After 66 years of operation, British West Indies Airways will shut down on Dec. 31 and will be replaced in January by a new carrier, Caribbean Airlines. Caribbean Airlines, like BWIA, will serve as ...

The president and chief executive of BWIA airlines resigned Monday as the cash-strapped company came under pressure from Trinidad's government to make management changes, officials said. Conrad Aleong ...

QUEENS, N.Y. -- Despite acknowledging the need to trim operating costs next year in the face of declining tourism to Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, Conrad Aleong said BWIA will continue to pay ...

The successor to BWIA West Indies Airways received its first aircraft in full livery yesterday, ahead of official launch next year. Caribbean Airlines is set to launch on 1 January, 2007 and says its ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Caribbean airline BWIA, which will shut down this weekend after 66 years in service, expects to have $50 million in losses for 2006, a spokeswoman said Friday. The carrier’s ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) – Caribbean airline BWIA will close and a new carrier will be established in its place with the Trinidadian government staying on as a major shareholder, the company said ...

Citizens of Barbados, which enjoys one of the world’s highest literacy rates, had something new to read yesterday: a press release from Air Jamaica. (Joy.) In it, the airline announced it will fly non ...

Caribbean Airlines, replaced BWIA, which operated for 66 years, from January 1. BWIA had a history of heavy losses. A spokeswoman said the deficit for 2006 was expected to be $50 million, up from ...

The government will loan struggling BWIA airline Trinidadian $116.8 million ($19 million), but said Thursday the company could soon be shut down to make way for a new regional airline. The government ...

I was surprised that minority BWIA shareholders rejected the Government's ex gratia offer of 20 cents compensation for each of their shares. Surprised because there can be no legal or moral obligation ...