Caribbean Star, based in Antigua, took
delivery of a Q300 Dash-8 Model 315, completing a year-long
expansion program that saw the carrier add four new Q300s to its
fleet.
Skip Barnette,
president and CEO of Caribbean Star and its sister carrier,
Caribbean Sun, said that "the smell of a new car is nice, but the
smell of a new aircraft is on another level, particularly here in
the Caribbean where it's been several years since new aircraft have
been put into service."
The first of the
new Q300s was added to the Caribbean Star fleet last January, the
second in July, and the third joined the fleet in early
September.
The addition of
the four Q300s, coupled with the removal of two Dash-8 100s from
the Caribbean Star fleet, leaves the carrier with 11 aircraft, each
with a 50-seat capacity.
Caribbean Star
serves 12 Caribbean gateways with 637 weekly flights.
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