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Founded | 2011 | ||||||
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Hubs | Providenciales International Airport | ||||||
Secondary hubs | JAGS McCartney International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Destinations | 6 | ||||||
Headquarters | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands | ||||||
Website | turksandcaicosflights.com |
Caicos Express Airways is a passenger airline based in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The airline began charter flights in 2007 followed by scheduled services in 2011 from its hub at Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, to multiple domestic destinations. In December 2014, Caicos Express Airways began offering international flights to Haiti. [1]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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ATR 42-500 | 1
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1
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48
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Beechcraft 1900 | 2
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0
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19
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Cessna 402 | 3
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0
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10
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Total | 6 | 1 |
The Caicos Express Airways retired fleet includes the following aircraft:
On July 17, 2021, a Caicos Express Airways Cessna 402C (VQ-TIN) charter flight from Providenciales to Ambergris Cay performed a gear-up belly landing at Ambergris Cay when the pilot failed to deploy the landing gear prior to landing. [2] According to the AAIB accident investigation report, the pilot failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing, the landing gear warning horn was inoperative (and not tested before departure), and the pilot failed to follow checklists and established flight procedures. [2] No one was seriously injured in the incident. [3]