Sky High Aviation Services
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| Founded | 2012 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | October 5, 2012 | ||||||
| Hubs | Las Américas International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Destinations | 23 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||||||
| Key people | Juan Chamizo (President and CEO) Cesarina Beauchamp (CFO) | ||||||
| Website | skyhighdominicana | ||||||
Sky High Aviation Services S.A. (operating as SKYhigh Dominicana) is an airline based in Dominican Republic and operates scheduled flights in the Caribbean.
Services
[edit]SKYhigh operates scheduled and charter operations from the Dominican Republic to different destinations in the Caribbean. The airline currently operates scheduled flights in the Caribbean with charter flights available and future destinations expected.
Scheduled destinations
[edit]Fleet
[edit]Current
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As of October 2023, the SKYhigh fleet consists of the following aircraft types:[10][11]
| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-300SF | 1 | — | Cargo | |||
| Embraer 175 | 2 | — | – | 88 | 88 | [12] |
| Embraer 190 | 5 | — | 9 | 88 | 97 | |
| Total | 8 | — | ||||
Former
[edit]Over the years, SKYhigh operated the following aircraft types:
- 2 British Aerospace Jetstream 41
- 2 Beechcraft 1900D
- 1 Beechcraft Baron 55
- 1 Beechcraft Model 99
- 2 Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
- 1 Cessna 206
- 3 Embraer ERJ 145[13]
- 1 Piper PA-32 (crashed)
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On April 20, 2015, a Piper PA-32, registered HI-957, took off from Punta Cana International Airport to Arroyo Barril Airport and crashed shortly after departure. All seven occupants on board were killed and the fire destroyed the aircraft.[14]
- On April 8, 2019, a British Aerospace Jetstream 41 (registration HI1038) crash landed at Douglas Charles Airport, Commonwealth of Dominica, after a commercial flight from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There were no fatalities.[1]
See also
[edit]References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sky high.
- ^ a b "Accident: Sky High JS41 at Dominica on Apr 8th 2019, runway excursion on landing".
- ^ "Sky High Dominicana inicia la venta de nueva ruta internacional". 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Sky High launches operations between Santo Domingo and Guadeloupe". Anna.aero. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Skyhigh Dominica schedules Guyana launch in Feb 2024". Aeroroutes. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Sky High Aviation Services launched flights to the United States". Aviacionline.com. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Sky High inaugurates flights between Santo Domingo and Providence". Aviacionline.com. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ "Sky High to Fly to St. Croix Beginning Dec. 13". Stthomassource.com. November 14, 2023.
- ^ "Officials Welcome Sky High Dominicana's Inaugural Flight to St. Thomas". Stthomassource.com. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Venezuela Suspends Flights to Panama and Dominican Republic Amid Political Tensions". Aviacionline.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Sky High Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ "Nuestra Flota". Skyhighdominicana.com.
- ^ Kanchan Nath (October 16, 2023). "Embraer and Sky High Aviation extends pool program agreement". Traveldailymedia.com. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ "Dominican Republic: Sky High retired the last Embraer ERJ 145 from its fleet". Aviacionline.com. October 23, 2023.
- ^ HI-957 crash