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Caribbean Airlines Limited operating as Caribbean Airlines is the flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago. Headquartered in Iere House in Piarco, the airline operates flights to the Caribbean, Europe, North America and South America from its base at Piarco International Airport. Presently Caribbean Airlines employs more than 1,700 people and operates routes formerly served by the now defunct Air Jamaica. ==History== Caribbean Airlines was incorporated in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on 27 September 2006. In September 2006, following the recommendation of Peter Davies, the CEO of BWIA West Indies Airways, Caribbean Airlines got approval from the Trinidad and Tobago government to begin operations, after the failed negotiations between the unions and the management of its predecessor, BWIA. As a result, it was announced on 8 September 2006, that BWIA was to be shut down before the launch of Caribbean Airlines. During the last quarter of 2006, in an effort to scale down operations for the start of Caribbean Airlines, BWIA's management cut routes such as Manchester Airport, London Heathrow Airport, New York City and Toronto, with intermediate stops at Barbados or Antigua, ceased services to and from Saint Lucia, cut its fleet to six Boeing 737-800 aircraft retrofitted with wingtip devices (winglets) and reduced its staff to 800, with a majority of the staff former BWIA workers now contracted. The new airline's capital included funds to close and settle BWIA's operations.〔(Friendly skies Caribbean Airlines forecasts profit next year ), Trinidad Guardian, ''Accessed 2 July 2008''.〕 The company commenced operations on 1 January 2007, servicing the remaining routes of BWIA.〔("Bye Bye BWEE" ), ''Trinidad Guardian''. Accessed 2 July 2008.〕 In the first half of 2007, two Airbus A340-300 planes and a Boeing 737 Next Generation Boeing 737-800, 9Y-GND, were returned to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) and GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS), respectively. On 27 July 2009, Mr. Philip Saunders announced his resignation as CEO of Caribbean Airlines, due to personal reasons. Caribbean Airlines appointed Captain Ian Brunton in October 2009 as CEO of the airline.〔(Caribbean Airlines CEO resigns 27 July 2009.Mr. Ian Brunton resigned as the CEO in November 2010 and Mr. Robert Corbie is currently acting in this capacity. )〕 May 17, 2013 - PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Less than 72 hours after he announced that Caribbean Airlines (CAL) had accumulated losses of more than US$100 million, Finance Minister Larry Howai Friday announced that the current board of directors of the state-owned airline had been replaced. On Tuesday, Howai told the Senate that the preliminary unaudited figures showed US$32 million of the $70 million loss was incurred by the Air Jamaica route, with the London route also accounting for a major part of the losses. Caribbean Airlines, which began operations in 2007, acquired Air Jamaica in 2011. The Jamaican government has a 16 per cent stake in the Trinidadian air carrier. "On the Jamaica route, it has cut flights to Jamaica and on the London route, it has terminated the wet-leasing arrangement," Howai said, adding he expects to "significantly reduce the losses of the airline during this year". The finance minister said the airline used a lot of its cash in the acquisition of planes and that he had instructed that a new restructuring of the balance sheet be done where the airline would have to borrow and replace the cash which had previously been used. "It is better to leverage the asset rather than leave it unencumbered while having the company incurring significant debt obligations." Howai said the US$40 million fuel subsidy applies to Air Jamaica and CAL. He said it was the same as last year and would end in 2015. The airline will return its two Boeing 767-300ER aircraft to their lessor in early 2016, coinciding with termination of its only European route to London Gatwick Airport, as part of a streamlining exercise to remove unprofitable routes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caribbean Airlines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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