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:Southern Air Charter

{{Short description|Bahamian airline}}

{{Distinguish|Southern Air|Southern Air Transport}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Southern Air Charter

| logo = Southern Air Charter Logo.png

| image =

| image_size = 100

| IATA = PL

| ICAO = SOA

| callsign = SOUTH AIRCHARTER

| founded = April 15, 1998

| commenced = late 1998

| ceased =

| hubs =

| secondary_hubs =

| focus_cities =

| frequent_flyer =

| lounge =

| alliance =

| subsidiaries =

| fleet_size = 3

| destinations = (scheduled) 5

| parent =

| headquarters = Lynden Pindling International Airport

| key_people = Captain Nathaniel Gibbs (CEO)

| website = {{URL|http://www.southernaircharter.com}}

}}

Southern Air Charter is an airline and air charter company, operating in the Bahamas. They mainly fly air charters, but the airline does offer some scheduled inter-island services between destinations in the Bahamas.

Fleet

  • As of April 2025 Southern Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft.{{Cite web |last=Sipinski |first=Dominik |date=March 26, 2025 |title=Bahamas' Southern Air Charter Adds Two Jetstream 32s |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/151899-bahamas-southern-air-charter-adds-two-jetstream-32s |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=ch-aviation}}

class="wikitable"

|+Southern Air Charter Fleet

!Aircraft

!In Service

!Orders

!Passengers

!Notes

British Aerospace Jetstream

| 2

| 3

| 19

|Replacing Beech 1900D & 1900C

Super King Air 200

| 1

|

| 9

|

Total

!3

!

!

!

Historic Fleet

class="wikitable"

|+Southern Air Charter Historical Fleet

!Aircraft

!Total

!Introduced

!Retired

Beechcraft 1900D

| 2

| 1998

| 2024

Beechcraft 1900C

| 2

| 1998

| 2024

|

|

|

Services

In addition to charter services, Southern Air Charter flies scheduled flights between Nassau, Bahamas and the following destinations:

  • Stella Maris Long Island, Bahamas
  • Deadman's Cay, Long Island; Bahamas
  • North Eleuthera, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
  • Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
  • Arthur's Town, Cat Island; Bahamas{{Cite web |last=Flightradar24 |title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airlines/pl-soa/routes |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Flightradar24 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title=Southern Air Charter - Avianity |url=https://avianity.com/airlines/southern-air-charter/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=avianity.com |language=en-US}}

Charter services to the following international destinations are also flown:

Livery

White fuselage overall and the company logo on the tail.

In 2013 Southern Air rolled out a new White livery with a gold dove on its tail, on the 2 Beech 1900C aircraft.

Accidents

On October 22, 2004, a Southern Air Charter Beechcraft 1900C ran out of fuel and crash-landed in the water off South Beach, New Providence on its way to Nassau. No one was hurt.{{cite web|title=AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT FINAL REPORT Southern Air Charter Beechcraft 1900C N79YV|url=http://www.aaipu-bcaa.com/PreliminaryReports/N79YV.pdf|accessdate=6 October 2016}}

On September 30, 2016, a Southern Air Charter Beechcraft 1900C N376SA crashed at Deadman's Cay Airport. The aircraft attempted a landing with gear up.{{cite news|title=Southern Air Flight Crash Lands At Deadman's Cay With 'Gears Up'|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/oct/01/southern-air-flight-crash-lands-deadmans-cay-gears/|accessdate=6 October 2016|publisher=Tribune 242}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.southernaircharter.com Southern Air Charter] Official Website
  • [https://twitter.com/SouthernAir242 Twitter]
  • [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Air-Charter/112241415492741 Facebook]

{{Airlines of the Bahamas}}

Category:Airlines of the Bahamas

Category:Airlines established in 1998

Category:1998 establishments in the Bahamas

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