PAWA Dominicana
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| Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | August 14, 2015 | ||||||
| Hubs | Las Américas International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Preference | ||||||
| Alliance | Aserca Airlines / SBA Airlines | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7+5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8+3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Santo Domingo | ||||||
| Key people | Gary Stone (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www.pawadominicana.com | ||||||
PAWA Dominicana (Pan Am World Airways Dominicana) is the international flag carrier of the Dominican Republic. It was created as a subsidiary airline for Pan American Airways. This airline has scheduled flights between Santo Domingo and other Caribbean and US destinations. It's based at Santo Domingo-Las Americas.
History
Pan Am World Airways Dominicana is a Dominican airline based in Santo Domingo-Las Americas. It operates charter flights to several Caribbean destinations. Regular flights are scheduled to Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Antigua, San Juan, PR, Havana, Cuba, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in South America and the U.S. It's a Dominican airline under Part 121 actually operating in the Dominican Republic, since May 2007.
PAWA Dominicana's hub is in Santo Domingo-Las Americas Intl.Airport,[1] where the airline operates and maintains its fleet.
On June 4, 2010 the company was purchased by a group of airline professionals and they appointed Mrs.Mirtha Espada as the company's President.
On February 2012 the airline temporarily ceased scheduled services but continued operating charter services. On March 2012 the company appointed Mr.Hector Gomez as President with the task of re-orienting the company, and also calling back the former company's founder and owner as part of the organization.
The airline secured its Air Operator Certificate in mid-October 2014 and started services using 4 MD80 aircraft. The first flight took place on August 14, 2015.
Operations
PAWA Dominicana authority includes international Charter services and schedule services to Antigua, Aruba, Curaçao, Havana, San Juan and St. Maarten from Santo Domingo HUB with several flights a week on MD80 and DC9. PWD is working to consolidate flights to New York and Miami (service started Nov. 2016) and other Caribbean Islands. The company's goal is stated as "to make SDQ the HUB of the caribbean." In the future PWD is planning flights from Santiago and Punta Cana to Miami, New York and San Juan.
Destinations
| [Hub] | Hub |
| [F] | Future destination |
| [S] | Seasonal |
| ¤ | Charter |
| # | Terminated destination |
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havana |  Cuba |
HAV | MUHA | José Martí International Airport | |
| Kingston |  Jamaica |
KIN | MKJP | Norman Manley International Airport | TBA |
| Miami |  United States |
MIA | KMIA | Miami International Airport | |
| New York City | United States |
JFK | KJFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | TBA |
| Oranjestad |  Aruba |
AUA | TNCA | Queen Beatrix International Airport | |
| Philipsburg |  Sint Maarten |
SXM | TNCM | Princess Juliana International Airport | |
| Port of Spain |  Trinidad and Tobago |
POS | TTPP | Piarco International Airport | TBA |
| Port-au-Prince |  Haiti |
PAP | MTPP | Toussaint Louverture International Airport | |
| San Juan |  Puerto Rico |
SJU | TJSJ | Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport | |
| Santo Domingo |  Dominican Republic |
SDQ | MDSD | Las Americas International Airport | HUB |
| St. John's |  Antigua and Barbuda |
ANU | TAPA | V. C. Bird International Airport | |
| Willemstad |  Curaçao |
CUR | TNCC | Hato International Airport |
Planned Routes
PAWA has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
- Air Europa
- Aserca Airlines (Santo Domingo-Caracas and vice versa)
Fleet
Current Fleet
As of August 2017, the PAWA Dominicana fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 757-200 | — | 2 | 24 | 164 | 188 | Transferred from SBA Airlines |
| Bombardier CRJ200LR | – | 3 | – | 50 | 50 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 1 | — | – | 160 | 160 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 4 | — | – | 160 | 160 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 2 | — | 12 | 97 | 109 | Stored |
| Total | 7 | 5 | ||||
Former Fleet
Over the years, PAWA Dominicana operated the following types:
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||
| BAe Jetstream 31 | 2 | — | 19 | 19 | Retired after Restructuring |
| Douglas DC-9-32 | 2 | — | 110 | 110 | Retired 2016/2017 |
| Total | 4 | ||||
References
- ^ CH-Aviation (November 21, 2008). "PAWA Dominicana hubs and airline details". ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 13.
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Junta de Aviación Civil de la República Dominicana (JAC). Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil de la República Dominicana (IDAC).
