Jamaica Air Shuttle

Jamaica Air Shuttle

IATA J6 ICAO ARW Callsign JAMAICA SHUTTLE
Founded	9 June 2009
Commenced operations	7 December 2009
Hubs	Tinson Pen Aerodrome
Frequent-flyer program	Frequent Flyer Program
Fleet size	2
Destinations	7
Company slogan	Valuing Your Time
Headquarters	Kingston, Jamaica
Key people	Christopher Read (Managing Director & CEO) Simon Angoy (Director)
Website	http://www.jamaicaairshuttle.com/

Jamaica Air Shuttle is a domestic and western Caribbean regional airline based at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston, Jamaica. The airline began service on 7 December 2009, offering "on-demand" scheduled and private charter services to Jamaica's international and domestic airports.

History

Jamaica Air Shuttle is a privately held Jamaican airline, operating nineteen scheduled round-trip services per week between Kingston's Tinson Pen Aerodrome and Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The airline's hub is Tinson Pen Aerodrome on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston. Jamaica Air Shuttle has suspended its flight operations as of 18 February 2013.

The company formed after the principals of Jamaica's Airways International Limited and Carib Aviation Limited, a now defunct airline that previously operated from Antigua and Barbuda, merged operations to provide scheduled service to passengers needing to travel between Kingston and Montego Bay.^{[citation needed]} Private charters within Jamaica, and between the island's international airports and regional cities in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Cayman Islands and Cuba are also available.

After several months of operation, the company announced that it would be expanded its scheduled service Cayman Brac, Port-au-Prince in Haiti and Santiago de Cuba in Cuba.

Fleet

A Jamaica Air Shuttle Beech Model 99 in flight.

Jamaica Air Shuttle Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Beechcraft Model 99	2	0	12	Returned to Lessor
Total	2	0

Destinations

Currently, Jamaica Air Shuttle serves domestic airports and aerodromes across Jamaica. Its hub is Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston (KTP), and its other major gateway is Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay (MBJ).

Charter service is available between Tinson Pen (KTP) and Sangster International Airport (MBJ)and the following domestic airports and aerodromes:

• Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP) Hub
• Ken Jones Aerodrome, Port Antonio (POT)
• Ian Fleming International Airport, Boscobel (OCJ)

Regional service is available to the following Caribbean destination:

• Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PAP)
• Antonio Maceo Airport, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (SCU)

Frequent Flyer Program

Jamaica Air Shuttle offers its Frequent Flyer Program to passengers who foresee continued use of the airline's domestic service. The loyalty program was introduced in December 2009, and provides passengers with the opportunity to pre-purchase blocks of tickets for domestic travel. This pre-purchase facilitates unrestricted travel for passengers, including the ability to make flight changes and cancel booked flights without incurring any fees. In addition, passengers are not subject to changes in air fare; pre-purchased tickets attract a set air fare.

Each block of ten tickets purchased for domestic travel comes with an additional eleventh "free" ticket, thereby allowing passengers to experience overall savings of 25% off the normal fare.

External links

• Official website