RED Air S.R.L. is a low-cost leisure airline with facilities in

Las Américas International Airport Las Américas International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas, or AILA) is an international airport located in Punta Caucedo, near Santo Domingo and Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic. The airport is run by Aeropuertos Domi ...

, and main offices in

Santo Domingo , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , webs ...

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

History

It was founded in 2020 as a joint-venture between the Venezuelan airline

LASER Airlines LASER Airlines (legally and officially ''Línea Aérea de Servicio Ejecutivo Regional, C.A.'') is an airline based in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates scheduled and passenger charter services within Venezuela, the Caribbean, and South America. Its ...

and Dominican

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SERVAIR Dominicana.

Destinations

As of November 2022, RED Air serves schedule flights to the following destinations:

Fleet

Current fleet

As of June 2022, RED Air operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

RED Air formerly operated the following aircraft:

Incidents

*On June 21, 2022, RED Air Flight 203 experienced a landing gear collapse. The

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(registered as HI1064) slid through a communications tower and caught fire at

Miami International Airport Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the greater Miami metropolitan area with over 1,000 daily flights to 167 domestic and international destinations, including most co ...

. All 140 people on board survived. At least three people were hospitalized with reportedly-minor injuries. The aircraft has been written off as a total loss. An NTSB investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

References

External links

* {{Airlines of the Dominican Republic Airlines established in 2020 Airlines of the Dominican Republic Low-cost carriers