansion in 2010 when two Britten-Norman BN-2A Islanders arrived for passenger charters. Kuyake Aviation was also based at the
Zorg en Hoop Airport Zorg en Hoop Airport is a small airport in the city of Paramaribo, Suriname. It is west of the Suriname River, between the city quarters of Zorg en Hoop and Flora. It is mainly used for general aviation, flight training, emergency medical ...
in
Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...
, Suriname, and was a modern school facility operating a fleet of Cessna aircraft and simulators. Caribbean Commuter Airways was divided into Caricom Airways Barbados as a regional charter airline and Caricom Airways Suriname, both using the Caribbean Commuter Airways logo, and operating as a domestic charter airline within Suriname and the Caribbean region, together with running the Caricom Airways Flight Academy effectively with Kuyake Aviation Flight Academy. In 2011, a cooperation was reached with EZ AIR from
Bonaire Bonaire is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles, and is a Caribbean Netherlands, special municipality (officially Public body (Netherlands), "public body") of the Netherlands. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (Windward an ...
that allowed Caricom to regularly fly between
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,
Curaçao Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the southern Caribbean Sea (specifically the Dutch Caribbean region), about north of Venezuela. Curaçao includ ...
and
Aruba Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná Peninsula, Paraguaná and northwest of Curaçao. In 19 ...
and later to
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and
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using two Islanders, eventually taking over one Islander aircraft from Caricom Airways. In 2018, the owners of Caricom Airways moved to Curaçao to open up a new airline and flight school named Dutch Caribbean Islandhopper.


Former fleet

Caricom Airways had a fleet of different types of aircraft.


