List of defunct airlines of Suriname

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This is a list of defunct airlines of Suriname . [1] [2]

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations
Ceased
operations
Notes
Caricom Airways CRBCARIBBEAN COMMUTER20042018Owners moved to Curacao with some of the fleet to start up Dutch Caribbean Islandhopper
Gonini Air Services 5ZGONGONINI19781994Moved some of its operations to the Dutch Antilles and USA with American registered aircraft till the end of the 1990s
Hi-Jet Helicopter Services HHSHIJET19972017After declaring bankruptcy in December 2017, Hi-Jet Helicopter Services made a modest re-start by the end of 2018 [3] [4]
Inter Tropical Aviation TCUTROPAIR19872001
Kuyake Aviation 20042018Part of Caricom Airways Flight Academy, owners moved to Curacao with some of the fleet to start up Dutch Caribbean Islandhopper
Nickerie Air Spray Air Crop-Dusters which were active in the rice region of Nickerie, Suriname
Pont International Airline Services PSIPONT
Skyliners Air Services LNRLINERSERVICE
SLM PYSLMSURINAM19621975Renamed/merged to Surinam Airways
Surinaamse Luchtvracht Onderneming - SLO 19691973Renamed/merged to Surinam Air Cargo
Surinam Air Cargo SURNAMAIR19731974Renamed/merged to Surinam Air Transport. In 1992 a new company with the same name Surinam Air Cargo emerged as a transport company of parcels between Suriname and the Netherlands, this is not an airline company. [5]
Surinam Air Spray/Surinaamse Luchtvaart Bespuitings Maatschappij 1964Air Crop-Dusters which were active in the agriculture regions of Nickerie, Coronie and Saramacca in Suriname
Surinam Air Transport 19741974
Surinam International Victory Airline SWOSIVA20042005Defunct immediately after being announced, even before official launch
Trans Caribbean Airlines 19901991

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  4. "Zwaargewonde arbeider gered door inzet helikopter van Hi-Jet Helicopter Services Suriname". 14 December 2018.
  5. https://www.surinamaircargo.nl/