PAWA Dominicana

Pawa Dominicana
IATA ICAO Callsign
7N PWD PAWA
Founded 2003
Commenced operations August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)
Hubs Las Américas International Airport
Frequent-flyer program Preference
Alliance Aserca Airlines / SBA Airlines
Fleet size 7 (+8)
Destinations 9
Company slogan Nuestro Orgullo Vuela Mas Alto (Our Pride Flies Higher)
Headquarters Santo Domingo
Key people Simeon Garcia - CEO
Website

www.pawadominicana.com

PAWA Dominicana (Pan Am World Airways Dominicana) is the international flag carrier of the Dominican Republic. It was created as a subsidiary airline for Pan American Airways. This airline has scheduled flights between the Santo Domingo and other Caribbean destinations. Its based at Santo Domingo-Las Americas.

History

Pan Am World Airways Dominicana is a Dominican airline based in Santo Domingo-Las Americas. It has some charter flights to other Caribbean islands, but the majority of flights are to, Aruba, Curaçao and Saint Maarten. It's a Dominican airline under Part 121 actually operating in the Dominican Republic, since May 2007.

PAWA Dominicana's hub is in Santo Domingo-Las Americas Intl Airport,[1] where the airline operates and maintains its fleet.

On June 4, 2010 the company was purchased by a group of airlines professionals and they appointed Mrs. Mirtha Espada as the company's President.

On February 2012 the airline ceased temporarily scheduled services and maintains operating of charter services. On March 2012 the company appointed Mr. Hector Gomez President with the task of re-orienting the company, and also calling back the former company's founder and owner as part of the organization.

The airline secured its Air Operator Certificate in mid-October 2014 and started services using 4 MD80. Started flights on August 14, 2015.

Operations

A PAWA Dominicana DC-9-32 wearing the former livery

PAWA Dominicana authority includes international Charter services and schedule services to Antigua, Aruba, Curaçao, Havana, San Juan and St. Maarten from Santo Domingo HUB with several flights a week on MD80 and DC9. PWD will be adding flights to New York and Miami and other Caribbean Islands very soon to make SDQ the HUB of the caribbean. In the future PWD is planning flights from Santiago and Punta Cana to Miami, New York and San Juan.

A PAWA Dominicana MD-80 in current livery on approach to Princess Juliana International Airport

Destinations

[Hub]Base and Hub
[F]Future destination
[S]Seasonal
†Hub
¤Charter
#Terminated destination
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Refs/Notes
Havana CubaHAVMUHAJosé Martí International Airport
Miami United StatesMIAKMIAMiami International Airport
Oranjestad ArubaAUATNCAQueen Beatrix International Airport
Philipsburg Sint MaartenSXMTNCMPrincess Juliana International Airport
Port-au-Prince HaitiPAPMTPPToussaint Louverture International Airport
San Juan Puerto RicoSJUTJSJLuis Muñoz Marin International Airport
Santo Domingo Dominican RepublicSDQMDSDLas Americas International Airport
St. John's Antigua and BarbudaANUTAPAV. C. Bird International Airportvia St. Maarten
Willemstad CuraçaoCURTNCCHato International Airport

Fleet

Currently operated

As of September 9, 2016, the PAWA Dominicana fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 757-200 – 2 188 In Maintenance
Canadair CRJ 200 – 6 50 In Maintenance
Douglas DC-9-32 1 – 100 Being Retired Summer 2017
Being replaced by CRJ 200
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 1 – 160 HI914
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 4 – 160 1 on Maintenance
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 1 - 109
Total 7 8

Previously operated

Over the years, PAWA Dominicana operated the following types:

Aircraft Total Notes
BAe Jetstream 31 2
Douglas DC-9-32 3 Retired/Replaced by MD-87 and CRJ 200

References

  1. ↑ CH-Aviation (November 21, 2008). "PAWA Dominicana hubs and airline details". ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2009-02-24.

Junta de Aviación Civil de la República Dominicana (JAC). Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil de la República Dominicana (IDAC).

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