Dutch Caribbean Airlines

Dutch Caribbean Airlines Inc. was an airline based on the southern Caribbean Sea island of Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was established in 2001 and ceased operation in October 2004.^[1] The company slogan was Bridge to Curaçao.

Dutch Caribbean Airlines

IATA ICAO Call sign K8 DCE DUTCH CARIBBEAN
Founded	2001
Ceased operations	October 2004
Hubs	Curaçao International Airport
Subsidiaries	Dutch Caribbean Express
Fleet size	12
Destinations	17
Parent company	DC Holding
Headquarters	Willemstad, Curaçao
Key people	Mario Evertsz (Director)
Website	Former website

History

The airline succeeded to Air ALM, which was owned by the same DC Holding that owned ALM Antillean Airlines.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

DCA MD-82 at Miami in 2003

DCA 767 at Amsterdam in 2003

These are the destinations that were operated when the airline was in service:

City	Country	Airport	Notes
Oranjestad	Aruba	Queen Beatrix International Airport
Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Punta Cana		Punta Cana International Airport
Santo Domingo		Las Americas International Airport
Cologne	Germany	Cologne Bonn Airport
Port-au-Prince	Haiti	Port-au-Prince International Airport
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Kralendijk	Netherlands Antilles	Flamingo International Airport
Willemstad		Hato International Airport	Hub
Philipsburg		Princess Juliana International Airport
Paramaribo	Suriname	Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Piarco International Airport
Miami	United States	Miami International Airport
Caracas	Venezuela	Simón Bolívar International Airport
Las Piedras		Josefa Camejo International Airport
Maracaibo		La Chinita International Airport
Valencia		Arturo Michelena International Airport

Fleet

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

DCA fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Boeing 767-300ER	1	2003	2004	Leased from Sobelair
Bombardier Dash 8-300	2	2001	2004	Operated as Dutch Caribbean Express Transferred from Air ALM then later sold to LIAT
De Havilland Canada Dash 6-300 Twin Otter	2	2003	2004
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32	4	2002	2004	Sold to Aserca Airlines
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	3	2002	2004	Transferred from Air ALM

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the Netherlands Antilles