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.
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.
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 was opened.
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.
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,Jérémie,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.Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Providenciales, Caicos Islands | Providenciales International Airport | Island's main airport | |
Cuba | Camagüey | Ignacio Agramonte International Airport | ||
Cuba | Havana | Jose Marti International Airport | Country's western main airport | |
Cuba | Holguín | Frank País Airport | ||
Cuba | Santiago de Cuba | Antonio Maceo Airport | Country's eastern main airport | |
Curacao | Willemstad | Hato International Airport | Important airport | |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Las Americas International Airport | ||
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | La Isabela International Airport | Important airport | |
Haiti | Cap-Haïtien | Cap-Haïtien International Airport | Important airport | |
Haiti | Jérémie | Jérémie Airport | starts August 10th | |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Toussaint Louverture International Airport |