Air Century

Air Century S.A.

IATA ICAO Call sign Y2 CEY CENTURYFLIGHT
Founded	c. 1992
Commenced operations	March 1992
AOC #	ACEA001A
Hubs	La Isabela International Airport
Secondary hubs	Punta Cana International Airport
Fleet size	5
Destinations	9
Headquarters	La Isabela International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic [1]
Key people	Omar Chahin (Founder and CEO) Fabio Nina (VP) Carlos Jimenez (Executive VP)
Employees	+120
Website	www.aircentury.com

ACSA - Air Century, S.A. is a Dominican airline that operates charter and regularly scheduled services from the Santo Domingo La Isabela International Airport. The company was founded by Captain and Pilot Omar Chahin. Air Century commenced operations in March 1992 and is currently the longest-running still active Dominican airline.

This airline offers charter flights, regularly scheduled services, and air cargo transport through the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, South America, and North America.

Scheduled destinations

Air Century operates scheduled flights to the following destinations: ^[2]

Country	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Aruba	Oranjestad	Queen Beatrix International Airport
Bonaire	Kralendijk	Flamingo International Airport
Colombia	Barranquilla	Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport	Terminated
	Cartagena	Rafael Núñez International Airport	Terminated	[3]
Cuba	Havana	José Martí International Airport
	Santiago de Cuba	Antonio Maceo Airport
Curaçao	Willemstad	Curaçao International Airport
Dominican Republic	Punta Cana	Punta Cana International Airport	Hub	[4]
	Santiago de los Caballeros	Cibao International Airport
	Santo Domingo	La Isabela International Airport	Hub
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Toussaint Louverture International Airport	Terminated
Puerto Rico	San Juan	Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport	Terminated
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	Princess Juliana International Airport
United States	Miami	Miami International Airport	Terminated

Fleet

Current fleet

An Air Century British Aerospace Jetstream 32 at Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport in 2014

An Air Century Bombardier CRJ200 in Punta Cana International Airport in 2023

Air Century's fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2025): ^{[5] [6]}

Air Century fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
ATR 72-200F	1	—	Cargo	Operating for LogicPaq
Bombardier CRJ200ER	3	—	50
British Aerospace Jetstream 32	2	—	19
Gulfstream IV-SP [7]	1	—	13
Total	7	—

Former fleet

Air Century formerly operated the following aircraft: ^[6]

Air Century former fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Saab 340B	2	2015	2020

Accidents and incidents

• On 13 October 2014, a British Aerospace Jetstream 32 (HI816) was destroyed by fire at Punta Cana after an engine failure on short final, after a charter flight from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. All 13 passengers and two flight crew on board were evacuated safely. ^[8]

See also

• List of airlines of the Dominican Republic

External links

• Air Century
• Air Century (archive)
• Air Century (in Spanish)
• Air Charter Guide
• Dominican Aviation
• Air Century at STI

References

1. "Contact Us Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine ." Air Century. Retrieved on January 15, 2012. "Address: Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport, Local No. 1032, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic."
2. "Los Destinos Más Calientes del Verano". Aircentury.com (in Spanish).
3. "Air Century adds Cartagena service from August 2022". AeroRoutes. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
4. "Air Century announces new routes and a connection hub from Punta Cana International Airport". Routesonline.com. October 3, 2023.
5. "Fleet - Winair". www.aircentury.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
6. "Air Century Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
7. Luciano Braganca (November 8, 2024). "Dominican Republic's Air Century adds first GIV-SP". Ch-aviation.com.
8. "Se accidenta avión en aeropuerto de Punta Cana" [Plane crashes in Punta Cana airport] (in Spanish). Figureo56.com. 12 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19.