Dutch Caribbean Airlines Inc. (DCA) was an airline based on the southern Caribbean Sea island of Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It launched in 2001 but shut down on October 2004 and declared bankruptcy. The company slogan was Bridge to Curaçao.

History

When ALM Antillean Airlines (Air ALM) shut down in 2001, DCA was created to take its place and avoid bankruptcy. Both companies had the same owner, DC Beheer (a holding company).

Destinations

thumb|DCA MD-82 at Miami in 2003

thumb|DCA 767 at Amsterdam in 2003

The airline served these routes while it was still in operation:

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!City

!Country

!Airport

!Notes

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|Oranjestad

|Aruba

|Queen Beatrix International Airport

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|Puerto Plata

|rowspan=3|Dominican Republic

|Gregorio Luperón International Airport

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|Punta Cana

|Punta Cana International Airport

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|Santo Domingo

|Las Americas International Airport

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|Cologne

|Germany

|Cologne Bonn Airport

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|Port-au-Prince

|Haiti

|Port-au-Prince International Airport

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|Amsterdam

|Netherlands

|Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

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|Kralendijk

| rowspan="3" |Netherlands Antilles

|Flamingo International Airport

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|Willemstad

|Hato International Airport

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|Philipsburg

|Princess Juliana International Airport

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|Paramaribo

|Suriname

|Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport

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|Port of Spain

|Trinidad and Tobago

|Piarco International Airport

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|Miami

|United States

|Miami International Airport

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|Caracas

|rowspan=4|Venezuela

|Simón Bolívar International Airport

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|Las Piedras

|Josefa Camejo International Airport

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|Maracaibo

|La Chinita International Airport

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|Valencia

|Arturo Michelena International Airport

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|-

|}

Fleet

During the transfer of the airline’s assets from Air ALM, the airline acquired some of their aircraft and later received other aircraft for its own.

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|+ DCA fleet

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!Aircraft

!Total

!Introduced

!Retired

!Notes

|-

|Boeing 767-300ER

|1

|2003

|2004

|Leased from Sobelair

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|Bombardier Dash 8-300

|2

|2001

|2004

|Operated as Dutch Caribbean Express <br> Transferred from Air ALM then later sold to LIAT

|-

|De Havilland Canada Dash 6-300 Twin Otter

|2

|2003

|2004

|

|-

|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32

|4

|2002

|2004

|Sold to Aserca Airlines

|-

|McDonnell Douglas MD-82

|3

|2002

|2004

|Transferred from Air ALM

|}

See also

  • List of defunct airlines of the Netherlands Antilles

References

  • Dutch Caribbean Airlines (Archive)