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Hummingbird Air operated here in the Caribbean for 4 years between the islands of Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Croix & both St. Kitts and Nevis. It was very sad to hear that they were going to cease operations. The Airline only operated for 4 years: 2013 - 2017. Enjoy!

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-- Hummingbird Air was an airline offering scheduled and chartered air taxi services as well as cargo flights in the Caribbean. It was based at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The airline was founded in late 2013 by Sam Raphael, a Dominican hotelier who wanted to improve air service to Dominica. As of April 1st, 2017, Hummingbird Air ceased operations. It served five destinations in the Caribbean with a fleet of three Beechcraft Model 99 aircraft. The company slogan was Connecting the hidden Caribbean.

-- Founded: August 31, 2013
-- Date of operation: 2013
-- Fleet size: 3
-- Operating base: Henry E Rohlsen Airport
-- Ceased operations: 2017

HISTORY

-- The owner of Hummingbird Air, Sam Raphael, had expressed issues with air service to Dominica as early as 2010. As the owner of the Jungle Bay Resort on the island, he claimed the lack of direct flights had turned potential customers away from his resort. On 31 August 2013, Raphael announced his intent to start the airline, claiming it would be important to the Dominican tourism industry

Hummingbird Air commenced operations in late 2013 with charter flights. It inaugurated flights to Dominica on 27 July 2014, from St. Thomas. In October 2015, the airline obtained Part 135 certification from the U.S. Department of Transportation, allowing it to operate scheduled flights.

On 17 August 2015, a Hummingbird Air aircraft crash-landed in Barbuda.Another crash-landing occurred in St. Lucia on 8 November. The airline responded by immediately suspending all passenger operations and launching an internal investigation. The Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority also started an investigation of the incident. Following a period of reorganization and retraining of its pilots, Hummingbird Air resumed operations on 3 May 2016, in time for the summer travel season.

---- In production until 1978 the Beechcraft 99 Airliner was the first turbine-powered retractable landing gear aircraft to meet FAA approval for commuter air carrier service (regulations requiring a flight attendant for aircraft with 20 or more passengers). The test and development aircraft, which first flew in December 1965, was again a stretched fuselage Queen Air, initially with piston engines but was quickly upgraded to Pratt & Whitney PT6-A-27 turboprops. It was flown in July 1966, with type approval obtained in May 1968. With only capacity for two pilots and 15 passengers, it was less economical than the Twin Otter and required longer runways to operate from.

First delivered in 1968, the Model 99 was powered by twin 550-shp Pratt & Whitney turboprops driving reversible propellers. These enable the Beechcraft 99 to cruise at more than 250 mph and pull a gross load of 10,200 pounds or more. Introduced in 1969, the 99A Airliner housed 680-shp Pratt & Whitney free-shaft turbines flat rated at 550 shp. Except for the engines, the 99A is identical to the original 99.

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