In December 1994, two entrepreneurs from the Turks and Caicos Islands, Harold Charles (a native of Haiti) and John Shearer, joined forces putting together a hangar facility and 2 small piston-engine aircraft to form a small charter airline. The first revenue flight took place in January 1995. In 1996, scheduled services began using a mixed fleet of a total of eight Cessna 400 and Piper PA-23 aircraft, after which larger Short 360 aircraft were added. Over the following years, SkyKing bought some Beechcraft 1900, which eventually became the only aircraft type in the fleet.
In 2008, SkyKing was acquired by rival Air Turks and Caicos. Since 22 October of that year, all SkyKing operations were merged into its new owner. Subsequently, the SkyKing brand was discontinued.[1]
Destinationsedit
At the time of closure, SkyKing operated scheduled flights to the following destinations:
^news coverage on merger into Air Turks and Caicos 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External linksedit
December 18, 2023
skyking, limited, this, article, about, caribbean, airline, north, american, charter, airline, king, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, cha. This article is about the Caribbean airline For the North American charter airline see Sky King Inc This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources SkyKing Limited news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message SkyKing Limited was a scheduled passenger airline based on the Turks and Caicos Islands SkyKingIATA ICAO CallsignRU SKI SKYKINGFounded1994Ceased operations22 October 2008 merged into Air Turks and Caicos HubsProvidenciales International AirportSecondary hubsGrand Turk International AirportFleet size9 at closure citation needed Destinations8 at closure citation needed Key peopleBrian Lightbourne COOWebsitehttp www skyking tc defunct Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIn December 1994 two entrepreneurs from the Turks and Caicos Islands Harold Charles a native of Haiti and John Shearer joined forces putting together a hangar facility and 2 small piston engine aircraft to form a small charter airline The first revenue flight took place in January 1995 In 1996 scheduled services began using a mixed fleet of a total of eight Cessna 400 and Piper PA 23 aircraft after which larger Short 360 aircraft were added Over the following years SkyKing bought some Beechcraft 1900 which eventually became the only aircraft type in the fleet In 2008 SkyKing was acquired by rival Air Turks and Caicos Since 22 October of that year all SkyKing operations were merged into its new owner Subsequently the SkyKing brand was discontinued 1 Destinations editAt the time of closure SkyKing operated scheduled flights to the following destinations Dominican RepublicPuerto Plata Gregorio Luperon International Airport Santiago de los Caballeros Cibao International AirportHaitiCap Haitien Cap Haitien International AirportJamaicaKingston Norman Manley International AirportTurks and Caicos IslandsGrand Turk JAGS McCartney International Airport secondary hub Providenciales Providenciales International Airport hub South Caicos South Caicos AirportFleet editIn October 2008 SkyKing operated the following aircraft which were subsequently integrated into the Air Turks and Caicos fleet 4 Beechcraft 1900References edit news coverage on merger into Air Turks and Caicos Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editOfficial website defunct Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SkyKing Limited amp oldid 1152805017, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
