History Cayman Airways

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douglas dc-8 in 1985


the airline established , started operations on august 7, 1968. formed following cayman islands government s purchase of 51% of cayman brac airways lacsa, costa rican flag carrier, , became wholly government owned in december 1977. lacsa had been serving grand cayman since mid 1950s intermediate stop on route between san jose, costa rica , miami flights making stop in havana, cuba between grand cayman , miami. in 1965, cayman brac airways (which known cba airways ltd.) operating regional services owen roberts international airport in george town, grand cayman gerrard smith international airport on cayman brac little cayman via flag stop , montego bay, jamaica. according airline s 1 may 1965 system timetable, weekly service twin engine beechcraft 18 aircraft being operated on routing of grand cayman – little cayman (flag stop only) – cayman brac – montego bay additional weekly service being flown between grand cayman , cayman brac intermediate stop on occasion @ little cayman flag stop. same timetable states connecting services grand cayman available lacsa flights operated douglas dc-6b prop aircraft service miami , pan flights @ montego bay connecting service miami , new york city. 1970, lacsa had introduced british aircraft corporation bac one-eleven twin jets on san jose, costa rica – grand cayman – miami route.


early on, cayman airways first aircraft single douglas dc-3. few months after formed, airline flew first international route kingston, jamaica (kin) using bac one-eleven wet leased lacsa. international service miami (mia) initiated using single leased douglas dc-6 propliner. 1 july 1972 cayman airways system timetable lists nonstop flights between grand cayman , miami being operated 8 times week , nonstop flights between grand cayman , kingston, jamaica being operated 5 times week both destinations being served bac one-eleven jet aircraft. same timetable lists douglas dc-3 nonstop service both cayman brac , little cayman grand cayman , between cayman brac , little cayman service being operated 9 times week in each direction on 3 routes between these island destinations. winter of 1973, cayman airways operating stretched bac one-eleven series 500 aircraft on both of jet routes , operating seventeen flights week between grand cayman , miami 5 flights week between grand cayman , kingston. airline offering direct connecting jet service between miami , kingston via grand cayman @ time. in 1976, airline had increased competition on grand cayman-miami route southern airways operating daily nonstop douglas dc-9-10 jet service lacsa continuing serve route bac one-eleven series 500 flights operated 4 times week.


by late 1970s, cayman airways had commenced second nonstop route united states service 5 times week between grand cayman , houston, intercontinental airport (iah) being flown bac one-eleven series 500. in 1979, additional bac one-eleven jet hawker siddeley 748 turboprop , britten-norman trislander stol (short take off , landing) prop aircraft purchased.


the airline replaced 2 bac one-eleven jets boeing 727-200 aircraft in 1982, strengthening airline s regional , international capability, , allowed introduction of first class service. cayman airways operated douglas dc-8-52 jetliner , leased boeing 727-100 jet during 1980s. these jets replaced boeing 737-200 , boeing 737-300 aircraft. boeing 737-400 jetliners operated @ well. @ 1 time or during 1980s, cayman airways offered scheduled or charter service atlanta, baltimore, boston, chicago, detroit, houston, minneapolis, newark, new york city, philadelphia , st. louis kingston , montego bay in jamaica. airline served panama city, panama in recent past.


the airline flew nonstop @ 1 point between miami , grand turk island , providenciales in turks & caicos islands boeing 727-200 , boeing 737-200 jetliners. these routes flown carrier did not directly serve cayman islands. cayman airlines has operated jet service cayman brac on years boeing 727-200, boeing 737-200 , boeing 737-400 aircraft, including nonstop flights between cayman brac , miami, , continues boeing 737-300 jets.


besides nonstop flights several destinations in u.s., airline operates nonstop jet service between grand cayman , havana, cuba, kingston, jamaica, la ceiba, honduras, montego bay, jamaica , roatan, honduras. non-jet flights between grand cayman, cayman brac , little cayman operated de havilland canada dhc-6 twin otter series 300 , saab 340b turboprop aircraft.


the airline struggled throughout 1990s; however, financial assistance cayman islands government, financial re-structuring, newer, more modern aircraft , addition of new destinations such chicago, dallas/ft. worth (both served on seasonal basis) , havana, cuba appear have helped airline. according cayman airways website, 4 new boeing 737 max 8 jetliners progressively introduced between 2018 , 2020 allowing eventual retirement of boeing 737-300 aircraft operated airline. airline has added 1 boeing 737-800 interim measure. cayman airways express introduced saab 340b regional turboprop aircraft between 2015 , 2016 in tandem eventual planned phased retirement of dhc-6 twin otter series 300 aircraft part of overall cayman airways fleet modernization plan. on wednesday 5 january 2017, cayman airways initiated charter service los angeles (lax) boeing 737-800 registration vp-cng. of wednesday 8 november 2017, retirement process of boeing 737-300 has begun first aircraft; reg: vp-cky msn: 26282 737-3q8








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