Winair (short for Windward Islands Airways International NV) is a government-owned Dutch regional airline based in Sint Maarten. Founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux and Hippolyte Ledee, It has a fleet of nine aircraft serving destinations mostly within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the North East Caribbean. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Princess Juliana International Airport. It is also the flag carrier airline of Sint Maarten. Since 1 March 2023, it has been a part of the Flying Blue frequent-flyer programme.
History
Windward Islands Airways was founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux The 1 December 1963, Windward Islands Airways timetable lists flights between St. Maarten and Saba operated with STOL-capable Dornier Do 28 aircraft. Winair began flying de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters in January 1967.
Destinations
Winair operates services to the following scheduled destinations:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!City
!Airport
!Notes
!class="unsortable"|Refs
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|Antigua and Barbuda||St. John's||V. C. Bird International Airport||align=center| ||
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|Aruba||Oranjestad||Queen Beatrix International Airport||align=center| ||
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|Barbados
|Bridgetown
|Grantley Adams International Airport
|
|
|-
|Bonaire||Kralendijk||Flamingo International Airport||align=center| ||
|-
|British Virgin Islands||Tortola||Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport||align=center| ||
|-
|Curaçao||Willemstad||Curaçao International Airport||align=center| ||
|-
|Dominica||Marigot||Douglas–Charles Airport||align=center| ||
|-
|Haiti||Port-au-Prince||Toussaint Louverture International Airport||align=center| ||
|-
|Martinique||Fort-de-France||Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport|| ||
|-
|Montserrat
|Brades
| John A. Osborne Airport
|
|
|-
|Saba||Flat Point (Zion's Hill)||Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport||align=center| ||
|-
|Saint-Barthélemy||Saint-Jean||Gustaf III Airport||align=center| ||
|-
|rowspan=2|Saint Kitts and Nevis||Basseterre||Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport|| ||
|-
|Newcastle, Nevis||Vance W. Amory International Airport|| ||align=center|
|-
|Saint Lucia
|Castries
|George F. L. Charles Airport
|
|
|-
|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|Kingstown
|Argyle International Airport
|
|
|-
|United States||San Juan||Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport||||
|}
Codeshare agreements
Winair has interline and codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
- Air Antilles
- Air Caraïbes
- Air France
- British Airways
- Caribbean Airlines
- Copa Airlines
- Corsair International
- Delta Air Lines
- KLM
- United Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Surinam Airways
Fleet
thumb|[[ATR 42]]
thumb|Winair [[De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 "Twin Otter"]]
thumb|A formerly operated [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander]]
Current fleet
, Winair operates the following aircraft:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|-
!Aircraft
!In service
!Orders
!Passengers
!Notes
|-
|ATR 42-500
|4
|—
|48
|
|-
|de Havilland Canada Dash 6-300 Twin Otter
|5
|—
|19
|
|-
!Total
!9
!—
!colspan=2|
|}
Historic fleet
According to the 1 December 1963 Windward Islands Airways timetable the airline was operating STOL-capable Dornier Do-28 as well as Piper Apache aircraft.
See also
- List of airlines of the Dutch Caribbean