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Western Air is a commercial 
Western Air's fleet increased with the publicized multi-aircraft deal for EMB 145s jets in 2018. The airline acquired additional jets in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to assist with growing airlift demands.
Western Air
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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 ...
based in the Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of ...
offering daily flights throughout the islands of The Bahamas and South Florida. Western Air is a privately owned airline, established in 2000, headquartered at the San Andros Airport
San Andros Airport is an airport near Nicholls Town on Andros Island in The Bahamas.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with a bitumen surface measuring .
The airport h ...
on Andros Island
Andros is an archipelago in The Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. The land area of Andros consists of hun ...
. The airline operates its own passenger terminal and full service maintenance facility at the Grand Bahama International Airport. Western Air's uniformed fleet of EMB145 50-seater jets with one-class cabins are heavily utilized by Bahamian locals and tourists to travel between the city of Nassau and the outer islands, such as Bimini, Exuma, Cat Island, Andros, Abaco and Grand Bahama. Western Air launched its first US route, between Nassau and Fort Lauderdale, Florida in May 2022.
History
The airline was founded in 2000 by the husband-and-wife duo, Capt. Rex J. Rolle and Shandrice Woodside-Rolle by operating Fairchild Metro IIIs on one route, Nassau and San Andros. The airline's consistency and fast efficiency resulted in its service being requested by other islands. Rolle was president and CEO from the inception of the airline to 2023 and is now chairman. Woodside-Rolle is vice president and COO. Their daughterRexy Rolle
Sherrexcia Alexis Rolle (born 19 June, 1988), known as Rexy Rolle, is a Bahamas, Bahamian attorney, airline executive and singer. She is the President, Chief Executive officer (CEO) & Accountable Manager of Western Air, a privately owned airline ...
is an aviation and corporate attorney and was vice president of operations and general counsel for nine years. Rexy Rolle was named the first woman president and CEO of Western Air in January 2024.
Western Air's fleet increased with the publicized multi-aircraft deal for EMB 145s jets in 2018. The airline acquired additional jets in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to assist with growing airlift demands.
Destinations
Hubs
Western Air has two major hubs inclusive of private passenger terminals, full service aircraft maintenance facilities and corporate offices located at San Andros Airport and the second hub atGrand Bahama International Airport
Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) is an international airport in Freeport, The Bahamas. It was privately owned until the government of The Bahamas purchased it in April 29 2021 for one Bahamian dollar, a deal they were able to procur ...
, which serves as its northern hub.
As of September 5, 2015, Western Air unveiled its new $6 million passenger terminal and maintenance facility in Freeport, Bahamas
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama in the northwest part of The Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted of pineyard with substant ...
. The Freeport passenger terminal was severely damaged by Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike The Bahamas. It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic basin in term ...
in 2019. The passenger terminal was rebuilt and reopened in August 2023.
Fleet
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