| 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. The airline is currently grounded after a number of incidents in recent years. The Bahamian authorities have said they will keep all the aircraft grounded until inspections of Flamingo Air's maintenance and investigation into their safety practices are completed. [1]
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.[2]
The operation has had several minor incidents or accidents none of which has resulted in injury to date:
| 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 |
