ACSA - Air Century, S.A. (''ACSA'' for short) is a

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air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights ...

operator that offers local and international services from the

Santo Domingo , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , webs ...

La Isabela International Airport La Isabela International Airport opened in 23 February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport. The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair flight from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It primarily serves the Dominican Republic with dome ...

. The company was founded by Captain and Pilot Omar Chahin. Air Century commenced operations in Santo Domingo in March 1992. Its corporate head office is at the

in Santo Domingo. This airline offers charter flights and other services through the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean,

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, and North America.

Scheduled destinations

Air Century operates schedule flights to the following destinations:

Fleet

Air Century BAe Jetsream 32 HI860 (15872825108)

Air Century's fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2022):

Accidents and incidents

*On 13 October 2014, a British Aerospace Jetstream 32 (HI816) was destroyed by fire at

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after an engine failure on short final, after a flight from

Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín) is a joint civil-military international airport located in suburban Carolina, Puerto Rico, southeast of San Juan. It is named for Luis Muñoz ...

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. All 13 passengers and two flight crew on board survived the fire.

External links

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Air Century

Air Charter GuideDominican AviationAir Century at STI

References

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Scheduled destinations

Fleet

Accidents and incidents

See also

External links

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