Flamingo Air Explained

Airline:	Flamingo Air
Icao:	FMR
Callsign:	FLAMINGO AIR
Bases:	Grand Bahama International Airport Lynden Pindling International Airport
Fleet Size:	9
Destinations:	13
Headquarters:	Bahamas
Website:	flamingoairbah.com

Flamingo Air is a small airline in the Bahamas. Its base of operations is the Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport. It also has offices in Marsh Harbour Abaco Airport, in Bimini International Airport, and in the Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau. It provides scheduled service to several islands, as well as Air Charter service to the Bahamas and south Florida.

Another airline that was based in the Bahamas with a similar name was Flamingo Airlines which operated scheduled passenger service during the early 1970s with British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jet aircraft,Convair 340, Lockheed L-188, and Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft from its base in Nassau.^[1]

Accidents

The operation has had several minor incidents or accidents none of which has resulted in injury to date:

• 31 July 2012 - Piper Aztec experienced mechanical problem departing Freeport^[2]
• 18 August 2012 - Cessna 402C hit trees while attempting to abort a landing in heavy rain^[3]
• 4 October 2013 - Cessna 402 landing gear collapsed during landing at Mayaguana on a charter flight^[4]
• 16 August 2016 - Beech 99 A Flamingo Air plane crash landed at the airport in South Bimini on Monday afternoon after the wheel under the right wing collapsed.^[5]
• 3 June 2016 - Beech 99 landing gear failed during landing at Staniel Cay^[6]
• 12 June 2020 - Beech 99 Nose Landing Gear collapsed during landing at Lynden Pindling International Airport
• 17 October 2022 - Beech 99 Left landing gear failed during landing at Black Point ^[7]
• 2 October 2023 - Beech 99 Boarding door opened mid flight en route to Staniel Cay.^[8]

Fleet

Flamingo Air's Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Damaged	Passengers
Cessna 402C Utiliner/Businessliner	3	0	9
Beechcraft C99 Commuter	5	2	15
Beechcraft 99A Airliner	1	1	15
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter	1	0	19

Schedules

• Freeport to Marsh Harbour
• Freeport to South Bimini
• Nassau to Staniel Cay
• Nassau to Black Point
• Nassau to Great Harbour Cay
• Nassau to Mangrove Cay^[9]
• Nassau to Eleuthera

External links

• Flamingo Air

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flamingo Airlines . 2023-01-02 . Airline Timetable Images.
2. http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33022:four-survive-plane-crash&catid=3:news&Itemid=27 4 survive crash at Freeport
3. http://www.aaipu-bcaa.com/FinalReports/C6-FLM.pdf Final report, 18 August 2012 incident
4. Web site: One less Flamingo Air plane.... - Bahamas Forum - TripAdvisor. 2013-10-04. www.tripadvisor.com. en.
5. Web site: No injuries as Flamingo Air plane crash lands.
6. News: Landing gear fails on Flamingo Air plane. 2016-06-03. Tribune 242. 2018-04-25. en.
7. Web site: Reporter . WIC News . 2022-10-18 . Flamingo Air flight with 11 people on board overruns runway in Bahamas . 2023-05-29 . WIC News . en-GB.
8. Web site: Terrifying Ordeal: Passenger door opens mid-air on early morning Flamingo Air flight . 2 October 2023 .
9. Web site: Transportation Options To The Out Islands . www.myoutislands.com . 13 January 2023.