Flamingo Air

Flamingo Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
FMR FLAMINGO AIR
Operating bases Grand Bahama International Airport
Lynden Pindling International Airport
Fleet size 6
Destinations 8
Headquarters Bahamas
Website flamingoairbah.com

Flamingo Air is a small airline in the Bahamas. Its base of operations is the Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport. It also has offices in Marsh Harbour Abaco Airport, in Bimini International Airport, and in the Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau. It provides scheduled service to several islands, as well as Air Charter service to the Bahamas and south Florida.

Accidents

The operation has had several minor incidents or accidents none of which has resulted in injury to date:

  • 31 July 2012 - Piper Aztec experienced mechanical problem departing Freeport[1]
  • 18 August 2012 - Cessna 402C hit trees while attempting to abort a landing in heavy rain[2]
  • 4 October 2013 - Cessna 402 landing gear collapsed during landing at Mayaguana on a charter flight[3]
  • 3 June 2016 - Beech 99 landing gear failed during landing at Staniel Cay[4]

Fleet

Flamingo Air's Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
402C Utiliner/Businessliner 3 0 9
Beechcraft C99 Commuter 1 0 15-17
Beechcraft 99A Airliner 4 0 15-17

Schedules

References

  1. ↑ 4 survive crash at Freeport
  2. ↑ Final report, 18 August 2012 incident
  3. ↑ "One less Flamingo Air plane.... - Bahamas Forum - TripAdvisor". www.tripadvisor.com. 2013-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Landing gear fails on Flamingo Air plane". Tribune 242. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2018-04-25.


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