Blue Wing Airlines

For the German airline, see Blue Wings.
Blue Wing Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
— BWI BLUE TAIL[1]
Commenced operationsJanuary 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01)
Operating basesZorg en Hoop Airport
Fleet size8
HeadquartersParamaribo, Suriname
Key peopleAmichand Jhauw (MD)
Soejijar Verkuijl (Director of operations)
Websitewww.bluewingairlines.com

Blue Wing Airlines n.v. is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Zorg en Hoop Airport in Paramaribo, Suriname.[2] The airline started operations in January 2002 and operates charter and scheduled services from Paramaribo to destinations in the interior of Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela and the Caribbean area. Its main base is Zorg en Hoop Airport.[3] The airline is on the list of air carriers banned in the EU for safety violations. They were temporarily removed from the list on 28 November 2007 after implementing a corrective action plan ordered by the EU Transportation Commission.[4] However, on 6 July 2010, the airline was banned again from European and French territory airspace as a result of three accidents involving Blue Wing Airlines: one on 3 April 2008 with 19 fatalities, another accident on 15 October 2009 that led to four unspecified injuries, and a third incident on 15 May 2010 with 8 fatalities.[5] As of 2023, Blue Wing Airlines was banned from operating within the European Union.[6]

As of 2024, Blue Wings performs cargo as well as daily scheduled flights to the interior of Suriname and the Caribbean region.[7]

  1. ^ ICAO Document 8585 Edition 139
  2. ^ "Eight feared dead in Suriname air crash." Reuters. 16 May 2010. Retrieved on 17 May 2010.
  3. ^ Flight International 27 March 2007
  4. ^ "Press Release: Black list of banned airlines: the European Commission adopts new measures" (PDF). europa.eu.
  5. ^ "EUR-Lex - 32010R0590 - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  6. ^ "The EU Air Safety List". European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Charter and FBO Services - Blue Wing Airlines". bluewingairlines.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.