Caribbean airlines is probably the qorst airline in this hemisphere..

@painalmighty1017

27 күн бұрын

that's a lie I know that for a fact I've flown American airlines air Canada westjet united airlines and them worst than Caribbean airlines especially air Canada them left we in a hot plane with no AC for almost 4 hours

@MyNatasha73

27 күн бұрын

... And still going strong that they had to absorb your debt and yet again, another failed attempt at the JA government doing business. Smfh

@Habit7

27 күн бұрын

Jamaican just badmind CAL because they bought them. Meanwhile CAL soaring high.

@tdatrandomguysdwl

26 күн бұрын

@Habit7 I'm not a Jamaican but I've flown Caribbean airlines numerous times and I've never had a good experience with them and I'm sure I'm nor the only one..despite whatever u say still doesn't change the fact that they're a garbage airline

@Habit7

26 күн бұрын

@@tdatrandomguysdwl CAL was named the region’s Leading Airline Brand in 2023. At the end of the day, CAL is profitable and thriving while AirJ is dead.

Air Jamaica was the best airline

@roses4me451

25 күн бұрын

I truly miss Air Jamaica, and wish they would revive it and bring it back! Every time I flew to Jamaica on them it was such a pleasure. Professional pilots, flights always on time, beautiful, courteous flight attendants, clean aircraft, and good authentic food. 🏝✈🎶🥇✡

@Ghe608

25 күн бұрын

@@roses4me451 good food too!! 👍🏽

I missed Air Jamaica our heritage. Gone but not forgotten.

The few times I flew the airline as a child, I remember the food that they served. Pure luxury.

As a Jar-american this makes me cry! For years I took A.J. many times each year from the states to the Mo-Bay. Very sad loss.

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Very sad indeed

@whiterastaproductions1846

21 күн бұрын

Id love to bring it back

@alanelias6884

21 күн бұрын

@@whiterastaproductions1846 YES I

Let's get our love birds back in the sky.🖤💚💛 one love Respect Jamaicans. The rebirth of Air Jamaica is a must no matter how long it takes, mark our words.

@Nuvision19

25 күн бұрын

We can make it happen...!!!

@katieanderson1040

15 күн бұрын

Mark our word✈️🇯🇲

@beebee3438

15 күн бұрын

Yes. We want the rebirth of air Jamaica.

I love my Love Bird. Traveling from the Kennedy Airport and looked at the Love Bird a sense of pride was all I had. Thanks 👍🏽

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching, stay blessed

🇯🇲Air Jamaica🛫 pilots👨🏾‍✈️ were the BEST 😊👍

@IanHorsford

27 күн бұрын

What makes them the best?

@biblereadingoutreach2284

27 күн бұрын

@@IanHorsford It's the smooth🪶 featherlike landing 🛬 - you never felt a jerk or bump when the SKILFUL Air Jamaica 🇯🇲 pilots landed their planes. If you had closed your eyes you'd NEVER KNOW the plane was not still airborne.😉👍

Best airline eva. Safest!

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

@scorpiowong6965

28 күн бұрын

Yes Ma'am, Captain Russell and Marie Zaidie- Haddad.. Were Exceptional.( My Favs) Loved all The Pilots.

I cried when I hear one of jamaicas pride was going to be no more,one of the prettiest plane in the sky,very good pilots and stewardess,just gone 😢

This is the first airline I flew on, and was that ever a flight (I cried leaving my beloved grandmother, but was comforted by the friendly Jamaican crew). AJ was the last airline to provide actual cooked meals flying from the East coast United States (the good days). I’m very proud of our little tiny island having its own airline, and hope we will again. Thanks for the video, and I did learn a lot; one thing I did not know was that it sustained a single fatality (I’ll research more on this). 🙏🏿

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Yes, it was a training flight however, pilots were killed tho, I think it was 1967 or 76. Thanks for watching.

