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Founded | 27 August 1963 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | October 1968[1] | ||||||
Ceased operations | 2015 (merged into Caribbean Airlines) | ||||||
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Focus cities | New York–JFK | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | 7th Heaven | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Air Jamaica Express | ||||||
Parent company | Caribbean Airlines (2011–2015) | ||||||
Headquarters | Kingston, Jamaica |
Air Jamaica was the flag carrier of Jamaica. It was owned and operated by Caribbean Airlines from May 2011 until the cessation of operations in 2015. Caribbean Airlines Limited, headquartered in Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, had administrative offices for Air Jamaica located at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Jamaican government was formerly the owner of Air Jamaica. It sold the airline to Caribbean Airlines in 2011, which resulted in the Jamaican government owning 16% of Caribbean Airlines.[2]