Air Antilles, a regional airline company, has finally obtained its air carrier certificate after waiting for over seven months. The company announced that it plans to resume ticket sales by next week, as announced by its president to AFP on Friday. Until then, Air Antilles was the only airline operating in the French islands in the region, following the liquidation of its parent company, Caire Group, in August 2023.
Air Antilles’ president Jérôme Arnaud stated that there are still a few steps to be taken and authorizations to obtain before the planes can take off again. He hopes to have flights running in less than a month and aims to launch ticketing next week, although not all lines will be open initially. The company plans to start with flights on the Pointe-à-Pitre-Saint-Barthélémy route. The fleet of Air Antilles consists of four aircraft serving the islands of Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, and Guadeloupe.
The relaunch of Air Antilles is being closely monitored by overseas elected officials, particularly regarding ticket prices, which are often considered too expensive for inter-island travel in the French West Indies. The air transport certificate granted to Air Antilles is seen as a crucial step towards developing regional air connectivity by Louis Mussington, president of the Collectivity of Saint-Martin. Since the liquidation of Air Antilles, Air Caraibes had been the only carrier operating in this niche.
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Overall, it seems like Air Antilles is ready to take off again after a long wait and bring much needed competition back into the inter-island air travel market in the French West Indies.