@phillylady

29 күн бұрын

@@EliteJamaica Wow! That’s probably why I never heard about this incident. Thank you for responding. 😊

My son's dad was a mechanic there and everytime he saw an aircraft in the sky he'd get excited, shouting, "my daddy fix air jamaica pain" He was just 2 and couldn't say plane.😊

UPGRADE JAMAICA AND BRING BACK THE AIR JAMAICA PLANE. STEP UP JAMAICA. ✈️

I flew to the U.S on air Jamaica, then flew back in 1990 , on air Jamaica. It has the best safety record of all the other airlines, with only one crash in its entire existence. No other airline today holds this record. The death of air Jamaica was the biggest kick to the gut to the island, by the citizens of the island having to fly on airlines that are not native to the island. Air Jamaica will be missed dearly and never forgotten, even when the higlers were on it. Love you forever air Jamaica.

I miss Air Jamaica so much

@beverleymcghie787

26 күн бұрын

I don't miss Air Jamaica's drag on the Jamaican budget. We could not afford to keep the airline in the air.

@marclodge2058

26 күн бұрын

@@beverleymcghie787 Still the best for me...

@smaddicomoquiera3493

26 күн бұрын

Jamaica elites, friends and company nyam dung Air Jamaica like when chichi tek bagasse board.

@user-ij4tw4uz1o

24 күн бұрын

​@@smaddicomoquiera3493We could, but there's your answer

I understand why the airline had to be sold but it really breaks my heart that it happened. That 'little piece of Jamaica that flies' was a great source of pride for all Jamaicans around the world and for those traveling home, setting foot in an Air J Cabin felt like they had, in fact, come home. Maybe it was presumptuous that a country as small as Jamaica tried to operate an international airline but I hope that in the not too distant future Air Jamaica, or a new incarnation of it, can rise again.

@user-ye8xw9mn1z

26 күн бұрын

The Vampire syndicate aka orange army Sell Everything Out.

@IMG202

25 күн бұрын

I can't understand why the airline has to be sold it's just the management they had at the time. They do not have good management strategies and skills to streamline the inefficiencies, look at Cayman Airways, Bahamian even Caribbean Airlines, smaller countries, and fleets and they are still soaring the skies. Haiti and the Dominican Republic put Jamaica to shame with their own brand. Edmond Barlett and Andre Holinessneed to make jamaica proud again

Very informative, I do miss the Airline, I am hoping in the future it can be resurrected.

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

I really do hope so too, Thanks for watching

Thank you. Really missed Air Jamaica so much, but we keep on trekking

I remember as boy going to deadend beach in mobay on sundays to watch air Jamaica planes take off and land proud of it... wish we could have being it back

@EliteJamaica

28 күн бұрын

I still miss hearing the air jamaica ad

@kennyj43

28 күн бұрын

@@EliteJamaica Likewise! Air J had some of the coolest ads ever.

The nostalgia of that commercial at the end. I wonder if we will ever be able to buy it back from Caribbean Airlines and revamp it and restore our national pride.

@scorpiowong6965

28 күн бұрын

We are a minor shareholder in Caribbean Airline.. Hopefully One Day our lovebird will return

@Ghe608

25 күн бұрын

@@scorpiowong6965 we don’t want it back .. TIME FOR NEW AIR JAMAICA 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

I remember as a child at the waving gallery at NMIA it was indeed the most beautiful iron bird in the sky. It is sad we barely own anything for our beautiful island. Almost everything SOLD OUT 😢

@oralbrown1101

27 күн бұрын

Sad but it was losing to much money...tax payers money

@venadomiller3824

26 күн бұрын

I used to race them as a child at MBJ. Never got a chance to fly in one. Dream that will never come through

You neglected to mention how many times the airline had to pay fines for large quantities of drugs, Ganja/ Cocaine , hence Air Ganja became unsustainable.

@EliteJamaica

28 күн бұрын

I just looked into that, trust me there were alot of cases, that will be the next topic I cover. Thank-you so much for that info and thanks for watching.

@blackpassenger

22 күн бұрын

i was waiting to hear about that too, but he conveniently left it out.

