Sunrise Airways

Sunrise Airways, founded in 2010, is an airline in Haiti that provides commercial and charter flights. Sunrise Airways specializes in scheduled passenger flights, passenger charters, and chains of charter flights.

Sunrise Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
S6 KSZ
Founded2010
HubsToussaint Louverture International Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations8
HeadquartersPort-au-Prince, Haiti
Key peoplePhilippe Bayard (President)
WebsiteSunriseairways.net

History

Sunrise Airways commenced flights on a charter basis January 1, 2011.

In February 2011, the carrier began scheduled flights between Port-au-Prince and Jacmel in Haiti offering passenger, cargo and mail services. In July 2011, all scheduled flights stopped and the airline operated only on a charter basis.

On December 20, 2012, it returned to scheduled service, offering two daily commercial flights between Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien with its BAE Jetstream 32 aircraft.[1]

In October 2014, Sunrise Airways started a regularly scheduled service to Santiago de Cuba, the company's first commercial flights to Cuba. In March 2016, a second route to Cuba (Camaguey) was opened.[2]

In 2016 Sunrise was approved to by the United States Department of Transportation to offer flights between Haiti and multiple US destinations. From October 2016 through March 2017, it offered a seasonal service to Orlando International Airport (MCO).

In 2018 the airline acquired a Dominican operator, Servicios Aereos Geca. Servicios Aereos Geca operates BAe Jetstream 32, with plans to transition to narrow body jet aircraft under the Sunrise Airways livery.

Destinations

As of January 2019, Sunrise Airways offers more than 110 weekly flights between Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien, Havana, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, Providenciales, Santo Domingo and Curaçao. The airline also offers direct services between Santo Domingo and Havana, and Santo Domingo and Curacao.

Sunrise Airways Destinations
Country City Airport Notes Refs
Turks and Caicos IslandsProvidenciales, Caicos IslandsProvidenciales International AirportIsland's main airport
CubaCamagüeyIgnacio Agramonte International Airport[2]
CubaHavanaJose Marti International AirportCountry's western main airport[3]
CubaHolguínFrank País Airport[4]
CubaSantiago de CubaAntonio Maceo AirportCountry's eastern main airport[2]
CuracaoWillemstadHato International AirportImportant airport
Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoLas Americas International AirportBase
Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoLa Isabela International AirportImportant airport
HaitiCap-HaïtienHugo Chávez International AirportImportant airport
HaitiPort-au-PrinceToussaint Louverture International AirportBase

Fleet

The Sunrise Airways' fleet currently consists of two Boeing 737s (144 and 168 seats), three BAE Jetstream 32s (19 seat turboprop) and a Beechcraft B1900D (19 seat turboprop).

Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Refs/Notes
Boeing 737-500 1 - 120 ex Peruvian Airlines
Boeing 737-300/-400 2 - 143, 176 leased from Peruvian Group, operated by StarPerú
BAE Jetstream 32 3 - 19
Beechcraft B1900D 1 - 19
Total 6

References
  1. "Haiti - Economy : "Sunrise Airways" will offer daily flights Port-au-Prince / Cap-Haitien". Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. "Haiti's Sunrise Airways Expands in Cuba". Caribbean journal. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. "Sunrise Airways Launches New Flights to Havana - AviationPros.com".
  4. "Sunrise Airways adds Holguin service from August 2019". routesonline.com. 19 July 2019.


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