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{{Infobox Airline
| airline = BWIA West Indies Airways Ltd.
| image = BWIA West Indies Airways logo.svg
| image_size =
| IATA = BW
| ICAO = BWA
| callsign = WEST INDIAN
| founded = 1939 (As West Indian Airlines)<ref name="NAAH">{{cite book|last=Norwood|first=Tom|coauthors=Wegg, John|title=North American Airlines Handbook|publisher=Airways International|___location=Sandpoint, ID|year=2002|edition=3rd|isbn=0-9653993-8-9|url=http://www.airwaysnews.com}}</ref>
| commenced = 27 November 1940<ref name="NAAH"/>
| ceased = 31 December 2006 (became [[Caribbean Airlines]])
| hubs = [[Piarco International Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = [[Grantley Adams International Airport|Grantley Adams Int'l Airport]]<br>[[Cheddi Jagan International Airport|Cheddi Jagan Int'l Airport]]
| focus_cities =
| frequent_flyer = BWEE Miles
| lounge =
| alliance =
| subsidiaries =
| fleet_size = 10
| destinations = 14
| parent = 51% owned by private investors, 15% by employees and 35% by the [[Trinidad and Tobago]] |government<ref name="NAAH"/>
|key_people = Kadim Khan (CEO) Arthur Lok Jack (Chairman)
| company_slogan = sharing our warmth with the world
| headquarters = [[Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation|Tunapuna-Piarco]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| website = [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bwee.com/ Bwee.com]
}}
'''BWIA West Indies Airways Limited''', known locally as "Bee-wee", was the national airline of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. BWIA was, at the end of its operations, the largest airline operating out of the [[Caribbean]], operating direct services to the [[USA]], [[Canada]], and the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Its main base was [[Piarco International Airport]] (POS), [[Port of Spain]], with major hubs at [[Grantley Adams International Airport]] (BGI) and [[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]] (GEO) during 2006. It was headquartered in the BWIA Administration Building in [[Piarco]], [[Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation]] on the island of Trinidad.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''Flight International''. March 23, 1999. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200518.html 66]. Retrieved on September 30, 2009.</ref>
The company announced on 8 September 2006 that the airline would be shut down on 31 December 2006. All of the approximately 1700 employees were separated from the company but applied for new contracts with a new entity [[Caribbean Airlines]].<ref>[http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article?id=161011319 Trinidad Express: Bye Bye BWEE, Hello Caribbean Airlines]</ref>
== History ==
'''British West Indian Airways''' was established on 27 November 1939 by New Zealander [[Lowell Yerex]]. Operations started on 27 November 1940 with a [[Lockheed Lodestar]] twin on daily services between [[Trinidad]] and [[Barbados]]. By 1942, the airline had three aircraft of this type. In 1947, BWIA was taken over by [[British South American Airways]] (BSAA), after a few months operating as British International Air Lines the 'BWIA' name was restored on 24 June 1948 for operating routes among the Caribbean Islands using [[Vickers VC.1 Viking|Vickers Viking]] twin-piston types.
In 1949, BSAA merged with [[British Overseas Airways Corporation]] and BWIA became a subsidiary of BOAC. [[Vickers Viscount]]s were introduced in 1955 with [[Bristol Britannia]]s leased in 1960 to fly the long-haul route to [[London]], via [[New York City]]. In 1960 BWIA had its head office in [[Port of Spain]], Trinidad.<ref>"World Airline Directory." Flight International''. 8 April 1960. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200494.html 494].</ref> On 1 November 1961 the government of Trinidad and Tobago acquired 90% of the shares in the airline, and achieved complete ownership by 1967.
[[File:BWIA Boeing 747-100 Maiwald.jpg|thumb|right|BWIA [[Boeing 747-100]] in 1987.]]
For BWIA the jet age began in 1967 with the introduction of new [[Boeing 727-100]] jetliners, which replaced the Viscount turboprops on the New York route. The London route was restarted in 1975 using [[Boeing 707]] jets. BWIA became '''BWIA International Airways''' in 1980 after a merger with [[Trinidad and Tobago Air Services]] (which had been formed by the government in June 1974), becoming the national airline. The same year also saw the Boeing 707s replaced on the London service with long range [[Lockheed L-1011-500]] TriStar wide body jetliners. In 1986, BWIA bought its first [[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]]. The airline also operated McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 jetliners at one point.
By 1994, the airline had become partially privatised. A substantial reorganisation of its route network left London and [[Frankfurt]] the only [[Europe]]an destinations. The airline ordered [[Boeing 757]] and [[Boeing 767|767]] aircraft, then canceled the order in favor of [[Airbus A321]] and [[Airbus A340]] jets; in turn, this order was dropped after only two A321s were delivered. On 22 February 1995, the government of Trinidad and Tobago completed the privatisation of BWIA by turning over majority control of the common stock and management of the airline to a private group of US and Caribbean investors.
[[Image:Bwia.a340-300.9y-tjn.arp.jpg|thumb|right|BWIA [[Airbus A340#A340-300 series|Airbus A340-300]] in 2002]]
In the early 2000s, BWIA changed its livery to a new Caribbean green and blue color scheme with its famous [[steelpan]] trademark, the national musical instrument of its home base. The fleet had been upgraded to seven Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft, two Airbus A340-300s, and two [[Bombardier Aerospace|Bombardier]] [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Q300 Dash 8]] twin turboprop regional aircraft flown by BWIA's sister airline [[Tobago Express]], which provided service on the short hop between Port of Spain and Trinidad's sister island Tobago as well as other destinations in the region.