@EliteJamaica

22 күн бұрын

@blackpassenger All of that is in part 2, video on the channel

Please bring air JamaicA back the best air line ever 😢

They can down size to the ATR 72-600 and the E175 embracer planes and restart a new( Jamaican airlines) it can be done with the old livery and logo with a new sounding name 👍🏿 ✅

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Yes it can absolutely be done

@billmburtontv920

28 күн бұрын

A true ting dat.ROMEOJAMES89🖤💚💛

Thank you Elite Jamaica

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

You're most welcome, thanks for watching

@2LovebyGOD

29 күн бұрын

@@EliteJamaica Infinite blessing bro keep soaring to higher heights

❤ The info. The feelings of patriotism is sorreal. Wish sir Jamaica could be back

@EliteJamaica

28 күн бұрын

It's like apart of the family gone. Thanks for watching

I loved seeing the airline pride bus ,miss seeing it😢

I must say , I love that . Missing them greatly . Great job

Thank you for this video. Fond memories as far back as rhe in-flight fashion shows. Flying was a wonderful experience back in those days.

The problems was miss management. The seats of regular customer was canceled in order to put staff member who flew at a fraction of the cost on the flight.

The best airline I have flown on with hot meals. Caribbean Airlines bought it and was the worst experience I had. I was told some Jamaican business men were supposed to buy it back but I guess never came to fruition. Sad!

@MODECHARLIE

28 күн бұрын

If Air Jamaica was still around, you wouldn't be getting any hot meals. You'd be paying extra for bags, seats, and meals. The service would be the same as most airlines it competes with today.

@zandolee4907

27 күн бұрын

just so you Jamaicans know, Jamaica still own a small percentage of Caribbean Airlines and the Airline employs Jamaican nationals, so go ahead and do what Jamaicans do and hate on anything Trinidad running and Jamaica not running. I hope the Jamaicans working for CAL continue to have a job.

Rice and peas pun flight with stew chicken....normal... Boy I miss AIR JAMAICA FRFR😢

Surprising outcome considering how lucratively successful it's destination routes continue to be.

BWIA flew for 60 yrs.then to a new airline in 2006 to Caribbean Airlines...Now what a lot of Jamaicans & others"may"not be aware of is the Jamaican G'ovt owns 29% 🇯🇲 & the Trinidad & Tobago G'ovt owns 71%🇹🇹 stake in the airline & presently has staff from many other caribbean islands 🏝 which is a large employer & creates millions of $$ in revenue for each island respectively...& let's not forget alot of the customer service agents,mechanics,flight attendants,pilots etc.are also Jamaicans.So please,bare in mind when criticizing or complimenting y'all are also part of Caribbean Airlines ✈

Our own helped to bring it down..employees use to gi dem fren dem bly, not to mention family…mi know a yaadie dat had a travel agency n mi still marvel how him book space fi people nn never pay di airline…den u had di fiasco wid it being ‘twinned’ to my man big all inclusive chain…can memba di news article re di departure tax collected but no turn ovah….we r our worse enemy..sigh

Air jamaica was a class act

Air Jamaica, was the first aeroplane that i flown in from Jamaica to England, back in the 76.

@EliteJamaica

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for your feedback

Great work again Sir

Flew first class for the first ever on air Jamaica as a kid! I remember the staff and food being awesome! ❤

I really love air Jamaica I live in Connecticut an the day the love bird stop flying I stop go to jfk

It was the prettiest plane ever

O my goodness I miss air Jamaica so so much beautiful air Jamaica 🇯🇲 🇮🇱

I never get chance to fly with airline , but I wish airlines will return to sky loving the colours

Thank you my brother. Peace and love.

@EliteJamaica

28 күн бұрын

Blessings and thanks for watching

Great video

Nice report

At the time Caribbean Airlines bought AJ, CA was only in operation for just a few years. The same challenges AJ faced, they would have also encountered. Obviously it was poor management that grounded AJ. That is why it's so crucial that our political leaders have some sort of business background. They couldn't manage not one company so they sold everything. AJ gone, Cement gone, Free Zone gone, Warf gone, Flour factory gone, Tourism not owned by Jamaicans. Bauxite gone. It's a down right shame and disgrace to see what they did with the entities of Jamaica.

@EliteJamaica

28 күн бұрын

Its a real shame, red stripe and j wray also

Thanks Alex, but a lot of employees were paying only about 20$us everyweekend. Can you do some research on the maritime and, how many ships jamaica owned and where are they now. We had the Morant Bay and the Montego Bay.