Former destinations

Caricom Airways flew charters to 67 destinations, including 62 within the CARICOM and 5 abroad: * CARICOM Destinations *
Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...
, The Valley ( Anguilla Wallblake Airport) *
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 ...
, Saint John ( VC Bird International Airport) * Barbados,
Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Mic ...
(
Grantley Adams International Airport Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) is an international airport at Seawell, Christ Church, Barbados, Christ Church, Barbados, serving as the country's only port of entry by air. The airport is the only designated port of entry for ...
) * Dominica, Marigot ( Melville Hall Airport),
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( Canefield Airport) * Grenada, St. George's ( Point Salines International Airport) * Guyana, Georgetown (
Cheddi Jagan International Airport Cheddi Jagan International Airport , formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary international airport of Guyana. The airport is located on the right bank of the Demerara River in the city of Timehri, south of Guyana's capital, Geo ...
) * Guyana, Georgetown (
Ogle Airport Eugene F. Correia International Airport is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Guyana, east of the capital, Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown, in the Demerara-Mahaica, Demerara-Mahaica region. In 2013, LIAT began scheduled passenger airline f ...
) *
Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...
, John A. Osborne Airport) * Saint Kitts & Nevis,
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 ...
(
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 ...
) * Saint Kitts & Nevis, Charlestown ( Vance W. Amory International Airport) * Saint 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 FL Charles Airport) * Saint Lucia Vieux-Fort ( Hewanorra International Airport) * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
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 ...
( Argyle International Airport) * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Bequia Bequia ( or ) is the largest island in the Grenadines at . It is part of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and is approximately from the nation's capital, Kingstown, on the main island, Saint Vincent. Bequia means 'island of th ...
( JF Mitchell Airport) * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Canouan ( Canouan Airport) * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Mustique Mustique is a private island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is part of the Grenadines, a chain of islands in the West Indies. The island is located within Grenadines Parish, and the closest island is the uninhabited Petite Mustique, ...
(
Mustique Airport Mustique Airport is a private airfield owned by the Mustique Company for public use and is located on Mustique island, part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean Sea. It is used by civil aviation and national airlines using turbopr ...
) * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Union Island ( Union Island Airport) * Suriname, Afobaka ( Afobaka Airstrip) * Suriname Alalapadu ( Alalapadu Airstrip) * Suriname Albina (
Albina Airstrip Albina Airstrip is an airport serving Albina, Suriname, Albina, the capital (political), capital of the Marowijne District of Suriname. It is one of the oldest airports in Suriname, in use since 1953, when the Piper Cub (PZ-NAC) of Kappel-van Eyc ...
) * Suriname Amatopo ( Amatopo Airstrip) * Suriname Apetina ( Apetina Airstrip) * Suriname
Bakhuis Mountains The Bakhuis Mountains () are a mountain range in central Suriname, spanning 110 kilometres. The mountain range form of the northern part of the Wilhelmina Mountains, and the mountains and its village were named after the Netherlands, Dutch explor ...
( Bakhuys Airstrip) * Suriname Botopasi ( Botopassi Airstrip) * Suriname Cabana ( Cabana Airstrip) * Suriname Kajana ( Cayana Airstrip) * Suriname Coeroeni ( Coeroeni Airstrip) * Suriname Djoemoe ( Djoemoe Airstrip) * Suriname Donderskamp ( Donderskamp Airstrip) * Suriname Drietabbetje (
Drietabbetje Airstrip Drietabbetje Airstrip serves the Tapanahony River village of Drietabbetje, Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It i ...
) * Suriname Gakaba ( Gakaba Airstrip) * Suriname Godo Holo ( Godo Holo Airstrip) * Suriname Gross Rose Bell ( Gross Rosebell Airstrip) * Suriname Kabalebo (
Kabalebo Airstrip Kabalebo Airstrip serves the village of Kabalebo, Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. Facilities The Kabalebo Airstrip has one long unpaved runway. The main-lodge of the Kabalebo Nature Resort and its swimming pool ...
) * Suriname Käyser Mountains ( Käyser Airstrip) * Suriname Kwamelasemoetoe (
Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip is an airport serving Kwamelasemoetoe, Suriname, a Trio Indian village in the south of Suriname in the Sipaliwini District. The name of the village means bamboo sand, named after nearby Sipaliwini River banks partly ove ...
) * Suriname Laduani (
Laduani Airstrip Laduani Airstrip , is an airport serving Aurora, Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with ...
) * Suriname
Langatabbetje Langatabiki ( Dutch: ''Langatabbetje'') is a Paramacca village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Langatabiki is the residence of the granman of the Paramaccan people. Langatabiki is located in the Pamacca resort which was created on 11 ...
(
Langatabbetje Airstrip Langatabbetje Airstrip , is an airport on Langatabbetje island in the Moroni River, Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indi ...
) * Suriname Lawa Anapaike (
Lawa Anapaike Airstrip Lawa Anapaike Airstrip is an airstrip serving the Wayana village of Kawemhakan on the Lawa River in Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean ...
) * Suriname Lawa Antino (
Lawa Antino Airstrip Lawa Antino Airstrip is an airstrip serving the gold mining concessions near the town of Benzdorp in Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean ...
) * Suriname Lawa Cottica (
Lawa Cottica Airstrip Lawa Cottica Airstrip , is an airstrip serving Cottica, Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing count ...
) * Suriname Lawa Tabiki (
Lawa Tabiki Airstrip Lawa Tabiki Airstrip is a small airstrip serving Benzdorp, Suriname. The runway is on an island in the Lawa River, which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments a ...
) * Suriname Lely Mountains ( Lelygebergte Airstrip) * Suriname Moengo ( Moengo Airstrip) * Suriname, New Nickerie ( Major Henk Fernandes Airport) * Suriname, Njoeng Jacob Kondre (
Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip is an airstrip serving Njoeng Jacob Kondre, Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is ...
) * Suriname Paloemeu ( Paloemeu Airstrip) * Suriname
Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...
(
Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport , also known as Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, and locally referred to simply as JAP, is an airport located in the town of Zanderij and hub for airline carrier Suriname Airways, Surinam Airway ...
) * Suriname
Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...
(
Zorg en Hoop Airport Zorg en Hoop Airport is a small airport in the city of Paramaribo, Suriname. It is west of the Suriname River, between the city quarters of Zorg en Hoop and Flora. It is mainly used for general aviation, flight training, emergency medical ...
) * Suriname Poeketi ( Poeketi Airstrip) * Suriname Poesoegroenoe ( Poesoegroenoe Airstrip) * Suriname Ragoebarsing ( Ragoebarsing Airstrip) * Suriname Raleigh Falls ( Raleigh Airstrip) * Suriname Sarakreek ( Sarakreek Airstrip) * Suriname Saramacca ( Henri Alwies Airstrip) * Suriname Sipaliwini Savanna ( Sipaliwini Airstrip) * Suriname Stoelmanseiland ( Stoelmanseiland Airstrip) * Suriname, Tafelberg ( Tafelberg Airstrip) * Suriname Tepoe ( Tepoe Airstrip) * Suriname
Totnes Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and ab ...
( Totness Airstrip) * Suriname, Four Brothers ( Vier Gebroeders Airstrip) * Suriname
Wageningen Wageningen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a ...
( Wageningen Airstrip) *
Tobago Tobago, officially the Ward of Tobago, is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger islan ...
,
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( Crown Point Airport) * Trinidad,
Port of Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ...
(
Piarco International Airport Piarco International Airport is an international airport serving the island of Trinidad and is one of two international airports in Trinidad and Tobago. The airport is east of Downtown Port of Spain, in the suburban town of Piarco. The airpor ...
) Outside the CARICOM: * Brazil,
Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...
(
Val de Cans International Airport Val may refer to: Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a Soviet assault rifle Music *''Val'', album by Val Doonican * VAL (band), Belarusian pop duo People * Val (g ...
) * Brazil Boa Vista ( Boa Vista International Airport) * Brazil
Macapá Macapá () is a city in Brazil with a population of 512,902 (2020 estimate), and is the capital of Amapá state in the country's North Region, Brazil, North Region, located on the northern channel of the Amazon Delta near its mouth on the Atlant ...
( Macapa International Airport) * Brazil
Manaus Manaus () is the List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil, capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. It is the List of largest cities in Brazil, seventh-largest city in Brazil, w ...
(
Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus–Eduardo Gomes International Airport is an international airport serving Manaus, Brazil. On 11 December 1973, while still under construction, the name of the facility was changed from ''Supersonic Airport of Manaus'' (owing to its desig ...
) * Brazil Santarém ( Santarém Airport)


References


External links


Caricom Airways Website

"The True Time" May 13, 2009

"Times of Suriname" 12 May 2009

"ICAO Designator CRB" (Kuyake Aviation d / b / a Caribbean Commuter Airways)
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"Carib News Network" June 2, 2010
Defunct airlines of Suriname Airlines established in 2004 Airlines disestablished in 2018 Companies of Suriname 2004 establishments in Suriname 2018 disestablishments in Suriname