Air Guadeloupe


Air Guadeloupe was a small French international airline with its head office in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France. At one time, it was on the property of Le Raizet Airport. Later it was located in the Immeuble Le Caducet.

Company history

The small airline was founded on 21 May 1970 as Société Antillaise de Transport Aérien, SATA to soon become known as Air Guadeloupe. Operations began in 1994 and the CEO was Francois Paneole. In 2000 it was merged with Air Martinique, Air Saint Barthélémy, and Air Saint Martin to form Air Caraïbes.

Destinations

Fleet

Air Guadaloupe operated the following aircraft types at various times during its existence:
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
ATR 42-300219861999
ATR 42-500119862000
ATR 72-200219952000
Boeing 737-200119982000Leased from Íslandsflug
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander619721990
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter719701999
Douglas C-47 Skytrain119781979
Dornier 2281019882000
Fairchild F-27219801989
Fairchild Hiller FH-227119781980

Accidents and incidents

  • 21 December 1972 - A Twin Otter operated a flight on behalf of Air France from Guadeloupe to St. Maarten, another island in the Caribbean. It crashed at night, near the island of St. Maarten. All 11 passengers and two crew members died.
  • 18 November 1978 - A Twin Otter struck the water with its left wingtip while flying in a violent squall with a 200–300 feet ceiling. The aircraft crashed and sank in 13m of water. Fifteen of the 20 occupants died.