@scorpiowong6965

28 күн бұрын

Exactly,, and some weren't paying at all. I knew 1 employee who was riding for free 5 days per week To Miami for work... Sad to say of it's 42 years profit was made only 2 years. Bad Management and also the penalties for the drugs, sadly became a burden to The Jamaican Government. So sad.

So sad to have lost our airline. Such a shame. We have practically sold all our national treasures. However I have learnt that even the great USA have also sold some of their well known American companies. Mi still mad doh.

Blessed love Alex to you and your family 👍❤️💛💚💯🙏🙏 very informative.👍

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Same to you, and thanks for watching

it's 2024 now Air JMi NO DEAD YET! Joseph M Matalon, Joseph John Issa, and Michael Lee Chen are the richest Jamaicans. I'm sure they can strategize on how to bring the flagship and the spirit of Airjamaica's vision back to reality. This is the right time to make Jamaica prouder again and give us more economic development and growth.

I miss air Jamaica.. but i remember the ticket sale was down before it stopped.

Bless up King 👑 Jamaican politicians too corrupt that causes our things to sell

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Real talk

@zop505

28 күн бұрын

Did you mute the sound when you watch the video. Because I am trying to comprehend the politicians corrupt most airlines that have their country name is not fully own by their government if you don't have the money to keep it going it goes in to bankruptcy air Jamaica wa s heavily in debt and the tax payers couldn't afford it .if you have two business and one is not making any money and you keep talking from the one making money and put that money in the one not making money what you think is going to happen to both of them

A number of negative problems in my opinion contributed to its downfall.unscrupulous workers putting drugs on the craft and poor management.Air Jamaica could have been vibrant if it was used to cover more Caribbean countries as is been done by the current operators

Just couple days I was talking about Air Jamaica and it need to come back to our country. Sad thou

We know this was a sell out from the start when Caribbean Airlines didn't keep any of Jamaica of planes which was a fleet of all Airbus. We somewhat understand the business aspect of it. (Not wanting to go with a different leasing company) Instead, they got 2 or 3 more planes from their leasing company and paint them with Air Jamaica livery which was basic white with AJ logos. They eventually paint them back with Caribbean Airlines livery. You buy the airline, you get all the route / destination / slots etc. There was a sense of national pride seeing a small Airline flying 2 large wide body 4, engine Airbus A340. At one point AJ was the only one flying Airbus A321 to JFK. This was kind of cool, while everyone fly the short version (A320) they come the long version. JetBlue got some later, way after AJ used them. The 90s fleet was Airbus. A310, A319, 320, A321, and A340. All state of the art planes. The Caribbean option is 1960s design, constantly modifying Boeing 737.

I believe air JamaicA will fly again

I enjoyed the food they serve 😢 it was a beautiful moment in our history I felt so proud when i flew home on Air Jamaica 🇯🇲 ( poor management) better leaders will come ! I hope I get just a moment of it 🤔

With the demise of air jamaica how has caribbean airlines work out to support the jamaican tourism product?

Sir Jamaica went down from the Government of the day turned it over to Butch Stewart! Greatest mistake! It was "the little part of Jamaica that fly" Missed it so much!!😢😥😣

@scorpiowong6965

28 күн бұрын

Yes Ma'am, They thought it was a good idea but he ran it to the ground, leaving them no choice. He even said that "he was A Business Man and not Plane man"..

I remember listening to fly Air Jamaica years when I was pickney and radio growing don't know why they sellout our Airlines 🌺

I use to be so proud i used to travel from mobay an see all these air j planes lined up ready to go in all diffrent direction .seeing these young black pilots sometimes with big hats covering their faces and they keep pulling them up makes you smile .especially if you live in the us and you dont see much black representation in certain fields you felt proud and it was the on time no line airline the motto and accident free in modern times may one mishap in the 60s and the sad think the jlp goverment refused to sell the jamaican pilot association of jamaica they rather give it to trinidad for free fact so sad

Every flight I had in the 90s was with air Jamaica.The food was great and a remember them doing the catwalk Fashion show😂😂😂

Actually it was under the then transport minister Audley Shaw that the airlines was sold.

