RED Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
L5 REA RED DOMINICANA
FoundedJanuary 2020
Commenced operationsNovember 2021
HubsLa Romana International Airport
SubsidiariesRED Air Cargo[1]
Fleet size3
Destinations2
Parent companyLASER Airlines
HeadquartersSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
Key peopleHéctor Gómez (CEO)
Josseily Hidalgo (HR)
Websiteredair.com.do

RED Air S.R.L. is a low-cost leisure airline with facilities in Las Américas International Airport, and main offices in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

History

The airline was founded in January 2020 as a joint-venture between the Venezuelan airline LASER Airlines and Dominican fixed-base operator SERVAIR Dominicana.[2]

Destinations

As of April 2023, RED Air serves schedule flights to the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes Refs
 Dominican RepublicLa RomanaLa Romana International AirportHub[3]
Santo DomingoLas Américas International AirportTerminated[3]
 United StatesMiamiMiami International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

A RED Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82 taking off at Miami International Airport in 2022. This same aircraft crashed 4 months later as Flight 203.

As of July 2023, RED Air operates the following aircraft:[4]

RED Air fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 3 — 12 137 149 Former LASER Airlines aircraft
Previously owned a further MD-82 until Flight 203
Total 3 —

Former fleet

RED Air formerly operated the following aircraft:[4]

RED Air former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-81 1 2020 2021 Leased from LASER Airlines

Incidents

  • On June 21, 2022, RED Air Flight 203 experienced a landing gear collapse. The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (registered as HI1064) slid through a communications tower and caught fire at Miami International Airport. All 140 people on board survived. At least three people were hospitalized with reportedly-minor injuries.[5][6] The aircraft has been written off as a total loss.[7][8] An NTSB investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dominican Republic's Red Air launches cargo division". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Red Air history from Americas, Dominican Republic". Airline History. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  3. 1 2 "Laser Airlines y RED Air consolidan sus operaciones en La Romana". Aviacionline.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Red Air Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ Slisco, Aila (2022-06-21). "Miami plane fire triggered by landing gear collapse: Officials". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  6. ↑ Fox, Sheldon (2022-06-21). "Plane catches fire at Miami International Airport after crash landing; at least 3 hurt". WSVN 7News. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  7. ↑ "HI1064 Red Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  8. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Red Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  9. ↑ Varley, Len (2022-07-23). "NTSB Release Preliminary Report into RED Air Accident at Miami Airport". AviationSource. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  10. ↑ "DCA22FA132.aspx". www.ntsb.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
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