Aero Caribbean Explained

Airline:	Aero Caribbean
Fleet Size:	7
Destinations:	17
Iata:	7L
Icao:	CRN
Callsign:	AEROCARIBBEAN
Parent:	Corporación de la Aviación Civil S.A
Founded:	1982
Ceased:	2015 (merged with Cubana de Aviación)
Headquarters:	Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba
Hubs:	José Martí International Airport
Focus Cities:	Antonio Maceo Int'l Airport
Website:	link dead

Aero Caribbean (Empresa Aerocaribbean SA) was an airline based in Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba.^[1] It operated scheduled domestic passenger services to domestic destinations and international services, and charter flights mainly within the Caribbean and South America. Its main base was at José Martí International Airport, Havana.^[2]

History

The airline was established in 1982 as Empresa Aero and started operations on 2 December 1982. It was set up by the Cuban government to provide domestic flights and regional charters to supplement national carrier Cubana. It was wholly owned by the government of Cuba.^{[2] [3]} It merged with Cubana de Aviación in 2015.^[4]

Destinations

Aero Caribbean operated the following destinations:^[5]

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Cayo Coco, Havana, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Cayo Largo, Nueva Gerona, Varadero.
• International scheduled destinations: Cayman Islands, Corn Island, Managua, Mérida, San Pedro Sula, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo, Punta Cana, Guatemala City
• Former scheduled destinations: Monterrey, Tijuana

Fleet

The Aero Caribbean fleet included the following aircraft (as of November 2012):

• 3 ATR 42-300
• 4 ATR 72-212

ON 19 September 2008, the average age of the Aero Caribbean fleet was 15.8 years.^[6]

Previously operated

Aerocaribbean operated the following aircraft in the past:^[3]

• 1 Antonov An-24
• 2 Antonov An-26
• 1 Boeing 737-200
• 2 Douglas DC-3 configured for Y28 passengers
• 1 Fokker F-27F Friendship configured for Y44 passengers/freight
• 5 Ilyushin Il-18D/V configured for Y100 passengers/freight (flying Havana-Bahamas and Havana-Caracas)
• 1 Ilyushin Il-14M configured for Y40 passengers
• 6 Yakovlev Yak-40 configured for Y30 passengers/freighter
• 4 Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
• 2 Bristol Britannia^[7]

Accidents and incidents

• On 15 November 1992, an Il-18 on a charter flight from Santo Domingo to Havana crashed into the side of mount Isabel de Torres, near San Felipe de Puerto Plata, while on approach to Gregorio Luperón International Airport for an intermediate stop.^[8] The plane was flying in IFR conditions and performed a controlled flight into terrain. All 34 on board died, including the Dominican chess team.^[9] The aircraft lost in the accident was the same plane that was filmed in 1986 Soviet disaster film Razmakh krylyev.^{[10] [11] [12]}
• On 4 November 2010, Flight 883, operated by an ATR 72-212, crashed at Guasimal, Cuba, while en route from Santiago de Cuba to Havana. All 61 passengers and seven crew members were killed. The most likely cause was icing on the wing.^[13]

References

• Book: Günter Endres . Flight International World Airlines 2010 . 2010 . Reed Business Information . Sutton, Surrey, England . 978-1-898779-39-1.

External links

• Official website link dead September 2015

Notes and References

1. "Directory: World Airlines." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 47. "Calle 23, No 64 esq. a PVedado, Havana, Cuba"
2. [Flight International]
3. North American Airlines Handbook published by Airways International Inc 1997
4. Web site: Aerocaribbean merges with Cubana. ch-aviation. en. 2020-05-24.
5. Web site: Flights to Cuba - Flights Schedule. CubaJet.com. www.cubajet.com. 19 May 2018.
6. Web site: Fleet . 20 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130411074247/http://www.fly-aerocaribbean.com/fleet.asp . 11 April 2013 . link dead September 2015
7. Web site: Registration Details For CU-T114 (Aero Caribbean) Bristol Britannia-318 - PlaneLogger. www.planelogger.com. 19 May 2018.
8. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921115-0&lang=en
9. Web site: Cronologia . 26 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202080013/http://directoriodeempresas.net/cronologia.html . 2 February 2009 . Cronología Histórica Dominicana. Accessed 26 August 2008.
10. Web site: ✈ russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация. russianplanes.net. 19 May 2018.
11. News: EFE. 1992-11-15. Veinte muertos al estrellarse un avión en la República Dominicana. es. El País. 2020-05-24. 1134-6582.
12. Web site: Hoy se cumplen 25 años del trágico accidente aéreo en la Loma Isabel de Torres en Puerto Plata. Heredia. Antonio. 2017-11-15. El Día. es. 2020-05-24.
13. Web site: Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 5 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101108073633/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20101104-0. 8 November 2010 . live.