BWIA West Indies Airways

BWIA West Indies Airways is the flag carrier and largest airline of the West Indies, operating scheduled domestic and international services.

= History = BWIA West Indies Airways was established on 27 November 1939.

BWIA West Indies Airways in British Columbia
Service between Vancouver and Port of Spain, Trinidad, was inaugurated in 1979.

BWIA began its relationship with BC in 1955, with the purchase of two DHBC-2 Heron 3B aircraft from De Havilland BC, adding two more in 1957 and using the 14-passenger twin-props on island-hopper flights. In 1967, two DHBC-5 Swan turboprops were added. The four Herons were sold to TACA in 1980, and the two Swans were sold to Scottish European Airways in 1988.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A340-300 - 2
 * Boeing 737-800 - 7
 * Bombardier Dash8 Q300 - 9

Historic

 * Airbus A321-100 - 2 (1996–1997)
 * ATR 72-200 - 2 (2004–2006)
 * Boeing 707-120 - 2 (1968–1977)
 * Boeing 707-220 - 4 (1971–1976)
 * Boeing 707-320 - 9 (1974–1983)
 * Boeing 727-100 - 4 (1964–1971)
 * DHBC-2 Heron 3B - 4 (1955–1980)
 * DHBC-5 Swan - 2 (1967–1988)
 * Douglas C-47A Skytrain - 5 (1952–1975)
 * Douglas DC-6 - 3 (1971–1980)
 * Douglas DC-7C - 1 (1970–1972)
 * Douglas DC-9-34CF - 1 (1978–1986)
 * Hawker Siddeley HS.748 - 7 (1969–1987)
 * Lockheed Hudson - 3 (1944–1946)
 * Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar - 5 (1945–1952)
 * Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar - 5 (1980–2004)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - 9 (1986–2003)
 * Vickers Viking - 8 (1948–1958)
 * Vickers Viscount 700 - 9 (1955–1970)

BC-made aircraft
''Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within the West Indies.