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{{Short description|Jamaican airline}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox airline
{{Infobox airline
| airline = Fly Jamaica Airways
| airline = Fly Jamaica Airways
| image = File:Fly_Jamaica.png
| image = Fly_Jamaica.png
| image_size = 130
| image_size =
| alt =
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| IATA = OJ
| IATA = OJ
| ICAO = FJM
| callsign = GREENHEART
| ICAO = FJM
| founded = September 2011
| callsign = GREENHEART
| commenced = {{Start date and years ago|2013|02|14|df=y}}
| founded = 2012
| ceased = 31 March 2019
| commenced = 14 February 2013
| ceased =
| bases =
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| hubs =
*{{nowrap|[[Norman Manley International Airport]]}}
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| hubs = [[Norman Manley International Airport]] <small>(Kingston)</small>
*[[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]]
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| lounge =
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| fleet_size = 2
| fleet_size = 1
| destinations = 4+1
| destinations = 4
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| company_slogan =''One Team, One Dream''
| num_employees = TBA
| headquarters = [[Kingston]] <small>
| headquarters = [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| parent =
| key_people = Paul Reece
| headquarters = [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.fly-jamaica.com/}}
| key_people = Captain Paul Ronald Reece, Captain Lloyd Tai
| revenue =
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| website = {{URL|http://www.fly-jamaica.com/}}
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'''Fly Jamaica Airways''' was a Jamaican-Guyanese airline headquartered in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]. The airline's main hub was based in [[Norman Manley International Airport]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]. The airline mainly offered routes to North America. On 31 March 2019, Fly Jamaica Airways suspended operations and made all employee positions redundant due to the lack of aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2019/03/30/jamaica-fly-jamaica-folds-four-months-after-crash-landing-in-guyana/|title = JAMAICA - Fly Jamaica folds four months after crash landing in Guyana|date = 30 March 2019}}</ref> The airline had been trying to recover after one of its aircraft experienced a runway excursion at Guyana's Cheddi Jagan International Airport in November 2018.<ref name="staffcuts">{{Cite web|url=http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/fly-jamaica-cuts-all-staff|title=Fly Jamaica Cuts All Staff}}</ref> The company slogan was ''One Team, One Dream.''
'''Fly Jamaica Airways''' is an airline based in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]] at the [[Norman Manley International Airport]]. The airline is the newest airline in [[Jamaica]] .


==History==
==History==
Fly Jamaica Airways was formed by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Guyana-born Paul Ronald Reece, Mrs. Roxanne Reece and three Jamaican shareholders including Captain Lloyd Tai and Mrs. Christine Steele and Mrs. Shaun Lawson-Laing.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Captain Reece is also the owner of Wings Aviation Ltd, based in Guyana, which owns and operates Cessna aircraft in the interior of Guyana.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}


Fly Jamaica Airways was certified by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) in September 2012, and was cleared to operate in the United States by US authorities in December.<ref>[http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/regional/01/19/fly-jamaica-ready-for-january-25-takeoff-guyana-flights-in-pipeline-2/ Fly Jamaica ready for January 25 takeoff, Guyana flights in pipeline]</ref> Its inaugural flight from Kingston to New York's [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in the United States, was made on 14 February 2013.<ref>[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=42859 Fly Jamaica soars]</ref>
Fly Jamaica Airways was certified by the [[Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority]] (JCAA) in September 2012 and was cleared to operate in the United States by US authorities in December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/regional/01/19/fly-jamaica-ready-for-january-25-takeoff-guyana-flights-in-pipeline-2/|title=Fly Jamaica ready for January 25 takeoff, Guyana flights in pipeline|author=Staff Writer|date=19 January 2013|work=Stabroek News|accessdate=24 April 2015}}</ref> Its inaugural flight from Kingston to New York's [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in the United States, was made on 14 February 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=42859|title=Fly Jamaica soars|date=14 February 2013|publisher=|accessdate=24 April 2015}}</ref>

On 16 November 2017, Fly Jamaica Airways was given permission by the Government of Guyana to begin direct flights between Guyana and Cuba.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Fly_Jamaica_to_begin_direct_flights_between_Guyana,_Cuba?profile=1228|website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref>