By 2003, BWIA had become one of the leading Caribbean airlines, carrying over 1.4 million passengers a year with over 600 departures in the Caribbean and another 60 international departures every week. BWIA earned roughly US$276 million per year, employed 2,350 staff, had 70 daily flights, and carried 8,100 [[tonne]]s (17,900,000 pounds) of air cargo per year. Its inflight magazine, ''[[Caribbean Beat]]'', was well regarded. However, BWIA had also been plagued by losses and had a history of continuous injections of funds from the government of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. The airline had filed for an IPO, although no date was set.
The airline was owned by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (75%) and private shareholders (25%) and had 2,588 employees (at January 2005). It also had holdings in other airlines: [[Tobago Express]] (45%) and [[LIAT]] (23.6%).
On September 8, 2006, BWIA West Indies Airways announced its demise, after failed negotiations with the ACAWU, CATTU, Superintendent's Association and BWIA's management. CEO Peter Davies, who joined BWIA in March 2006, said that a new airline, [[Caribbean Airlines]], which will be based in Trinidad and Tobago, will replace BWIA after 66 years of flying the Caribbean skies.
BWIA's Pilots were represented by the [[Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association]] (TTALPA), which is affiliated to [[IFALPA]]. TTALPA is also part of the regional [[Caribbean Airline Pilots Association]] (C-ALPA). The other recognised Unions at BWIA were: [[Airline Superintendents Association]]; the [[Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union]], which represented ground staff and flight attendants, and the [[Communication, Transport and General Workers Union]] which organised middle management and engineers.
== Network/ Destinations ==
BWIA operated the following services:
;North America
*[[Canada]]
**[[Toronto]] ([[Toronto Pearson International Airport]])
*[[United States]]
**[[New York]] ([[John F. Kennedy International Airport]])
**[[Miami]] ([[Miami International Airport]])
;Europe
*[[Germany]]
**[[Frankfurt]] ([[Frankfurt Airport]])
*[[United Kingdom]]
**[[London]] ([[London Heathrow Airport]])
**[[Manchester]] ([[Manchester Airport]])
;Caribbean
*[[Antigua]]
**St. John's ([[VC Bird International Airport]])
*[[Barbados]]
**Barbados ([[Grantley Adams International Airport]]) '''Hub'''
*[[Jamaica]]
**[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] ([[Norman Manley International Airport]])*
*[[Grand Cayman]]
*[[Netherlands Antilles]]
**St.Maarten ([[Princess Juliana International Airport]])
*[[St. Lucia]]
**([[Hewanorra International Airport]])
*[[Trinidad & Tobago]]
**[[Trinidad]] ([[Port Of Spain]]) ([[Piarco International Airport]]) '''Main Hub'''
**[[Tobago]] ([[Crown Point International Airport]])
;South America
*[[Guyana]]
**([[Cheddi Jagan International Airport]])
*[[Suriname]]
**([[Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport]])
*[[Venezuela]]
**Caracas ([[Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)|Simón Bolívar International Airport]])
Through a [[codeshare]] agreement with [[United Airlines]], it offered connecting service to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] and [[Seattle]]. BWIA also had an alliance with another Caribbean airline, [[LIAT]], which together provided over 30 regional destinations.
== Fleet ==
The BWIA fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at August 2006):<ref>[[Flight International]], 3–9 October 2006</ref>
<center>
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Caribbean Airlines Fleet'''
|- bgcolor=#6495ED
!Aircraft
!Total
!Passengers<br>(Business/Economy)
!Haul
|-
|[[Boeing 737 Next Generation#737-800|Boeing 737-800]]
|7
|154 (16/138)
|Short-Medium Haul
|-
|[[Airbus A340#A340-300|Airbus A340-300]]
|2
|284 (32/252)
|Medium-Long Haul
|}
</center>
In addition, BWIA's regional airline affiliate, Tobago Express, operated de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Q300 Dash 8 turboprop aircraft.
==Former Fleet==
* 2 [[Airbus A320 family#A321|Airbus A321-100]]
* 1 [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-700]]
* 4 [[Lockheed L-1011|Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar]] (long range version of the TriStar)
* 7 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-82/83]]
* 4 [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50]]
* 2 [[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-320B]]
* 3 [[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-100]]
* 1 [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-123]]
* 2 [[Vickers Viscount]] (four engine turboprop aircraft)
==Awards==
*1995, 1996, 1997 - The "Caribbean's Leading Airline" - by the [[World Travel Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldtravelawards.com/profile-28485-bwia-international-airways |title=The Caribbean's Leading Airline |first= |last= |author=Staff writer |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2006 |month= |work= |publisher=[[World Travel Awards]] |___location= |page= |pages= |at= |trans_title= |format= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=16 December 2011 |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons}}
* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bwee.com/ BWIA West Indies Airways] (Archive)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bwiacaribbean.com/ BWIA's Caribbean] (Archive)
* [http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/BWIA-West-Indies-Airways BWIA Jet Fleet Detail]
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