Jamaica Air Shuttle, Jamaica’s new domestic airline, has recently taken delivery of its third Beech 99 turbo-prop aircraft. This aircraft is being prepared at the company’s maintenance facility at Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston, for certification and registration under the Jamaica Civil Aviation Regulations.

Christopher Read, Jamaica Air Shuttle’s Managing Director, said that the aircraft should be in full commercial service by the third week of January, when it will join two other Beech 99s in service on the Tinson Pen to Montego Bay route in time to cater to patrons of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival which will be held at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium from the 24th to the 30th January 2010.

Jamaica Air Shuttle will take delivery of a fourth Beechcraft aircraft within three weeks. This will be used to expand the company’s regular operations to Boscobel in St Mary; and to operate charters to all airports and aerodromes on the island including Norman Manley in Kingston, Negril and Port Antonio.