Citing financial problems and lack of aircraft, Fly Jamaica Airways suspended their operations and made all of their staff redundant on 31 March 2019.<ref name="staffcuts"/>


==Destinations==
==Destinations==
[[File:The Fly Jamaica Boeing 757-200 Aircraft In Toronto.jpg|thumb|Fly Jamaica's Inaugural Flight to the [[Lester B. Pearson International Airport]] in Canada]]
[[File:Fly Jamaica Airways N524AT at CYYZ, Mar 2015.jpg|thumb|A Fly Jamaica Airways Boeing 757-200 taxiing at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]. This aircraft crash landed at [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]] in November 2018 and was subsequently written off.]]
At the time the airline ceased operations in March 2019, Fly Jamaica Airways served the following destinations:<ref name="chav30jan2017">{{cite news|url=http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/52823-fly-jamaica-considers-raising-fleet-funding-via-ipo|title=News Fly Jamaica considers raising fleet funding via IPO|work=ch-aviation|date=30 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>
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|-
!Country
|style="background-color: #FFE6BD" align=center|<sup>[Hub]</sup>||[[Airline hub|Hub]]
!City
!Airport
!Notes
!class="unsortable"|Refs
|-
|-
|[[Canada]]||[[Toronto]]||[[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]||align=center| ||
|style="background-color: #D3F9BC" align=center|<sup>[Focus]</sup> ||Focus Airport
|-
|-
|[[Guyana]]||[[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]||[[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||
|style="background:#FFFF80" align=center|<sup>[F]</sup>||Future destination
|-
|-
|[[Jamaica]]||[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]||[[Norman Manley International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||
|style="background:#FFD1DC" align=center|<sup>[S]</sup>||Seasonal
|-
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|[[United States]]||[[New York City]]||[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]||align=center| ||
|style="background:#87CEEB" align=center|<sup>[charter]</sup>||Seasonal charter
|-
|-
|style="background:#DDDDDD" align=center|<sup>[T]</sup> ||Terminated destination
|}
|}


==Fleet==
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Prior to suspension, Fly Jamaica Airways operated the following aircraft.<ref name="staffcuts"/>
|-

! style="background:Green; color:white;"|City
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center"
! style="background:Green; color:white;"|Country
|+ Fly Jamaica Airways fleet
! style="background:Green; color:white; width:50px;"|IATA
! style="background:Green; color:white; width:50px;"|ICAO
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|-
!rowspan="2" style="width:130px;"|Aircraft
|[[Georgetown]]||{{flag|Guyana}}||align=Center|GEO||align=Center|SYCJ||[[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]]||
!rowspan=2|In Service
|-
!rowspan=2|Orders
|[[Kingston]]||{{flag|Jamaica}}||align=center|KIN||align=center|MKJP||style="background-color: #FFE6BD"|[[Norman Manley International Airport]] <sup>[Hub]</sup>||{{Ref|1|1}}
!colspan=3|Passengers
|-
!rowspan=2|Notes
|[[New York]]||{{flag|USA}}||align=center|JFK||align=center|KJFK||style="background:#D3F9BC"|[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] <sup>[Focus]</sup>||
|-
!width=20|<abbr title="Business Class">C</abbr>
!width=20|<abbr title="Economy Class">Y</abbr>
!Total
|-
|-
|[[Boeing 767-300ER]]
|[[St. George's]] <br><small>[begins 15 May 2015 pending government approval]</small>||{{flag|Grenada}}||align=center|GND||align=center|TGPY||style="background:#FFFF80"|[[Maurice Bishop International Airport]] <sup>[F]</sup>||
|1
|—
|12
|234
|246
|
|-
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!Total
|[[Toronto]]||{{flag|Canada}}||align=Center|YYZ||align=Center|CYYZ||style="background:#D3F9BC"|[[Lester B. Pearson International Airport]] <sup>[Focus]</sup>||
!1
!—
!colspan=5|
|}
|}
</center>


