InterCaribbean Airways, Ltd. (formerly known as Air Turks & Caicos) is a

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

based in the

Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and no ...

, a

British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, ...

. The airline offers scheduled passenger flights and charter flight services from its hub in

Providenciales International Airport Providenciales International Airport , on the island of Providenciales in the Caicos Islands, is the main international airport serving the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. It is operated by Turks an ...

. Since its launch in 1991, its travel destinations have expanded to multiple

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islands including

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Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

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, and

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History

The airline was established in 1991 as InterIsland Airways, Ltd. In 2003, the company rebranded to become Air Turks & Caicos. In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos merged with SkyKing. The SkyKing brand was integrated into the Air Turks and Caicos operations on 22 October 2008, and by mid-2009 the airline continued operating with a single

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. In November 2013, after operating for 10 years as Air Turks & Caicos, the company rebranded as InterCaribbean Airways. By June 2019, InterCaribbean Airways added the Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet aircraft to its fleet. In addition to the ERJ-145 regional jets, the airline currently s of when?operates

Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia The Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger regional airliner, commuter airliner designed and manufactured by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The EMB 120 began development during 1974. While initially conceived as ...

propjets, in addition to one Embraer EMB 120 aircraft, as well as a

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada in the mid-1960s and still in production today. Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking ...

turboprop aircraft. InterCaribbean also previously operated the Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander twin prop aircraft. The Twin Otter aircraft joined the fleet in December 2015, while the Britten-Norman Islander aircraft has been retired. In 2022, InterCaribbean Airways gained operational rights in

as a non-Jamaican airline to operate domestic flights between the island's main airports,

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and

Montego Bay Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...

. In February 2023, InterCaribbean announced it would start flying from

St. Kitts Saint Kitts, officially Saint Christopher, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis constitute one ...

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 ...

. The airline was crowned "World's Leading Regional Airline 2024" at the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony in Madeira, Portugal. It earlier won the title of "Caribbean's Leading Cabin Crew 2024 of the WTTC"

Destinations

As of February 2023, InterCaribbean Airways operated scheduled flights to the following destinations within the

Fleet

According to th
airline's website
the InterCaribbean Airways fleet currently includes the following aircraft: The airline leased Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia from October 2014 to February 2016 to Cayman Airways for scheduled inter-island passenger flights in the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located so ...

. The airline acquired two Embraer 145

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s, which it began operating commercially from early June 2019, and has since acquired an additional ERJ-145 aircraft.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.intercaribbean.com/ Airlines of the Turks and Caicos Islands Airlines established in 1991 1991 establishments in North America