WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, CMC—The Court docket of First Occasion of Curacao has declared the chapter of native carriers United Caribbean Airways BV and JetAir Caribbean BV.
JetAir was the only airline primarily based in Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire with jet plane. It provided scheduled and constitution flights connecting Curaçao with Aruba, Bonaire, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, St. Maarten, Suriname, and Colombia.
The airline obtained its working allow in November 2019, simply earlier than the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this report severely impacted its preliminary operations.
Nevertheless, JetAir aggressively resumed its companies after the pandemic, concentrating on routes from Curaçao to Colombia, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and St. Maarten. Nevertheless, the enlargement of native airways Winair and Z Air, the emergence of low-cost Arajet, and the enlargement of Sky Excessive constrained JetAir’s restricted operations.
Moreover, the excessive working prices of its Fokker 70 plane pressured JetAir to floor one for spare components.
JetAir has reported losses of over US$1 million. Primarily based on this, the board of administrators compelled JetAir to stop operations and floor its sole Fokker 70 (PJ-JAB).
The airline now wants to tell passengers, staff, and different stakeholders, safe belongings, and discover prospects for a short-term resumption of flights.
JetAir’s chapter aligns with the monetary struggles of different Caribbean airways, resembling Air Antilles and LIAT, which have since re-emerged with new buyers.
JetAir Caribbean was based 2006 as United Caribbean Airways and rebranded as JetAir in 2019.
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