==Fleet==
===Previous Fleet===
Fly Jamaica Airways previously operated a [[Boeing 757-200]] that was written off after an emergency landing as [[Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256]].
The Fly Jamaica Airways fleet includes the following aircraft ({{as of|2014|6|23|lc=on}}):
[[File:The New Fly Jamaica Boeing 767-300 At the Norman Manley International Airport.jpg|thumb|The New Fly Jamaica Boeing 767-300 At the Norman Manley International Airport after its Inaugural Flight]]
<center>
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Fly Jamaica Airways Fleet'''
|- style="background:Green;"
!rowspan="2" style="width:155px;" |<span style="color:white;">Aircraft
!rowspan="2" style="width:50px;" |<span style="color:white;">In Service
!rowspan="2" style="width:50px;" |<span style="color:white;">Orders
!colspan="3" |<span style="color:white;">Passengers
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!<span style="color:white;">Total
|-
|[[Boeing 757-200]] N524AT
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|<center>12
|<center>186
|<center>198
|-
|[[Boeing 767-300]] N767WA


==Incidents and accidents==
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|<center>TBA
|<center>TBA
|<center>TBA
|Delivered June 22, 2014{{cn|date=June 2014}}
|}
</center>


*On 9 November 2018, [[Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256]], Boeing 757 (reg. N524AT), returned to [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]] in [[Timehri]], Guyana for an emergency landing, 45 minutes into a flight destined for Toronto. During the landing, the aircraft overran the runway. The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 am. There were approximately 118 passengers and 8 crew members were on board the aircraft. The aircraft was severely damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=Six injured as Fly Jamaica aircraft makes emergency landing in Guyana |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20181109/six-injured-fly-jamaica-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-guyana |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |date=9 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=By EDITOR |title=Fly Jamaica plane crashes on emergency landing at CJIA – News Room Guyana |url=https://newsroom.gy/2018/11/09/fly-jamaica-plane-crashes-on-emergency-landing-at-cjia/ |website=newsroom.gy|date=9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CRASH: Fly Jamaica plane makes emergency landing in Guyana - St. Lucia News Online |url=https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/crash-fly-jamaica-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-guyana/ |website=St. Lucia News Online |date=9 November 2018 |access-date=9 November 2018 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420125121/https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/crash-fly-jamaica-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-guyana/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing jet bound for Toronto crash-lands at Guyana airport, 10 injured|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/americas/boeing-jet-bound-for-toronto-crash-lands-at-guyana-airport-10-injured |website=The Straits Times |language=en|date=9 November 2018}}</ref> On 16 November 2018, an elderly passenger who had been on the flight died from injuries suffered in a fall at home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fly-jamaica-elderly-passenger-death-crash-landing-1.4910378|title=Fly Jamaica 'investigating' after passenger on crash-landed flight to Toronto dies days later|date=17 November 2018|work=CBC News|accessdate=18 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/guyana/11/17/senior-injured-in-fly-jamaica-crash-landing-succumbs/|title=Senior injured in Fly Jamaica crash landing succumbs|date=2018-11-17|work=Stabroek News|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20181109-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 757-23N N524AT Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Fly Jamaica Airways Boeing 757-200.jpg|thumbnail]] -->

'''This is the CEO's message regarding Fly Jamaica's Fleet''' ({{as of|2014|6|22|lc=on}}):


Welcome to Fly Jamaica Airways.

On June 22nd 2014, we successfully ferried our B767-300ER aircraft into Kingston, Jamaica. Our B767-300ER is a 100% increase in our fleet size, joining our B757-200ER to provide a reliable transportation product to all our customers.

We thank all our dedicated staff and all our loyal customers for helping to make Fly Jamaica Airways the airline of choice among many air travellers.

We hope to increase our flight operations to John F. Kennedy International, New York, USA, to a daily service. We are currently operating seven days per week from KIN to JFK, NY, USA, Toronto, Canada (YYZ) and Georgetown, Guyana (GEO).

Please check our website: www.fly-jamaica.com for all your available options.

