Winair

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Winair
Logo Winair.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
WMWIAWINWARD
FoundedAugust 24, 1961 [1]
Commenced operationsJuly 5, 1962 [1]
Hubs Princess Juliana International Airport
Alliance Caribsky [2]
Fleet size6
Destinations12
Headquarters Princess Juliana International Airport,
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Key peopleHans van de Velde (CEO) [3]
Founders
  • Georges Greaux
  • Hippolyte Ledee
Website www.fly-winair.sx

Winair (abbreviatted for Windward Islands Airways International NV) is a government-owned Dutch regional airline based in Sint Maarten. Founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux and Hippolyte Ledee, It has a fleet of six aircraft serving twelve destinations, mostly within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the North East Caribbean. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Princess Juliana International Airport. [4]

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History

Windward Islands Airways was founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux [1] with additional investments from Hipployte Ledee, Chester Wathey, Louis Richardson, and a handful of others. The airline needed short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft to service certain airports such as Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on Saba and began flying de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters in 1965. The December 1, 1963, Windward Islands Airways timetable lists flights between St. Maarten and Saba operated with STOL-capable Dornier Do-28 aircraft. [5]

Destinations

Winair operates services to the following scheduled destinations: [6]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Antigua and Barbuda St. John's V. C. Bird International Airport
Aruba Oranjestad Queen Beatrix International Airport
Bonaire Kralendijk Flamingo International Airport [7]
British Virgin Islands Tortola Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
Curaçao Willemstad Curaçao International Airport
Dominica Marigot Douglas–Charles Airport
Haiti Port-au-Prince Toussaint Louverture International Airport
Martinique Fort-de-France Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport [8]
Puerto Rico San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Terminated
Saba Flat Point (Zion's Hill) Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport
Saint-Barthélemy Gustavia Gustaf III Airport
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport
Newcastle, Nevis Vance W. Amory International Airport [9]
Sint Eustatius Oranjestad F.D. Roosevelt Airport
Sint Maarten Philipsburg Princess Juliana International Airport Hub

Codeshare agreements

Winair has interline and codeshare agreements with the following airlines: [10]

Fleet

Winair de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter WinairTO.jpg
Winair de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
A former Winair Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (2006). Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander, Winair - Windward Islands Airways JP5823246.jpg
A former Winair Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (2006).

Current

The Winair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2023): [11]

AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
ATR 42-500 2 [12] 48
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 419
Total6

Retired

The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft:[ citation needed ]

AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
BAE Jetstream 32 Un­knownUn­knownUn­knownWet-leased from Briko Air Services
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Un­knownUn­knownUn­known
NAMC YS-11 Un­knownUn­knownUn­known

In addition to the above previously operated aircraft, according to the December 1, 1963 Windward Islands Airways timetable the airline was operating STOL-capable Dornier Do-28 as well as Piper Apache aircraft. [5]

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