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

I am referring to the era when it was finalized. And That lady was in power.

It was Air Jamaica, British airline and Canada back In di days

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

True

I use to travel on Air Jamaica it was a beautiful plane with very nice food and they even had a floor show in flight I was surprised when I heard they were going out of business.

Portia simson was not prime Minister in 2010 when air Jamaica was sold it was mr Bruce golding at that time

My first and only flight via Air Jamaica, was in December 02. It was a connecting flight from a stopover in the US. The plane was over 4 hours late arriving, but nonetheless, I felt a sense of pride and it was an enjoyable fight. A pity, the service didn't last but, humans aren't perfect and even larger airlines have its operational problems. So I'm not going to throw shade at anyone for its eventual failure. Thank you for sharing.

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Thanks for your feedback and thanks for watching

@lawrencedavidson6195

28 күн бұрын

Many delays are not the fault of the airline. A Dec 2 date makes me suspect bad weather/runway conditions in colder states may have been the cause of the delay.

I live practically across the street from JFK and when I see the love bird coming in for landing I felt proud. I was very sad when I heard that they sold out to Trinidad 🇹🇹. I pray that in the near future they will come back.

That is so true almost everything so out pretty soon the people will be so old also, it’s a damn shame. Well, maybe it’s reality. I don’t know but right now Jamaican don’t own anything much they should try to put the pieces together, but they are fighting each other. Envious bad mind jealousy, and all the negative poor poor Jamaica. Jamaica, I’m sorry for you. The people let her down no matter what you should never sell out what I guess. Maybe it’s life or reality on God knows right now you don’t seem right Jamaica moving forward looking backward.

Have you ever done a video on water commission. I'm curious who owns Jamaica's water supply and why can't all Jamaica's have access to water. People have been protesting this for years.

@EliteJamaica

28 күн бұрын

Will look into that.

My 1st flight to Jamaica from London was a choice price wise between air Jamaica and air India, with air India being cheaper. I chose to fly with air Jamaica. I'm glad I was able to fly with an iconic airliner before it became no more

Beautiful bird fi true 👍🙏

Good job

The cayman 🇰🇾 island 🏝 are smaller than Jamaica 🇯🇲 and even they have a national airline, which is a source of pride I hope that Jamaica 🇯🇲 learned something from the covid crisis when many Jamaicans were left stranded all over the world 🌎 without any way of getting home 🏡 I hope air Jamaica 🇯🇲 will rise again from the ashes like the Phoenix my friends indeed

🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🖤💚💛

The interplay between corruption and gross mismanagement that caused it to fail, but it was never meant to be fixed. The Jamaican pilots wanted to buy the airline, but it was already decided by the real powers that be, that it was too much of a symbolic influence to Jamaicans.

😢 💔

We have to thank the P.N.P party for this sale they would sell hell on earth this was a sad day to everyone

@scorpiowong6965

28 күн бұрын

The Government at the time had no choice.. In its 42 years of flying profit was made only 2years. Mismanagement and The Drug Busts played big roles In The Airlines Demise...especially in the 80's. From that time it was on the market for sale Under The Seaga Administration. We miss it a lot but it became a burden and financial loss. Tax payers could not afford to continue paying $2 million US Dollars per day to keep it going . So sad

@jeffcee9457

28 күн бұрын

@@scorpiowong6965 well said

Thank you for this information and video and for showing that commercial at the end , it brought back a lot of memories and emotions. I remember as a child growing up in the garrison of Jamaica on Mountain View Ave air Jamaica was a big part of helping me To make a decision on what I want to be in life and to make it out of the garrison I use to also attend windward road primary school and I use to save up my lunch money and go airport me and my friends to just go and see the airplane from the waving gallery 😢 it was what help me to know I wanted to be a pilot just watching them take off and land and wondering where they coming from or going even sometime watching them fly over head when I was a child sitting home I use to dream and wonder how much fun it must be to be able to fly away to somewhere safer than where I was living. But hey look at me now I take planes like taxi and got to fly them and even learn to fix them. So this really helped and your video reminded me of how much having a national carrier helped me dream big. Thank you.