Our new route structure is geared to provide easy access from Kingston, Jamaica (KIN) to Georgetown, Guyana (GEO) (Approximately Three hours flying time) and hopefully provide increased tourism and trade between the two Caricom countries. The route structure offers the Jamaicans, Canadians, New Yorkers and Guyanese non-stop direct air travel between JFK, New York, Toronto, Jamaica and Georgetown, Guyana and vice versa.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.fly-jamaica.com/}}
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 9 December 2024

Fly Jamaica Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
OJ FJM GREENHEART
FoundedSeptember 2011
Commenced operations14 February 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-14)
Ceased operations31 March 2019
Hubs
Fleet size1
Destinations4
HeadquartersKingston, Jamaica
Key peoplePaul Reece
EmployeesTBA
Websitewww.fly-jamaica.com

Fly Jamaica Airways was a Jamaican-Guyanese airline headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica. The airline's main hub was based in Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica. The airline mainly offered routes to North America. On 31 March 2019, Fly Jamaica Airways suspended operations and made all employee positions redundant due to the lack of aircraft.[1] The airline had been trying to recover after one of its aircraft experienced a runway excursion at Guyana's Cheddi Jagan International Airport in November 2018.[2] The company slogan was One Team, One Dream.

History

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Fly Jamaica Airways was formed by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Guyana-born Paul Ronald Reece, Mrs. Roxanne Reece and three Jamaican shareholders including Captain Lloyd Tai and Mrs. Christine Steele and Mrs. Shaun Lawson-Laing.[citation needed] Captain Reece is also the owner of Wings Aviation Ltd, based in Guyana, which owns and operates Cessna aircraft in the interior of Guyana.[citation needed]

Fly Jamaica Airways was certified by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) in September 2012 and was cleared to operate in the United States by US authorities in December.[3] Its inaugural flight from Kingston to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in the United States, was made on 14 February 2013.[4]

On 16 November 2017, Fly Jamaica Airways was given permission by the Government of Guyana to begin direct flights between Guyana and Cuba.[5]

Citing financial problems and lack of aircraft, Fly Jamaica Airways suspended their operations and made all of their staff redundant on 31 March 2019.[2]

Destinations

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A Fly Jamaica Airways Boeing 757-200 taxiing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. This aircraft crash landed at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in November 2018 and was subsequently written off.

At the time the airline ceased operations in March 2019, Fly Jamaica Airways served the following destinations:[6]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Canada Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport
Guyana Georgetown Cheddi Jagan International Airport Hub
Jamaica Kingston Norman Manley International Airport Hub
United States New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport

Fleet

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Prior to suspension, Fly Jamaica Airways operated the following aircraft.[2]

Fly Jamaica Airways fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 767-300ER 1 — 12 234 246
Total 1 —

Previous Fleet

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Fly Jamaica Airways previously operated a Boeing 757-200 that was written off after an emergency landing as Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256.

Incidents and accidents

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  • On 9 November 2018, Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256, Boeing 757 (reg. N524AT), returned to Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Timehri, Guyana for an emergency landing, 45 minutes into a flight destined for Toronto. During the landing, the aircraft overran the runway. The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 am. There were approximately 118 passengers and 8 crew members were on board the aircraft. The aircraft was severely damaged.[7][8][9][10] On 16 November 2018, an elderly passenger who had been on the flight died from injuries suffered in a fall at home.[11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ "JAMAICA - Fly Jamaica folds four months after crash landing in Guyana". 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Fly Jamaica Cuts All Staff".
  3. ^ Staff Writer (19 January 2013). "Fly Jamaica ready for January 25 takeoff, Guyana flights in pipeline". Stabroek News. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Fly Jamaica soars". 14 February 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer.
  6. ^ "News Fly Jamaica considers raising fleet funding via IPO". ch-aviation. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Six injured as Fly Jamaica aircraft makes emergency landing in Guyana". jamaica-gleaner.com. 9 November 2018.
  8. ^ By EDITOR (9 November 2018). "Fly Jamaica plane crashes on emergency landing at CJIA – News Room Guyana". newsroom.gy.
  9. ^ "CRASH: Fly Jamaica plane makes emergency landing in Guyana - St. Lucia News Online". St. Lucia News Online. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Boeing jet bound for Toronto crash-lands at Guyana airport, 10 injured". The Straits Times. 9 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Fly Jamaica 'investigating' after passenger on crash-landed flight to Toronto dies days later". CBC News. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Senior injured in Fly Jamaica crash landing succumbs". Stabroek News. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  13. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 757-23N N524AT Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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