Caribbean Star Wraps Up Fleet Expansion Plan

Caribbean Star, based in Antigua, took delivery of a Q300 Dash-8 Model 315, completing a year-long expansion program that saw the carrier add four new Q300s to its fleet.

Skip Barnette, president and CEO of Caribbean Star and its sister carrier, Caribbean Sun, said that “the smell of a new car is nice, but the smell of a new aircraft is on another level, particularly here in the Caribbean where it’s been several years since new aircraft have been put into service.”

The first of the new Q300s was added to the Caribbean Star fleet last January, the second in July, and the third joined the fleet in early September.

The addition of the four Q300s, coupled with the removal of two Dash-8 100s from the Caribbean Star fleet, leaves the carrier with 11 aircraft, each with a 50-seat capacity.

Caribbean Star serves 12 Caribbean gateways with 637 weekly flights.