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Air Caraïbes

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Connecting France with the Caribbean and beyond.

Founded

2000

Headquarters

Pointe-à-Pitre, France

Air Caraïbes is a French airline specializing in routes between metropolitan France and the French Caribbean territories, including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, and French Guiana. Founded in 2000, it has grown to become one of the leading carriers serving the French Antilles, offering both short-haul inter-island services and long-haul transatlantic flights. The airline is a subsidiary of the Groupe Dubreuil, a French family-owned industrial group with diverse business interests. Air Caraïbes operates under two distinct brands: Air Caraïbes Atlantique for long-haul routes and Air Caraïbes for shorter Caribbean regional services. The carrier is known for its focus on comfort and service quality tailored to leisure and visiting-friends-and-relatives travelers, and it competes closely with French Bee and Air France on transatlantic routes to the Caribbean.

Hubs & network

Air Caraïbes operates primarily from Pointe-à-Pitre Pole Caraïbes Airport (PTP) and Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (FDF), with services also originating from Paris Orly Airport (ORY).

Fleet

Air Caraïbes operates a fleet that includes Airbus A350-900 aircraft for long-haul transatlantic routes and ATR 72 turboprops for regional inter-island services.

Notable facts

›Air Caraïbes is a subsidiary of the French family-owned Groupe Dubreuil.
›The airline was one of the early operators of the Airbus A350-900 in a leisure carrier context.
›It operates two distinct brands: Air Caraïbes Atlantique (long-haul) and Air Caraïbes (regional).
›The airline serves multiple French overseas territories including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, and French Guiana.
›Air Caraïbes competes directly with Air France and sister low-cost carrier French Bee on Paris–Caribbean routes.

Official website Wikipedia

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Primary hubs

Paris-Orly AirportORY · 7 rts Maryse Condé International AirportPTP · 5 rts Martinique Aimé Césaire International AirportFDF · 3 rts Princess Juliana International AirportSXM · 2 rts Las Américas International AirportSDQ · 2 rts Toussaint Louverture International AirportPAP · 2 rts

Route network map (28 legs)

Leaflet © OpenStreetMap © CARTO

Route network

FDF → ORY333 332

FDF → SLUAT7

ORY → CAY333

ORY → FDF333 332

ORY → PAP333

ORY → RUN747

PTP → SDQAT7

PTP → SFGAT7

SXM → SBHCNA

CAY → ORY333

FDF → PTPAT7

ORY → DZA332 333

SDQ → PTPAT7

SFG → PTPAT7

DZA → TNR332

ORY → PTP333 332

PAP → PTPAT7

PTP → ORY333 332

SBH → SXMCNA

SLU → FDFAT7

TNR → ORY330

ORY → SXM332

PAP → SDQ333

PTP → FDFAT7

PTP → PAPAT7

RUN → ORY747

SDQ → ORY333

SXM → ORY332

Fleet (aircraft types operated)

Airbus A330-30010 routes Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 7210 routes Airbus A330-2008 routes Boeing 7472 routes CNA2 routes Airbus A3301 routes

Encyclopaedia

Air Caraïbes is a French West Indian airline, with its headquarters in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe. The airline's main base of operations is at Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe, with a focus city at Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, near Fort-de-France in Martinique. It operates scheduled and charter services in the West Indies, as well as transatlantic flights to and from Paris Orly Airport in Metropolitan France.

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