Dutch Caribbean Airlines

Dutch Caribbean Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
K8 DCE DUTCH CARIBBEAN
Founded 2001
Ceased operations 2004
Hubs Hato International Airport
Fleet size 15
Destinations 17
Company slogan Bridge to Curaçao
Parent company DC Holding
Headquarters Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Key people Mario Evertsz
Website flydca.net

Dutch Caribbean Airlines was an airline based in Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was established in 1964 and ceased operation in 2004.

History

Dutch Caribbean Airlines was actually established in 1964 as Air ABC (Air Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) and the airline was later renamed to Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatchappij (ALM) to take over the services of the Caribbean division of KLM.

The airline was succeeded by Air ALM, which was owned by the same DC Holding that owned ALM Antillean Airlines and later Dutch Caribbean Airlines.

Destinations

These are the destinations that were operated by "Dutch Caribbean Airlines" when the airline was in service:

Caribbean

 Aruba
 Dominican Republic
 Haiti
 Netherlands Antilles
 Trinidad & Tobago

Europe

 Germany
 Netherlands

North America

 Florida

South America

 Suriname
 Venezuela

Fleet

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

Self owned aircraft

Dutch Caribbean Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers
Notes
Bombardier Dash 8-311 2 50 The Dash 8's were replaced later on with the Twin Otters
Operated as Dutch Caribbean Express.
De Havilland Canada Dash 6-300 Twin Otter 2 19 The Twin Otters were the replacement aircraft for the Dash 8's
Douglas DC-9-32 4 115 The DC9's were all sold to Aserca Airlines
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 2 152
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 1 155

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