Cayman Airways
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Cayman Airways is an airline based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and is the national carrier of the Cayman Islands. It operates mainly as an international and domestic scheduled passenger carrier, with cargo services available on all routes and a limited charter service offered. Its operations are based at Owen Roberts International Airport, Grand Cayman.
History
The airline was established and started operations in July 1968. It was formed to replace Cayman Brac Airways and became wholly government owned in December 1977. The airline operated regional services from Owen Roberts International Airport in George Town, Grand Cayman to Gerrard Smith International Airport on Cayman Brac. Early on, the aircraft operated were Douglas DC3s. The airline began international services in the early '70s with a service to Miami using a single leased Douglas DC6. The airline acquired its first jet aircraft; the BAC 1-11 in 1976, and began services to other parts of the USA. The airline purchased a 727 as well in 1982, strengthining the airline's regional and international capability. These aging jets were eventually replaced with newer Boeing 737-200s, and new destinations were added, including Fort Lauderale, Tampa and notably Havana in 1999.
Cayman Airways announced that it will be retiring one of it's 737-200s in March 2007, reducing the fleet to four jets and two prop planes (http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1013285)
Services
Cayman Airways operates services to the following destinations (at January 2005):
- Cayman Islands
- * Cayman Brac (Gerrard Smith International Airport)
- * Grand Cayman (Owen Roberts International Airport)
- * Little Cayman
- Cuba
- * Havana
- Jamaica
- * Kingston
- * Montego Bay
- United States
- * Boston, Massachusetts
- * Chicago, Illinois
- * Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- * Houston, Texas
- * Miami, Florida
- * Orlando, Florida
- * Tampa, Florida
Fleet
The Cayman Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2005):
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