@EliteJamaica

27 күн бұрын

That's really touching, thank you for sharing. Stay blessed

Air Jamaica could not be saved. I dated a lady who worked there; she said everybody who had an affiliation with the company was demanding and receiving free flights for themselves and their relatives, no matter how distant the relationship. Surprised that they managed to stay in business that long.

Home in the sky

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Absolutely

@kennyj43

28 күн бұрын

Well put.

They coul have easily sold it to the team of men who wanted to purchase it. I have 4 scarfs and the air Jamaica pin. Rear treasure.❤

Damn there always something going down in Jamaica

Will Jamaica be able to get back into the aviation market. This time owned by the people.

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

I really do hope so

@marciahutchinson9444

29 күн бұрын

That would be so nice.

@KattahB

29 күн бұрын

Sadly missed😢😢!

We really need Air Jamaica back because Caribbean Airlines is too expensive as far as I am concerned. Why do we have to $670 from Jamaica to the Bahamas. Almighty God man, this is extortion.

Air Jamaica Airline serves jerk chicken and rice and peas hot meal i remember Miss you very much

I can't understand why the airline has to be sold it's just the management they had at the time. They did not have good management strategies and skills to streamline the inefficiencies, look at Cayman Airways, Bahamian even Caribbean Airlines, smaller countries, and fleets and they are still soaring the skies. Haiti and the Dominican Republic put Jamaica to shame with their own brand. Edmond Barlett and Andre Holiness need to make Jamaica proud again. March 2009 it was Bruce Golding, PM (JLP) who parted ways with the national carrier. SHAME Shame on bruce

I remember when there were 7 flights a day out of Miami

Good video as usual. Air Jamaica should not have been shutdown, yes shutdown as the term “merging” with Caribbean airlines give the impression that you may see air Jamaica still in some form but we don’t. Caribbean Airlines doesn’t give good service from NY to Jamaica as its only does one day per week. I used to fly with Air Jamaica, then started with Caribbean Airlines but stopped after a couple bad experiences with them. I don’t think they have much regard for the Jamaican travelers. The IMF helped to force the government to get rid of it for the country to get continued loans from it.

@anthonyblackman7669

28 күн бұрын

I hope you know that the flight crew on Caribbean airlines to jamaica is mainly Jamaican, and so is their ground crew, and had it not been for caribbean these Jamaicans would not have jobs, so don’t be ungrateful.

I’m away stay tuned ❤

@EliteJamaica

29 күн бұрын

Blessings

Ask the PNP

Why was the account murdered? In the middle of the case? Was he silenced,? What did he knew? Was anyone arrested ? I attended his funeral.

Bring it.back Markie G, please

@EliteJamaica

25 күн бұрын

This is not a political topic

Soooo 😢😢😢

I am honored to have flown air jamaica at least twice:hot, delicious jamaican cuisine for no additional cost,safest airline,amazing crew members.government has always been the greatest downfall of a nation.

Prime Minister Golding will put the plain back in the sky

My anti worked for Air Jamaica 🇯🇲 MY ENTIRE LIFE.. from before me BORN!! Till it sold ( she was on the board by then) she was a tea, coffee, tea coffee? Girl.. anywhoo all I know, from it became Caribbean Air the prestige and sophistication of Air Jamaica 🇯🇲 GONE… it’s the rudest set of airline stewardess ever met in my life and it’s the first time I have ever taken a airplane that a hand written sign is on the bathroom door that says “ OUT OF ORDER “ truly Ghetto… I tried to support the airlines because I am Caribbean. I go back-and-forth between America and home all the time but NO SAH!!! me cyaaaaaaan dweet… dem must go and come again…not good ATALL !!!

@EliteJamaica

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing, its really a shame you had to experience that. Thanks for watching

This man really opened Pandora's Box on this one.

@EliteJamaica

27 күн бұрын

You don't see anything yet, the next video will cover the troubles of the airline, the narcotics charges, the lawsuits and the seizure of planes spanning over three decades. Look out for that

Air Jamaica was the best but Bad MANAGEMENT