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Air Antilles is a French regional airline based at Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe. It operates scheduled and seasonal services throughout the French Antilles.




History


The airline began operations in December 2002 owned by Air Guyane, which itself used to be a subsidiary of Guadeloupean group CAIRE. It is another brand name for Air Guyane Express's Caribbean operations and both airlines share their call sign, IATA and ICAO codes. The airline uses as its Airline Reservations System Zenith, developed by Travel Technology Interactive, a French-based company.
In 2016, the airline changed its name to Air Antilles and introduced a new livery with the delivery of its first ATR 72-600.
In September 2023, the group CAIRE of which both Air Antilles and Air Guyane were a part of was terminated. Air Antilles was set to be brought up by a public-private partnership, while Air Guyane was to be liquidated. Air Antilles is said to resume the selling of tickets online in May 2024, with a reduced service, instead only serving Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin. However, there are still plans for their full service to swing back into action in the upcoming year.




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Fleet



As of October 2019, Air Antilles operates the following aircraft:




Accidents and incidents


On August 24, 2023, Air Antilles flight 3S722 veered off of runway 28 at the Saint Barthélemy airport moments after touchdown. The aircraft involved was a DHC-6-400 Twin Otter registered F-OMYS. The Twin Otter then stuck a parked and unoccupied helicopter that had landed 30 minutes prior. While none of the six on board the Twin Otter were seriously injured, the high speed impact caused substantial damage to both aircraft. The pilots blamed the loss of directional control on a steering issue. Furthermore, video evidence shows F-OMYS having steering difficulties while taxiing at Saint Barth only ten days prior to the crash. Air Antilles was temporarily suspended from flying to Saint Barth following the accident.




References






External links


Media related to Air Antilles at Wikimedia Commons

Official website
Air Antilles Express route map on archive.org

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• Air Antilles Express
• Antilles
• Air Guyane
• Belanda
• Kreol Antilles
• Hindia Barat
• Bandar Udara Internasional Pointe-à-Pitre
• Air France
• Bandar Udara Internasional Martinique Aimé Césaire
• Dutch Antilles Express
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• Air Guyane Express
• Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
• Antilles Air Command
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• Air France
• Corsair International
• 3S
• Communications in the Netherlands Antilles
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